Posted on 01/22/2025 12:56:22 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
By law, the driver of the vehicle is responsible and liable.
I don’t know the exact text of these laws, but it would be ridiculous to not condition them with more detail than just snow on your car. Obviously there is a type and level where it is dangerous to other vehicles. But an inch of powder snow is not. And during a snow storm cars can acquire snow during driving.
I’m running my truck right now to melt the 4 inches of snow off the windshield after which I’m going to cover it with something so the windshield won’t be frozen over in the morning when it’s 15 degrees. THIS IS IN SOUTH ALABAMA!!!
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Moved from Las Vegas Nevada to Kansas. First night in Kansas a big ice storm came through, left 3/4 to 1 inch of ice on the car. You think we have scrapers etc?? NO!!
Sat in the car for 45 minutes thawing it out.
In Canada it is such a serious offense that the penalty is to watch South Park.
“I feel for you. In South Alabama there probably aren’t enough H1B’s to clean the snow off all of those cars. LOL”
No, we have Mehicans and Gatamilians. They all work at the plant nurseries.
I’m the same way. Sweep off the whole car. If it snows overnight, I start shoveling and sweeping snow as soon as I get up.
When I lived in Fulton,NY I was the only tenant at my apartment (large house that was converted to 5 apartments) that cleaned my portion of the driveway and shoveled out a path to my mailbox.
Once drove home from work in snow that was accumulating on my car as I drove. Had to get out to clear windshield and wipers frequently because they couldn’t keep up even with defroster on full. No cops to be seen. I think it was state of emergency but I needed to get back to where I was pet sitting for night.
I had the same thing happen to me. I was driving through Wyoming at night and the next thing I knew was it was like someone through a bucket of snow on my windshield. I was 90 miles from Laramie and could only manage to drive 10 mph. I had to stop and clean my head lights off every few minutes. Thankfully it let up after about 20 miles.
It was a an actual blizzard with whiteout conditions. I had no idea where the road was and the semi-trucks would just blow past me. I had pulled as far off on the shoulder as I could get. Thinking about that now I’m lucky I didn’t get smashed from behind.
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