The worst part of so much snow is getting my driveway plowed in by the plows.
After all that shoveling, the hardest and heaviest part of snow is what the plows dumped in front of my driveway.
Luckily, my Ford Explorer can usually just plow through it......after I of course shovel away several inches from the top of the heap!
Through two decades of living along a rural road (fortunately, no other driveways close to mine) I have learned:
1 - Plow so that my blade pile is to the left of the driveway as I face the road...the plow truck will not be putting that back into the lane.
2 - Scrape down a bit of the road on each side of the driveway so there is less the township truck blade when it does get to the driveway.
3 - MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL - since there will be some plowed back in, get out and remove it as soon as possible after the plow truck leaves. It will never be less compacted and easier to remove than at that moment.
BTW 1/2 inch in the lower Susquehanna valley of Pennsylvania.