mailin 0 #1 January 25, 2005 Then please don't be like the lazy f&%k that nearly caused an accident today! I'm sure you can picture it... Jeep grand cherokee with out 10" of snow on the roof, barreling down the interstate at 70+. All the snow comes off in one swift movement onto the windshield of the car behind it... me I had a nice 'contained' crack in my windshield before this morning. Now I'll have to shell out money I don't have to get a new windshield because some lazy f&%k wouldn't take 2 minutes out of their morning to clean off the top of their car I'm just waiting for my next trip when I get stuck behind an 18-wheeler that hasn't cleaned off the trailer and massive amounts of snow/ice fly off onto unsuspecting cars behind it. I can't wait to get out of this place and go somewhere there is no snow... JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #2 January 25, 2005 I have a garage so I don't have to worry Plus remember the snow storm we had last week? It's about 62 degrees here right nowMay your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #3 January 25, 2005 HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY you already know what i do to get rid of the snow on my car. So I am not lazy just efficientI'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #4 January 25, 2005 QuotePlus remember the snow storm we had last week? It's about 62 degrees here right now shuddup JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #5 January 25, 2005 ya... I think I jinxed myself with that conversation we had. It happens EVERY single winter - some jerks snow 'top' comes off on my car... I must have a bullseye on my windshield or something. Its a sign I tell ya... a sign... must go south... ya, thats what its telling me JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 7 #6 January 25, 2005 QuoteIts a sign I tell ya... Jen Or it's a sign saying don't drive so close behind someone you know has a major glacier still stuck to their roof! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #7 January 25, 2005 How often have you driven in Providence? There's no other way People are crazy around here. Plus, thats no excuse for not clearing off your car - police can (although they never do ) pull you over and fine you for excess snow on the top of your car. So.. consider this a public service announcement JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 7 #8 January 25, 2005 QuoteHow often have you driven in Providence? There's no other way People are crazy around here. Jen I do the Chicago Skyway-Dan Ryan-Kennedy run twice a week. Yup, I'm familiar with heavy traffic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #9 January 25, 2005 I still like my way better.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #10 January 25, 2005 hehehe - its not heavy traffic here... its highspeed cat and mouse. People just don't stay in one lane, even if its just 1 mile to the exit they want. So you have to be very 'offensive' in order to not get cut off by people at very close intervals. You'd think that for such a small state the police would be busy pulling over people for driving wrecklessly... but I think they're too enamoured with the new Krispy Kreme that just opened You should visit - its an experience you won't soon forget JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #11 January 25, 2005 lazy bastard Be sure to lemme know if you catch up with my brother or not, cause if you end up out there tomorrow I'll go with you. JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,119 #12 January 25, 2005 That's the traditional way to clear snow off in Boston. You dig the car out from the snowplow piles, then get it started somehow, then dig a 6" wide tunnel from the front of the car to the windshield. Then you get in and drive very fast until enough snow comes off that you can see. Then you slow down. (Note that when you drive very fast everything that's a hazard appears in front of you, where you can see it through the tunnel.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #13 January 25, 2005 do I really need to say it.... JumpScars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #14 January 25, 2005 QuoteThat's the traditional way to clear snow off in Boston. You dig the car out from the snowplow piles, then get it started somehow, then dig a 6" wide tunnel from the front of the car to the windshield. Then you get in and drive very fast until enough snow comes off that you can see. Then you slow down. (Note that when you drive very fast everything that's a hazard appears in front of you, where you can see it through the tunnel.) You see Jen Bill gets it. Great minds think a like i tell you.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #15 January 26, 2005 Quotehehehe - its not heavy traffic here... its highspeed cat and mouse. People just don't stay in one lane, even if its just 1 mile to the exit they want. But, isn't that what multiple lanes are for? Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #16 January 26, 2005 well....duh. But when everyone is dodging each other and passing on either side, its abit 'much'. When I was in FL earlier this month, and we got weathered out a few days, myself and two girls from the UK decided to drive down to Vero Beach and do some shopping, we took their car. All they could comment about was how in the UK people don't pass on the passenger side of the car (the left in the UK) - they follow the rules of the road and pass on the drivers side. I had to chuckle - cause its not like that up here. Its only a matter of who passes the fastest, passenger or driver side JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #17 January 26, 2005 I get the feeling you wouldn't want to see me on the road. Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doddy 0 #18 January 26, 2005 just doesnt ever happen here. (OZ) We are subjected to heat heat heat. The best we get are missile rocks from quarry trucks and that pisses us off coz you can guarantee it will be a new windscreen and once you've got it another bloody truck wil go past and do it again A man who views the world at 50, the same as he did when he was 20, has wasted 30 yrs of his life. "Muhammad Ali" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #19 January 26, 2005 nah - I'm just as guilty. I cuss alot too - I'm horrible JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #20 January 26, 2005 QuoteJeep grand cherokee with out 10" of snow on the roof, barreling down the interstate at 70+. All the snow comes off in one swift movement onto the windshield of the car behind it... me Uh following a tad close at 70 MPH with snow and ice on the roads??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #21 January 26, 2005 Depends on your definition of close In reality, there was no snow/ice on the interstate so that was a safe speed. I'd say I was following 2-3 car lengths in back of him (thankfully only part of the snow pile hit my windshield/hood) - so yes, according to what you learned in drivers ed it should have been more than double that Irregardless - the tops of cars should be cleared off... but since no one does it, I'll just move to a place that doesn't get snow JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #22 January 26, 2005 QuoteIrregardless - the tops of cars should be cleared off... but since no one does it, I'll just move to a place that doesn't get snow Then you just have to worry about..... Hurricanes. tornadoes if you move south.. Earthquakes, fires, mudslides, flooding if you move to CA.. Volcanos, flooding when it rains too much if you move here.. but it rarely snows.... well you can go visit snow in less than an hour.. if you want to play in it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #23 January 26, 2005 Hate to tell ya girl, but this one's your fault. Anyone who knows anything about cars will tell you--the only kind of self-contained crack is the one that isn't there.. If you had a round crack, as in small (and I mean *small*) chip with hairline cracks springing from it, then a bit of glue (made especially for this purpose, done by pros) might contain it.. But any straight crack--there's no way. It was bound to happen. Mostly because it's cold outside and the heat in your car makes for more stress on the glass (ever pour boiling hot water in an ice-cold glass?). Because of the cold, it was prone to spreading anyway. In my province (up here in cold Canada!!), yearly vehicle inspections are mandatory. A crack in the windshield would almost invariably cause your car to fail the inspection--until a new windshield were installed. So BEWARE!!! If you have even the tiniest crack and you live in a cold place.. It *will* spread (probably from one end of the windshield to the other). The fact is you're lucky it broke the way it did. It eventually would have happened on its own anyway, but if it had been hit by something harder, it could have shattered--NOT GOOD."There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slug 1 #24 January 26, 2005 Since the trucks in Wa state don't have to cover their loads of sand & gravel cracked windehilds are very commen. The good new is we're not required to get a annual safety inspection so we just wait the windshild replaced every 3-5 yr's or before selling the car. Amazon is right as usual you can reach the snow in the mts in a hr. But it's because it's always raining at sea level. Do not move here R.I.P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NightJumper 0 #25 January 26, 2005 Think Florida! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
