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[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 114 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As the car gets warm, the snow at the bottom melts. Then the idiot parks it to do his groceries or whatever so it cools back down and freezes into a 2 inch thick block of ice. Then they drive on the highway. That block of ice breaks free, flies up in the air, catches in the wind while tumbling which gives it an unpredictable trajectory and smashes the windshield of a car that was unfortunate enough to be further back at that time.

I know because it happened to me. Had to get a windshield replaced in the middle of a road trip. The dipshit who caused it didn't even realize what happened and kept driving. The police should absolutely crack down on this instead of all the other petty bullshit they tend to harass people over.

[-] Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 month ago

The police should absolutely crack down on this...

They do, in some communities, fwiw. I've gotten a warning contingent that I remove the snow RIGHT NOW.

Don't want to doxx myself, so I'll just say "in the northeast US."

[-] DerArzt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

You mean one of the same parts of the country.

[-] techt@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was just looking for a video to say exactly what you did, people should see it happen in real time:

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ZA8HB6ZpVRY

(This is invidious, a yt proxy, if you don't recognize the URL. Content (no audio): A car's dashcam captures an incident where a seemingly small bit of ice comes loose from a car ahead of the driver and destroys the windshield. It's hard to notice if you aren't looking out for it, bit of a jumpscare.)

Canonical yt link: https://youtu.be/ZA8HB6ZpVRY

[-] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

That shit can get you a nasty ticket in Canada. They know how dangerous it is

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

It can get you a nasty ticket just about anywhere, but the cops have to enforce traffic law for that to happen

[-] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Idk I had several people warning me about that when I lived in Quebec, and I very rarely saw people driving with snow on their roof, so I assumed it was enforced quite seriously

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I live in a place where it is illegal and can get you a ticket but the cops never pull anyone over for it so a lot of people don't bother. Every winter /r/Connecticut is about 25% pictures of people with piles of snow like this on top of their suvs

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 4 points 1 month ago

Had similar things happen too. It's why I hate driving. Some moron doesn't even realize how amazingly selfish and idiotic they are being, and come this close to killing someone, meanwhile they just keep driving like nothing happened

[-] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Just the snow blowing off into the windshield of the person behind them is dangerous enough to cause a fatal accident.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 76 points 1 month ago

That’s illegal where I live.

[-] kittehx 70 points 1 month ago

I hope that it's illegal everywhere

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 9 points 1 month ago

It is apparently not illegal in my state.

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I bet its illegal where they live too.

[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 58 points 1 month ago

One time I left a (much smaller) snow helmet on my car. After a very mild stop at a stoplight, I instantly had a blocked windshield too heavy for the wipers to fix in-situ.

I was able to turn into a small parking lot without risk of hitting anyone/anything and clear it off.

Overall: 2/10, would not recommend.

It can be annoying and difficult, but it’s worth going the extra mile even if it seems like a small amount of snow.

Nothing like potentially killing someone because you’re a lazy fuck.

[-] brlemworld@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

*you're a criminal fuck

[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

“Fire it at the Tesla in front of me…” The animosity toward Tesla owners (or Prius or any other EV/Hybrid owner) is stupid. Why hate them?

Because the CEO of Tesla is a massive bastard? That’s not their fault. They may not have even known what a fuckhead he was when they bought it, nor should his behavior influence their car ownership. Plenty of good people work for Tesla too.

Or because they don’t support the gas/oil industry? That’s moronic. As much of a shit goblin Musk is, he holds no candle to the collective evil of the fossil fuel lobby.

Don’t hate someone for their taste in consumer goods. They’re just trying to get through life, same as you.

Now, if you wanna launch that snow drift at a “coal rolling” diesel pickup truck who is intentionally destroying the environment, that’s a different thing altogether.

[-] Turret3857@infosec.pub 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes, because the CEO of Tesla is a massive bastard, in addition to the fact that Teslas have spear-headed spyware for cars. There is no doubt in my mind the cameras on those cars will end up like Ring Doorbells, giving law enforcement unfettered access to footage without a warrant, not to mention the fact they can (and will!) be selling your location data, and anything else they can scrape from you to the highest bidder. Are you a tesla driver who wants to have an abortion? Too fucking bad you're now on a MAGAt harassment list because they bought that information directly from Tesla. Good lord why are we defending CORPOS on a federated platform. FUCK. CORPOS.

