• qwestjest78@lemmy.ca
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    9 hours ago

    The number of clowns in Canada who drive around after clearing the minimum amount of snow necessary to drive their car and see out their windsheild. Beyond lazy

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      8 hours ago

      Lived in Massachusetts for a decade, it ain’t just Canadians lemme tell ya

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        6 hours ago

        Anywhere there is snow there is people too negligent to clean it off properly.

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      7 hours ago

      The worst is when the back window is covered with fluffy snow and you can see that there’s a rear wiper. Like all you have to do is press a single button but apparently that is too much.

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      7 hours ago

      So they’re saving time.

      Any negatives?

      I guess it might be annoying to drive behind someone with a roof full of snow falling on your windshield.

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        Any negatives?

        Yeah. You can kill people.

        When that stuff dislodges on the highway it’s not like your car getting hit by a snowball. It’s like having an entire wheelbarrow full of snow hit your car all at once at 50+ mph. Just the weight of it can KO your entire windshield. It’s a super effective way to make someone crash.

        Also, it’s not always just snow. If the snow on your vehicle sat there through a couple of freeze/thaw cycles, there can be a big sheet of ice underneath. If that goes through someone’s windshield it can kill them directly. If you live in a snowy place, pretty much everyone you know has a story about the time they almost died because some asshole was too lazy to clean off the roof of their SUV, or because a huge sheet of ice flew off the top of a semi-trailer.

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      9 hours ago

      Why do you think this is unique to Canadians? Americans do it, Europeans do it.

      Don’t throw shade when you’re guilty yourself lmfao