[Closed] drivers not clearing their windscreens

Very little I imagine.

'their' 🙂

But, yes, eejits. Same goes for side windows, rear windows and lights.

Nothing says I'm poor and stupid more than a snow covered car on the road. 😉

But, yes, eejits. Same goes for side windows, rear windows and lights.

and the roof 🙂

and the roof

Nah, leave the roof. Always like to see cars with snowhicans. It's like a faster version of Buckaroo, waiting to see at which point it all goes flying off.

just do as i did to the mrs reversing into the drive last night .....

throw a snow ball at their car - the noise inside is massive and sounds like you hit something 😉 - wait and see how quick they get out to check for damage.......

and the roof

waiting to see at which point it all goes flying off.

Kinda but might take out a cyclist?!

My car looks more aero when covered with snow.

from observation on the school run, the bigger the 4x4 the less snow and ice gets removed from it before setting off.......

numpties 👿

There were quite a few pictures of this cool dude doing the rounds on Twitter:

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Ah yes, the tank commanders...

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I trust that the police are prosecuting that driver????

Nah won't know who it is as they cunningly hid their reg plate.

Well it's an Audi driver so could easily be someone on here 😉

Notice how they cleared the badge to show they drive an Audi..............

There are way to many idiots on the roads, I for one would be happy if some of the VED went to pay for some highway code enforcement snipers instead of more speed cameras.

Re 'roof slabs' - I've seen 3 people stop at junctions/roundabouts only for the slab decide it doesn't want to stop and cover the windscreen - cue embarrassed driver having to get out and spend the 20 seconds doing what they should have done before they drove ie. clean the bloody roof!

Although I fully clear my windscreen I didn't bother with the roof but yesterday lunchtime it had slid down from the roof onto the windscreen, I only noticed after I got into the car and couldn't be arsed getting out and scraping it so just used the wipers... Seemed to clear it fast but some snow packed behind them (bonnet side) and I ended up bending both my wiper arms, that'll teach me to be lazy :p Must be some force on the wiper motor as they don't seem to want to bend back.

seba560 - Member
Nothing says I'm poor and stupid more than a snow covered car on the road.

My pet hate in the snow. Bloody idiots leaving snow all over their car. I always brush the powder off mine before even getting in it.

Drivers who leave a huge slab on the roof that is released into my windscreen as they accelerate rapidly and pull in front of me into the middle lane of the motorway

****ers!

Even better when the snow slides down the windscreen but the car's still moving!

Always like to see cars with snowhicans. It's like a faster version of Buckaroo, waiting to see at which point it all goes flying off.

It's not that difficult to find out who the absolute ballbag driving the Audi is surely? Look, here is most of his reg number.

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Driving without due care and attention? Reckless endangerment or something? They show absolutely no regard for other road users. I would happily seem them wrapped round a lamp post.

Well, it's definitely SN57 VHL It's all over the internet and it seems many are affected by siliconosus-vaginitis when they tweet about it.

Utterly bad form driving off whilst the vehicle is covered in Snow.

I always have and will always continue to clear my vehicles of Snow before driving on the Queens Highway.

"smug git"

i like to draw eyes on cars like:

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when it snows, my road is currently a nicer place to live because of it, some people have even been adding smiley mouths and noses to some of them 🙂

I witnessed an accident a couple of weeks ago where the driver smashed straight into a parked car.

The driver was shaken up, so after I had located the parked car's owner, by knocking on doors, I moved the car to the side of the road. It was so badly, frosted/misted that you couldn't see anything apart from through a small 'cleared' stripe that had been most likely produced with the back of the drivers hand.

It literally could have been anything or anyone that got hit, no excuse for it at all.

Matthew

Once winter I scraped a heart of the windscreen of my wife's car in the ice. Dead sweet and romantic, yes?

She complained I'd not cleared the entire windscreen for her arguing that would be far more romantic. And practical too.

So let me get this right, unless you remove all the snow from my car I'm obviously poor? Hahaha STW logic at its most bell endish!

[i]unless you remove all the snow from my car I'm obviously poor?[/i]

Surely one's butler takes care of these tedious tasks, and has one's car pre-warmed and ready?

Nothing says I'm poor and stupid more than a snow covered car on the road

So let me get this right, unless you remove all the snow from my car I'm obviously poor?

In my experience its the yummy mummies taking Orlando and Safia on the school run in their Q7's who don't bother clearing their cars.

Then again the roof is frightfully high

Us proles in our normal size cars get on fine

I think it's more a question of having to park on the street because you can't afford a centrally heated garage. 🙂

^^ this ^^

But then why would you park anywhere else, possibly at friends, but then if they haven't got a heated garage where you could park your car whilst visiting, why would you have them as friends??

Had a car following me down the A1 yesterday. Traffic came to a halt as it does now and then on a busy road. So I stopped. And so did he.

