Pet peeve: snow on cars

[Desdichado]

It really only bothers me if I'm right behind some van with six inches of piled snow on his roof streaming off on to my windshield. Otherwise, no big deal.

 

[drothgery]

Then you'll hate the heat.

There are places in the US where both extreme heat and extreme cold are rare. Admittedly, they're mostly along the west coast and in Hawaii (and in LA or San Diego, it gets quite hot if you live even ten or twenty miles inland).

I personally would like to give Chicago a try. What's it's weather like?

Relative to Atlanta, according to Weather.com, it's about 5 degrees cooler in the summer on average, and about 20 degrees cooler in the winter on average.

I lived a little north of Chicago for a few years, and remember southeastern Wisconsin as having the coldest winters of any place I've ever lived in (which also includes Cleveland, several cities in upstate NY, and Worcester, MA -- in addition to my current residence here in San Diego).

 

[Wolf72]

worse is the tractor trailers that send a massive sheet of icy-snow off the back of their trailer ... me in my little mazda almost got smacked off the northway a couple of times.

... but I'll take it, with any luck I'll never have to go back to GA and watch people die because of 1/4" of snow ... or a sudden rain storm (hey moron's slow down, don't slam on the breaks.) To be a little fair they have very little experience with snow ... but rain? it rains in Augusta all the time, just take your foot of the gas, ya know maybe only 75mph instead of 95mph on I-20.

 

[berdoingg]

I'm from my local area, and sometimes it snows and sometimes it doesn't. I have no strong policy on snow clearage. My pet peeve is doing fine thanks.

 

[Marius Delphus]

Here in Northern Alabama, the people that know how to drive in poor weather seem to be far outnumbered by the people that drive as if it's a clear blue day no matter the weather or road conditions. We don't get a lot of snow here, but I have lived in Illinois, Colorado, Utah, and New Hampshire, so I fancy I'm one of the outnumbered ones.

The primary problem with not cleaning off the roof of your car/van/whatever is the big iceberg chunks that calve off at random moments during your trip. These are distracting and scary for *other* drivers, who sometimes swerve (and thus may lose control) trying to avoid your cast-offs. It's hard to tell what they're made of, you see; if you're just streaming powder, you're merely a nuisance, but if a big chunk goes flying, you're a potential threat (even if it's *not* ice).

These people annoy me *almost* as much as the people who clean off a little windshield circle right in front of the driver then go driving. But not quite. Like I said, we don't get that much snow down here. What we do get two or three times a year, though, is a nasty ice storm, which makes the windshield thing much more common.

And this in a region where people tend to drive as I described above. Of course there are exceptions made for the heaviest of rainstorms (whew), but other than that... well, let's just say I feel that driving defensively (I think) has saved me a lot of repair bills (I think).

(Ever notice people will readily admit to poor memory or addiction to caffeine, for example, but seldom-to-never admit to driving poorly or having a poor sense of humor?)

 

[barsoomcore]

Grew up in Prince George, BC. And Calgary, Alberta. Saw a LOT of snow.

Now I live in Vancouver, and if I never see a single flake of snow again as long as I live, I'll be 100% fine with that.

There was once a suggestion of trying to convince some Caribbean nation to join Canada. The DAY that happens I'm moving to the Caribbean.

There's no such thing as too much sunshine, too much beach, or too much hurricane.

No, wait...

Vancouver's nice.