Pet Peeve

[Jim1392]

There is a big difference from a bunch of powdered snow and snow that is frozen and icy. Fresh powdered snow is NOT going to take anyone's window out. I keep a stiff shop broom outside the door. I use it to sweep the porch and shove the snow off my car. If ice has formed on the roof of my car it won't come off with out a hammer and chisel until the car is way warmed up and if it is 20 or 30 below it will never come off. What about the huge lumps of ice that form behind car and truck wheels and then come off and create serious rod hazards. If you got you window busted, You were to close. If he was in the other lane why did it come across the lanes at windshield height. Take a really strong side wind. Gravity don't work that way. With the new mileage restrictions there are semis parked along the road all the time here in the winter. I hardly expect them to get up on top their icy slippery trailers and shovel them off before they take off again. I have a responsibility to watch out and stay back from something I can see is loaded with snow. But, like I said big difference between snow and ice. Ice can form as you go down the road anyway. In the Bering sea going 6 knots huge chunks would form all over our boat even above zero and that was salt water, but then the wind mightt have been blowing 80 or so. A 1" line could become 8" in diameter with ice in just hours.

First of all there was another car in front of me and the ice and snow flew up in the air, over his and hit me. It was a major highway 3 lanes and we were all traveling at least 65. I had plenty of space between myself and the car in front of me that had no snow on it. I was in the right lane or as most call it the slow lane. The ice came off of the roof from the car in front of him. If something goes up in the air and you are traveling at 65 you close that distance pretty fast. And no one said it came from another lane to the left of me. I'm not sure where you came up with that. I also have enough sense not to try to drive close behind trucks since I don't expect them get up there and clean it off. And since you weren't there blaming me for what someone else is to lazy to do (cleaning their car roof off) is ridiculous. Also in the state I was driving N.J where I had lived most of my life it's illegal not to clean ALL of the snow off your car, not just the roof. The fine is between $200 and $1000 if it causes property damage. I guess I should also fine myself for what someone else hasn't done.

 

[Golddollar]

I keep the cars cleaned off in the winter by having a garage put on the house when the house was built.