clearing your windscreen of snow - or not!

[wemorgan]

Reading this BBC article

BBC News - Met Office warns of icy roads after heavy snow

I couldn't help but notice the car in the picture. That must be one of the worst examples of not clearing your windscreen of snow I've ever seen.

 

[stevieb15]

Reading this BBC article

BBC News - Met Office warns of icy roads after heavy snow

I couldn't help but notice the car in the picture. That must be one of the worst examples of not clearing your windscreen of snow I've ever seen.

Perhaps his eyes are a long distance apart

 

[bpsorrel]

Jeez! And what can be his excuse for not clearing it properly?? It takes what, 20 seconds with a brush to clear it?! These people make me mad!!!

 

[st4]

More than ever do I believe in Darwins theory "survival of the fittest"

 

[trapperjohn]

Some body some where has the clear number plate for that car. Book him Dano.

 

[st13phil]

Perhaps his eyes are a long distance apart

Not so far apart as they potentially will be when he crashes into something...

 

[neilrr]

Thse idiots takes the prize in the stupidity stakes. I assumed the car was nicked & they were joy riding but the local paper indicates otherwise.

Pair rescued from car which sank on canal tell of reckless bid to drive 10 miles over ice - The Daily Record

"We must have been doing more than 30 miles an hour before we noticed the puddles up ahead.
"We decided to go for it anyway and the front end just gave way on the ice."

 

[kwakdonut]

Scary thing is, these aren't 'isolated' (sic!) cases - so many cars are still driving around with only their windscreens, cleared or partially and lights, side windows etc still covered in a thick layer of snow!!

 

[219]

Not to mention the ones who don't clear their roof then end up looking like the car pictured as soon as they brake !

 

[Londonscottish]

I see these people all the time in London. In sunny daylight they drive about seemingly unaware of anything behind or beside them.

They are also to be seen driving around with one or more mirror folded up/hanging off.

In the rain the tell-tell sign is when all the windows steam up and they make no effort to clean them.

In winter their windows are covered in snow and ice.

Why don't the police do these people for driving without due care and attention?

 

[HR17]

Hope the cops catch up with him/her and nick them. They may as well be driving blindfolded.

 

[janner]

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/
"Officers gave the woman an ice scraper..."

 

[mattc]

In winter their windows are covered in snow and ice.

Why don't the police do these people for driving without due care and attention?

Hope the cops catch up with him/her and nick them. They may as well be driving blindfolded.

Because the local copper I saw yesterday in a car was equally covered in snow. Half of front cleared and a little of rear cleared. NONE of the side windows cleared at all so I would guess the muppet could not see anything. I almost went over to call him/her a muppet and ask what example they are giving in light of the poor driving standards generally displayed but I thought chances are I would get grief for having the temerity to question a police officer.

 

[kay7]

I see these people all the time in London. In sunny daylight they drive about seemingly unaware of anything behind or beside them.

They are also to be seen driving around with one or more mirror folded up/hanging off.

In the rain the tell-tell sign is when all the windows steam up and they make no effort to clean them.

In winter their windows are covered in snow and ice.

Why don't the police do these people for driving without due care and attention?

London drivers are the worst... no care at all, no respect at all . Luckily i dont drive that much in UK anymore...

 

[219]

Because the local copper I saw yesterday in a car was equally covered in snow. Half of front cleared and a little of rear cleared. NONE of the side windows cleared at all so I would guess the muppet could not see anything. I almost went over to call him/her a muppet and ask what example they are giving in light of the poor driving standards generally displayed but I thought chances are I would get grief for having the temerity to question a police officer.

I would have thought a picture taken of him in his car in that condition and frowarded to a a senior officer would have resulted in a royal bollocking

 

[DJC013]

I would have thought a picture taken of him in his car in that condition and frowarded to a a senior officer would have resulted in a royal bollocking

Good point ! Well put and presented ! Regards Damian.

 

[Apial]

Thse idiots takes the prize in the stupidity stakes. I assumed the car was nicked & they were joy riding but the local paper indicates otherwise.

Pair rescued from car which sank on canal tell of reckless bid to drive 10 miles over ice - The Daily Record

"We must have been doing more than 30 miles an hour before we noticed the puddles up ahead.
"We decided to go for it anyway and the front end just gave way on the ice."

Reminds me of a £50 bet made that someone could not drive their tractor from Lincoln to Torksey down the river. As the tractor went under the railway bridge at Saxilby the ice gave way, the bet was lost, and the tractor had to be crained out.

There was a photo of this in the Bridge Hotel at Saxilby for many years.

 

[HR17]

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/
"Officers gave the woman an ice scraper..."

This is the exact type of person who shouldn't be allowed to drive. If she's incapable of cleaning the snow from her car, and is then willing to drive it like that, then should she be on the road at all?
I have every sympathy for old dears who need to get out to buy cat food and pile cream, but she could easily have killed a kid when driving like that. Perhaps one of her relatives will convince her its time to sell the car and make us of her bus pass.