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Re: I guess I'd have to see some statistics on that. callandor1000 Send a noteboard - 04/02/2011 01:47:06 AM
I've driven in the snow a lot (grew up in New England, and regularly go up there to visit relatives) and I've never had the slightest problem with snow coming off someone else's car. It either slides off in big, wet chunks that are far too heavy to fly into the car behind, or else it's just the occasional wisp of powder here and there. A moderate rain hurts visibility FAR more. So does driving within 100 feet or so of a truck on a wet road (that fine mist they kick up is annoying).

Anyway, if it really does cause a lot of accidents, then fine, maybe we need to address it. I've never seen any problems like what you're describing though. I can maybe see your point about headlights and taillights, but it's pretty difficult for those to get obstructed (as they're vertical surfaces), and they generally clear up very quickly (again, since they're vertical, and also because they get warm from the light inside).


When I was in high school, we got sent home from school because of snow. My brother and sister were coming with me, we cleaned my car off pretty well and drove home, pretty slowly. Well on the way, I hit some girl I went to school with who hadn't cleaned her car off at all except for a bit on the windshield. Not a bit of the back was cleared off. She was covered in snow and practically invisible while she was stopped waiting to turn left.

A kid in one of my classes was in a car behind me and he told me the next day at first he didn't know what I hit because you couldn't see shit. She was so covered in snow, that in a snowstorm, she was invisible. Now she could see out her window to drive, but damn, she couldn't be seen. It was scary as hell for me, totaled my car and set me back quite a bit financially since no matter how it was looked at, I rear ended her and you virtually never win that fight.

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my son totaled his car doing that *NM* random thoughts - 03/02/2011 02:57:13 PM 330 Views
I totaled my first car because some idiot did that. *NM* callandor1000 - 04/02/2011 01:35:10 AM 322 Views
That's okay ironclad - 03/02/2011 01:44:07 PM 911 Views
At first I thought you were talking about parked cars. Aeryn - 03/02/2011 02:00:27 PM 845 Views
I didn't think of that. Avendesora - 03/02/2011 03:07:23 PM 890 Views
It can be rather dangerous. jh - 03/02/2011 04:04:41 PM 791 Views
What he said. Jonielle - 04/02/2011 01:58:59 PM 977 Views
If you're going to accept the legitimacy of traffic laws in the first place, this is okay. Cannoli - 03/02/2011 04:15:37 PM 871 Views
Legitimacy of traffic laws? XD *NM* Avendesora - 03/02/2011 04:21:56 PM 335 Views
I think it should a law but cops should only give written warnings Fox and Ravens - 03/02/2011 04:54:34 PM 701 Views
Re: I think it should a law but cops should only give written warnings callandor1000 - 04/02/2011 01:36:22 AM 640 Views
Aren't there already laws against driving a car with an obstructed view? *NM* Aemon - 03/02/2011 04:57:05 PM 339 Views
That's what I thought, too. Avendesora - 03/02/2011 05:04:10 PM 838 Views
It seems to me that the issue isn't the obstructed view at all. Sareitha Sedai - 03/02/2011 05:11:50 PM 862 Views
I guess I'd have to see some statistics on that. Aemon - 03/02/2011 06:03:02 PM 794 Views
Re: I guess I'd have to see some statistics on that. callandor1000 - 04/02/2011 01:47:06 AM 783 Views
Re: That's what I thought, too. Aemon - 03/02/2011 05:54:51 PM 769 Views
If anything, they could use it for "fishing". Avendesora - 04/02/2011 12:28:49 AM 703 Views
I think I'm OK with it scalius - 03/02/2011 05:05:01 PM 809 Views
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re: Avendesora - 03/02/2011 06:25:31 PM 729 Views
Ah. Sareitha Sedai - 03/02/2011 06:40:55 PM 829 Views
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Absolutely. Macharius - 03/02/2011 06:01:24 PM 778 Views
I am ok with it ONLY IF..... MightyYT - 03/02/2011 06:01:31 PM 839 Views
Re: I am ok with it ONLY IF..... Macharius - 03/02/2011 06:05:33 PM 958 Views
That's awful. Avendesora - 03/02/2011 06:21:29 PM 708 Views
Well Sareitha Sedai - 03/02/2011 06:15:17 PM 746 Views
I see what you mean but... Avendesora - 03/02/2011 07:04:30 PM 840 Views
Re: I am ok with it ONLY IF..... callandor1000 - 04/02/2011 01:39:31 AM 716 Views
Here they will take away your driverslicense imediately if you drive with windows covered in snow. Milla - 03/02/2011 08:01:50 PM 777 Views
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I can see why there would be a law. Tashmere - 04/02/2011 01:09:58 AM 832 Views
Re: Being ticketed for not clearing snow from your motor vehicle before driving it... callandor1000 - 04/02/2011 01:34:16 AM 817 Views
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