OT: Snow Removal From Your Car Before Driving

[Chin Diesel]

I'm finishing up another trip home to Connecticut.

Was fortunate enough to see the snow and enjoy winter. Cue the Progressive commercial. I got to shovel the driveway three times over the weekend.

I am somewhere between interested, curious, and intrigued at the different levels of effort Nutmeggers put in to cleaning snow off of car before they hit the road.

There is a range from pristine cleaning of frint windshield down to barely a square big enough to see through. Some leave the snow on the roof, some don't bother cleaning off the passenger side. Some don't clean the rear window, they just let the wiper or rear defrost do what they can.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I have a strong suspicion that this is perilously close to becoming the most Boneyard thread ever.

 

[HooperScooper]

I have a strong suspicion that this is perilously close to becoming the most dumbest Boneyard thread ever.

FIFY. I think I'm done with this one. I'm putting it on Ignore. Seems pretty simple to me. Clean your car off before hitting the roads. There done. See you.

 

[Ha Who]

FIFY. I think I'm done with this one. I'm putting it on Ignore. Seems pretty simple to me. Clean your car off before hitting the roads. There done. See you.

Yeah, I’ve said all I have to say. Anyone with common sense who drives in Connecticut doesn’t tailgate because there’s a lot of sick people out there. Most of them are on this thread. Anyone with common sense also cleans off the roof of the car because they’ve seen the ice fly off of other cars.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

300 feet seems like an awfully far distance. That's an entire football field. Or more than 3 basketball courts. That's really far. Does anyone on here stay that far behind the car in front of you on the highway? Seems impossible to do unless you're in a very rural area with no cars on the road. Someone would always come into your lane in front of you and if you had to slow down every time to get back 300 feet behind the car that did that then the car behind you would be coming up on you. Seems dangerous and impossible to drive that way. I'm going to pay attention to the cars on the highway tomorrow to see if it can be done.

You can be moving with traffic at 65 or more and still be 3-4 seconds back. It is not a speed thing, it is keeping a safe distance. The car behind you can always pass. Actually, if you are back further from the car in front of you, it makes it easier for them to pass if they want to drive faster. Everyone wins.

I use adaptive cruise control all the time, and even use it on exit ramps. It speeds up the car and slows it down. I don't risk a ticket, and I never tailgate. Staying back has saved my ass several times. It can be something as random as the car in front of me slamming on the brakes because a deer is in the road. The extra second enables me to not slam on my brakes, but slow down under control.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

As miserable as the discussions regarding recent games have been, I think the weeks with no game might be worse.

 

[Excalibur]

God I do not miss any of this. It's 75 here today. The early morning chills and occasional 50 degree winter days give me all the cold I need.

The problem for me is that I hate drowning in my own sweat as much as I hate shivering like a Parkinson's patient. The snowbird life is calling . . .

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

The problem for me is that I hate drowning in my own sweat as much as I hate shivering like a Parkinson's patient. The snowbird life is calling . . .

One of the first things that struck me about Southern California is that I could wear a suit to court when it was 80 degrees out and I wouldn't sweat at all. I have a buddy who just moved out here from Rhode Island last summer and he was blown away that he wasn't sweating all summer.

 

[Skiblets]

When it comes to mojo tourney time I’m voting this thread and Nelson specifically for the hanging and the dude that manually marks the schedules with Ws and an L as the judge

 

[Fishy]

I have a garage, but I actually pile snow on my car before driving it.

Increases the R value of the roof and keeps the car warmer.

 

[Ha Who]

If we get a good storm this weekend, I’m gonna drive my 2007 Camry that I leave outside with 15 inches on my roof

 

[Fishy]

If we get a good storm this weekend, I’m gonna drive my 2007 Camry that I leave outside with 15 inches on my roof

Oh, you will be so toasty warm.

It’s the smart move.

 

[Skiblets]

 

[Fishy]

One of the first things that struck me about Southern California is that I could wear a suit to court when it was 80 degrees out and I wouldn't sweat at all. I have a buddy who just moved out here from Rhode Island last summer and he was blown away that he wasn't sweating all summer.

People have no idea that perfect weather exists and it’s in Southern California.

 

[Chin Diesel]

As miserable as the discussions regarding recent games have been, I think the weeks with no game might be worse.

I need something to pass the time on weeks when there is no weekday game.

Would you rather hear my irritation with how Americans have once again failed to show any ability to self-regulate conduct when it comes to the luggage carousel at airports?