Full roof of snow then proceeded to slip off his roof all over the windscreen. The nugget then had to get out of his car on the motorway to clean it off. Sigh.

Real pros get the snow off their lights as well. Seen a few crashes through the years caused by obscured lights.
One of which involved me 😥

breatheeasy - Member
Had a car following me down the A1 yesterday. Traffic came to a halt as it does now and then on a busy road. So I stopped. And so did he.

Full roof of snow then proceeded to slip off his roof all over the windscreen. The nugget then had to get out of his car on the motorway to clean it off. Sigh.

then some nugget on an internet forum called an A road a motorway 😉

then some nugget on an internet forum called an A road a motorway

Sorry, the A1(M) to give it it's full title.... 😀

WTF goes through a someones mind

Their windscreen...bonnet etc!

Yet another 'why isn't everyone else as great as me' thread. Classic STW. 😐

[i] 'why isn't everyone else as great as me' [/i]

It's a valid question though 🙂

I think I've reached that age when I can put a piece of carpet on my windscreen.

Pro here, I wipe the lot with a brush, roof, lights, around the wiper mechs, number plate. Of course this does take a huge 30 seconds of my life up.

A friend of mine was left hospitalised by a hardened piece of snow/ice off the back of a flat bed lorry. The oncoming lorry hit a bump in the road and the snow/ice went flying right through his window and into his face.

I find it incredible that some folks just don't understand how dangerous it is to drive without properly clearing their vehicles.

Mind you, just how many people are actually taught and learn to drive in the winter. Personally I think it should be a pre-requisite before gaining your licence.

I was pulling out to overtake an arctic on the Forth Road Bridge a couple of years ago when a 10ft long and very thick slab of ice slid off the roof of the trailer and landed where my car had been 2 seconds before. Would definitely have come through my windscreen into the front seats. Always keep well away from the back of lorries now in snow and ice.

Mind you, just how many people are actually taught and learn to drive in the winter.

i passed on january the 5th, after driving my mum to my nans to prove i was safe i proceded to go out to the hills, slide about in the snow and park the car in a hedge. 😳

Nah, leave the roof. Always like to see cars with snowhicans. It's like a faster version of Buckaroo, waiting to see at which point it all goes flying off.

So what happens when you brake and a large slab of melting snow totally obscures your windscreen?

Mind you, just how many people are actually taught and learn to drive in the winter.

I was taught to drive in the winter. I'm fairly sure it's given me a bit more confidence how to drive in the ice and snow. I'm not 'awesome' by any stretch but have a healthy appreciation/respect for the weather. Didn't get too many bad habits too early in my driving career.

[i]So what happens when you brake and a large slab of melting snow totally obscures your windscreen?[/i]

See [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/forum-etiquette-people-who-obviously-havent-read-the-question ]here[/url]

I was pulling out to overtake an ar[b]c[/b]tic

Did it have continental tyres?

Did it have continental tyres?

I think it is safer... now at least you know they are driving round with no idea what is around them. Normally its pot luck...

As if I would put my car in a garage, that's where the bikes live!

grum - Member
Yet another 'why isn't everyone else as great as me' thread. Classic

WTF goes through a someones mind that says it'll be fine to drive around having scrapped a bit of snow the size of a letter box from the front windscreen!!!!!

Progress- my car has a heated windscreen
Antiprogress- it has rain sensing wipers which turn on as soon as I hit the ignition, when the windscreen's still covered in ice

The blue oval giveth, and it taketh away.

Northwind - Member
Progress- my car has a heated windscreen

I have a car with a heated windscreen, well I say heated. It's got a blower inside the car for it. 😉

I have a car with a heated windscreen, well I say heated. It's got a blower inside the car for it. 😉

I have a car with a heated windscreen, well I say heated, I live in Australia

Leaving snow on your car is classed as a unsecured load, few round here were pulled by the fuzz in previous winters.

[i] I was pulling out to overtake an arctic

Did it have continental tyres? [/i]

Well done! 😉

watched woman in alfa mito this morning come into the carpark at work

pull up , get out

start clearing the 2 inch of frozen powder snow off her roof , bonnet and lights .....

her husband will love her for the mess she will have made scraping the bonnet with the windscreen scraper like it was a window !

Progress- my car has a heated windscreen
Antiprogress- it has rain sensing wipers which turn on as soon as I hit the ignition, when the windscreen's still covered in ice

The blue oval giveth, and it taketh away.

After being attacked by my automatic wipers while scraping the windscreen I now turn them off before turning the ignition on.

Hold up, highway code enforcement snipers? Where can i apply for this job?

[quote=Northwind said]Progress- my car has a heated windscreen
Antiprogress- it has rain sensing wipers which turn on as soon as I hit the ignition, when the windscreen's still covered in ice
The blue oval giveth, and it taketh away.

Bad design 🙂 My rain sensor wipers disable themselves after the ignition is turned off such that when you fire the car up again they won't start flapping away. You need to reactivate them using the control stalk.