[-] Turret3857@infosec.pub 14 points 1 month ago
[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I’m not defending “corpos,” far from it (I even pointed out that Musk & other CEOs are shit). I’m just defending every day people who drive cars and just want to get to & from wherever without being harassed/attacked.

[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago

Then maybe they shouldn’t have bought a Tesla.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

A lot of people didn't pay attention to Musk's heel turn, although I think that's about to change.

If I were a Tesla owner I'd get one of those stickers that say I got this before Musk went insane or whatever.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 25 points 1 month ago

Teslas are some of the most clueless drivers on the road, especially model Ys and model 3s. They've surpassed BMW/Mercedes as the not paying attention stereotype.

[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

Never seen or heard animosity about other evs, just people sitting on tesla.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I target Teslas when I see them in Rocket League. Especially when Knockout is up.

[-] Amanduh@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

People like being in the in group, and hating tesla and musk is in. If you offer anything to the contrary you get dog piled. Arent humans cool?

[-] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

Elon Musk is literally the oligarch of America and, I don't think this needs to be said, but that is awful and should never have been allowed. So yeah. It's "in", for very good reasons.

[-] Amanduh@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah but jumping down anyone's throat who even dare bring up nuance is so tiring lmao

[-] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 20 points 1 month ago

Few times I've gotten to witness when someone brakes onto traffic lights and the uncleared snow from the roof slides onto their windshield and is too much for the wipers to handle.

I drive a truck myself and since the roof is a bit difficult to reach I got a brush with a telescopic handle and a rotating head that I can flip 90 degrees and use to push the snow down from the roof. Works great.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Those extendo handle ones are so great. Spend the extra $10 and get a good one. My work truck is over 7' tall, but I liked it so much I got one for my car and another for my wife's car.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 month ago

SnoBroom/SnoJoe. They're about $10, maybe $15 today.

Hell, I only had that shitty 2' brush thing when I started driving, in a place where there was as much ice as snow, and I still cleared off my car.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Not surprised that the picture was taken at a pump, that's going to be killer on the gas mileage

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

at about 15 pounds per cubic foot, thats what maybe 400 pounds of snow?

[-] Stez827@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

And another like foot or 2 of drag

[-] dogsoahC@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

That's not how physics works, but I appreciate the thought.

[-] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, most of it would be gone by the time you got up to 85

[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Even if it wasn't super dangerous, I wouldn't be able to drive like this. It's like a giant sign that doesn't just say that you're lazy, but selfish.

[-] hinterlufer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

No one commenting about this being physically impossible (unless the car in front is significantly slower/stopped)?

[-] Screamium@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

Thank you, Neil deGrasse Tyson. I had no idea shooting a green shell couldn't be done like in Mario Kart!

[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Fuck. Can we do it like a red shell? Do bananas at least work?

[-] hinterlufer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

If you look closely, a green shell gets thrown. So that would work.

[-] Screamium@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I guess I should have specified Mario Kart 64. That's the one I always think about first

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Lol, gotta observe that the minivan driver thinks they’re in some way superior to the targeted Tesla. They’ll keep telling themselves that as they’re picking the cheerios out of the seat cracks with dried rotten milk stains left by their kids. Got to keep your masculinity intact somehow by imagining your coolness.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 10 points 1 month ago

You got issues...

[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Does the minivan brick itself if it goes through a car wash without pressing the right button?

Cheerios can be vacuumed a lot faster than buying a vehicle not built for ego and nonstop recalls

[-] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Minivans are awesome and actually have a large amount of usable space, starkly contrasted to today's pickup trucks with sparkly clean beds and SUVs that are all useless interior plastic. I've hauled sheets of plywood, MDF, and lots of bottle depot runs with mine.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

You hauled a Main Distribution Frame in a minivan!?

[-] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

I can't tell if you're being facetious but it stands for medium-density fibreboard.

[-] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago
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