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I know this makes me sound old, but I have really dialed back my approach to driving in the last 10 years. I turn on the adaptive cruise control when I get on the highway, and view it as a failure of my driving if I have to tap the brakes before I get off the highway. If someone wants to pass, I move over to the right lane and they pass, and if my car feels the car in front of it slowing down, then I slow down automatically. I do all I can to avoid getting near any car. An extra 5 mph is not going to save me enough time to justify the risk of getting right up to someone else's bumper.

"Old" wasn't the word I had in mind.

Don't ever change.
(I wanted to say that 2 pages ago, and I wonder what awaits me before I catch up to the current end of this thread)

 

[nelsonmuntz]

You also don't clean off the roof of your car if there's three inches or less of snow and ice on it. That's selfish and dangerous, hopefully you now realize that and will clean off your car going forward.

Going 75 mph and driving 30 feet behind the car in front of you on the highway during a snowstorm is so dangerous it would get you a Reckless Driving ticket and cause you to lose your license in most states. You need to stop doing it immediately.

p.s. I park in a garage. (#8 time I have posted that)

 

[Excalibur]

One of the first things that struck me about Southern California is that I could wear a suit to court when it was 80 degrees out and I wouldn't sweat at all. I have a buddy who just moved out here from Rhode Island last summer and he was blown away that he wasn't sweating all summer.

Southern CA is a different animal entirely. If you’re moving for weather, that’s the place to be. Don’t why I assumed you were in FL (where the weather sucks 8 months out of the year).

 

[FreeKlaiber]

3 inches is my over/under to deal with snow on the roof. Less, and I feel like if someone is driving close enough behind me that snow coming off my car is a problem for them, they should stop tailgating.

I also never said I don't clean my car off.

I don't park in the spot right next to the building if it is in the shade, because I risk re-freezing whatever melting happened up to that point.

p.s. I park in a garage. (#8 time I have posted that)

confused/amused

 

[temery]

If the ice lifts even a little — say 3 feet into the air — the fall time is about:

t = \sqrt{\frac{2h}{g}} \approx \sqrt{\frac{2 \cdot 3}{32}} \approx 0.43 \text{ seconds}


Horizontal distance traveled

At 60 mph, your car (and the ice) are moving:

60 \text{ mph} = 88 \text{ ft/s}


So in 0.43 seconds, the ice travels:

88 \cdot 0.43 \approx 38 \text{ feet}

Your math checks out. Did you use AI, or are you just smart?


Reminds me of:

"Teacher, am I ever going to use any of this math?"

"No, but some of the smart kids might."

 

[temery]

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I vaguely remember a trucking company that put up a brush that all trucks had to drive under when leaving. It brushed all the snow off the top as they leave.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

confused/amused

I have about 20 posts in this thread. Good that you are on the record as selectively quoting posts though.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Going into the office (about an hour drive) I was testing the distance between cars implied by many of the posters in this thread. Holy spit people in this thread drive recklessly. Even 2 seconds between cars is not nearly enough distance to stop if the car in front of you slams on the brakes or hit something themselves, and there is any ice or wetness on the road.

 

[Dutch Boyd]

Going into the office (about an hour drive) I was testing the distance between cars implied by many of the posters in this thread. Holy spit people in this thread drive recklessly. Even 2 seconds between cars is not nearly enough distance to stop if the car in front of you slams on the brakes or hit something themselves, and there is any ice or wetness on the road.

Point Center supports douchy behavior not cleaning your car of snow. If the shoe fits! Regardless if you posted #8 times you park in a garage. Anyway, go UConn! See everyone in Hartford Saturday on a brutally cold day.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Point Center supports douchy behavior not cleaning your car of snow. If the shoe fits! Regardless if you posted #8 times you park in a garage. Anyway, go UConn! See everyone in Hartford Saturday on a brutally cold day.

It snowed about 3-4 inches last night. I didn't have any snow on my car. I park in a garage (#9).

Fun fact: Even parking in the garage, I would be about 20x more dangerous to drivers around me if I was tailgating on the slick and icy roads this morning than if I had all 3 inches of snow on the roof of my car for 10 minutes until it melted or blew off.

 

[temery]

It snowed about 3-4 inches last night. I didn't have any snow on my car. I park in a garage (#9).

Fun fact: Even parking in the garage, I would be about 20x more dangerous to drivers around me if I was tailgating on the slick and icy roads this morning than if I had all 3 inches of snow on the roof of my car for 10 minutes until it melted or blew off.

I am enjoying every bit of every one of your posts in this thread. Just clean the snow off your car.