People Unprepared For The Snow.. Again!

[actionstan]

Not really a question but an observation that aggravates me to no end.

My work let out early on Friday because it was supposed to get really bad, as I was walking out, people were trying to 'rub' ice off their windows with the sleeve of their jackets. And every winter its the same thing. This happens every year, its no surprise.. At the very least please keep an ice scraper in your car. It endangers other people, not just yourself if you cant see out of your windows.(as eccentric as most of us are here on bitog, i doubt any of us fall into this category.)

Sometimes you just have to question what goes through other peoples mind. Any one else see anything this winter that has just made you shake your head?

 

[eljefino]

I keep my ice scrapers elsewhere in the summer. Saves weight and I don't want to be reminded of nasty weather.

There's always a credit card, for frosty windows.

 

[actionstan]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
I keep my ice scrapers elsewhere in the summer. Saves weight and I don't want to be reminded of nasty weather.

There's always a credit card, for frosty windows.


haha, mine stay in the trunk until winter, then they get moved to the rear passenger seat floor.

 

[eljefino]

Ice scrapers do have one benefit. They're just the right length to jam between the seat cushion and brake pedal. Good for checking lights and one-man bleeding.

Sometimes used cars show up here with them, I keep them. Sometimes the ice removing part shatters but the snow brush is still good; no matter, I have other "shorty" ice scrapers.

 

[skyactiv]

You also have the lazy idiots who wont scrape ice or remove snow worth a darn.

 

[Clevy]

Originally Posted By: actionstan
Not really a question but an observation that aggravates me to no end.

My work let out early on Friday because it was supposed to get really bad, as I was walking out, people were trying to 'rub' ice off their windows with the sleeve of their jackets. And every winter its the same thing. This happens every year, its no surprise.. At the very least please keep an ice scraper in your car. It endangers other people, not just yourself if you cant see out of your windows.(as eccentric as most of us are here on bitog, i doubt any of us fall into this category.)

Sometimes you just have to question what goes through other peoples mind. Any one else see anything this winter that has just made you shake your head?



Or let the car warm up thus melting the snow and ice

 

[jeepman3071]

I have a backpack in the back of my Jeep which contains an emergency kit and some tools. It also has not one, but two snow scrapers. One even has a brush.

They stay there all year long. If we are supposed to get a lot of snow, I just throw the shop broom from my garage in the back on my way to school/work.

 

[eljefino]

My car is of a vintage where a roof rake and its resultant effect on the finish is eclipsed by the ease and speed of snow removal.

Just gotta watch out not to snag the windshield wipers.

 

[actionstan]

Originally Posted By: jeepman3071
I have a backpack in the back of my Jeep which contains an emergency kit and some tools. It also has not one, but two snow scrapers. One even has a brush.

They stay there all year long. If we are supposed to get a lot of snow, I just throw the shop broom from my garage in the back on my way to school/work.





Similar setup here, I have a box in the back of my Saturn, with a socket set, some wrenches and pliers, also some extra oil(lol why would anyone need extra oil for a saturn??), a tire pump, and some other misc items just in-case. I keep a bottle of the prestone ice melter in the trunk, and the ice scraper in the passenger compartment.. that way if one is frozen over, hopefully the other wont be!

 

[LoneRanger]

Oh... mainly what annoys me most around where I live is about one out of about every three 4x4's have to prove they can pass lowly 2WD cars and if you don't speed up they tail gate. This occurs from time to time in snowy weather when I drive the 2003 Chevy Impala which is my "company car."

 

[redhat]

Originally Posted By: LoneRanger
Oh... mainly what annoys me most around where I live is about one out of about every three 4x4's have to prove they can pass lowly 2WD cars and if you don't speed up they tail gate. This occurs from time to time in snowy weather when I drive the 2003 Chevy Impala which is my "company car."


Yep same happens here in WNY. All of these big lifted 4x4 pucks think their invincible but they're normally the first in the ditch.

I hate when people leave the muffin top on their roof and don't clear their windows. I hate getting 2nd hand lake effect from someone else's ignorance.

I also absolutely despise, in a matter of fact loathe those who go through winter with bald tires and can't get traction. Stay home or get new tires. There's no excuse for it.

 

[SevenBizzos]

You're talking about me!

I took the scraper out during spring cleaning and just forgot to put it back in. It had nothing to do with me not knowing it was winter! It was sitting on the second to top shelf of my storage shelving right where I left it. Our first snow was while I was at work. (If it snowed while I was at home, I would have either had the car in the garage or realized the missing scraper with a "no harm, no foul" charge against me)

I wasn't the only one. The defrosters and my Costco card worked just fine!

 

[Spazdog]

Guilty

Drove to work Friday morning in the freezing rain sans window scraper. I was sure it was in my car in the pocket on the back of my driver seat. It was not.

I broke down some cardboard boxes and taped them over my windows with masking tape.

It worked. The rest of the car is encapsulated in a 1/4" protective layer of ice and sleet. Windows are clear.


I had a client drive in with no less than 8" of rock hard frozen sleet across the hood of his Ram. I wonder what that was like when it came off. Many other clients had just a tiny bit of the windshield scraped....just the windshield. Other windows?....not important with their driving technique.

 

[97f150]

I've never owned a snow brush or ice scraper. For as cold as it ever gets here, 5 minutes of defrost or a glass of room temp water takes care of any ice from sitting overnight.

 

[Spazdog]

Originally Posted By: LoneRanger
Oh... mainly what annoys me most around where I live is about one out of about every three 4x4's have to prove they can pass lowly 2WD cars and if you don't speed up they tail gate. This occurs from time to time in snowy weather when I drive the 2003 Chevy Impala which is my "company car."


They get offended if a lowly fwd car passes them.

Then you see them slide, overcorrect, and go backwards into the wall.

 

[earlyre]

My brother in Dallas.
woke up the other morning to his vehicles encased/crusted in about 6in of sleet.
the scraper he does have...is inside the truck...which is sealed under a thick layer of ice.
got a wooden turner from the kitchen (figure it less likely to mar the paint than metal)
got into the truck. then had to go back in side to telecommute on an important project.
so while the truck was freed, the challenger blocking it in, was still in it's icy shell. and was afraid if he did get it thawed and moving, he wouldn't get the challenger back up into the driveway.(3 season tires, ice not being one of those seasons)

 

[GenSan]

LoneRanger I know just how you feel.

If only I had a bright red LED message that read "Tailgate at your OWN risk!" whenever I braked in the 2WD 4Runner w/ Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V1s on hardpacked snow and ice because every stinkin' time I do and there is a full-size pickup truck up my ___ they always seem to learn the hard way that my vehicle will stop on a dime and stop 2-3 car lengths shorter in said conditions than the all-season/all-terrain/summer tires that they are running. This has happened to me far too many times that I brace for impact subconsciously as I look up at rear view mirror.

This highway leads up to my farm property in the following video: LINK

 

[Hollow]

I keep a scraper, a spare set of bulbs for the headlights, and an old used set of windshield wipers in the spare tire compartment of the Outback. Probably weights a pound total and never comes out of the car.

I need to be able to see to drive. And to dodge everyone who only scraped 3 square inches right in front of their face clear.


I just don't get it.

 

[Kira]

Hello, actionstan asked, " Any one else see anything this winter that has just made you shake your head?" One headshaker comes from people on the subway who take their Winter coats out of MOTHBALLS the night before it gets cold. Ever ride on a crowded subway or elevator with such a smell? Kira

 

[Donald]

I have one in each car and one in my garage. I like to brush off the snow before I open the car door.

Remote starter is best.