It’s a cute meme but please don’t do this irl. This is how peoples’ days (and sometimes lives) are ruined.
I did this once just to drive 2 blocks on totally empty streets. After 30 seconds, I had my passenger open the window and see if I was good on their side. Shit was terrifying. I can’t imagine doing it on a legit commute. You gotta convince yourself you’ve got 8-inch solid unobtainium plot armor to do that.
Every winter, I’m reminded of what driver vantage points some people think are optional. Half the windscreen and none of the other windows cleared? Good to go. It really explains what we see on the roads the rest of the year.
“Oh, I don’t need to be careful . I drive a 6000 pound death machine. It’s got airbags.”
My old 3500lb death machine (2002 525i) just recalled for unsafe airbags.
I feel safer in the bigger vehicle
edit: guys I was kidding
Statistically, you absolutely are. There’s good data to back it up: even when looking at the same vehicle category, the risk of death is smaller in a bigger vehicle.
https://www.motortrend.com/news/are-bigger-cars-safer/
Which is of course exactly what you’d expect. It’s basic physics after all. And there’s simply more metal between you and the thing that you hit / hits you.
Still, the inverse also applies: driving a larger vehicle is more dangerous for everyone else on the road, so drivers should be extra careful. Everyone wants to get home safe.
“I just like knowing that if there is an accident, I won’t get hurt.”
Until everyone is also driving the 6,000 lb death machine. Now you need to get the 9,000 lb death machine to compensate and thus the cycle restarts until everyone commutes to work in literal tanks because “it’s safer”.
Let the arms race begin
Sarcasm is a risky gambit here. I picked up on it but some people really need that /s
One morning around 2014 I got up early, scrapped the ice off my windshield, ran the defrost so I could see clearly out of the window (this was not the norm for me back then) and promptly slid down a 2-3 ft hill (I’m using hill VERY loosely here) less than 200 yards from my front door into a small fence going like maybe 2 miles per hour because the apartment complex hadn’t had the parking lot salted the night before or plowed that morning. Still got to work on time though, though the body shop bill was about $350 for the repairs.
For YEARS my dream was to own a home mainly for the garage so I’d never have to scape my windshield again.
That’s not what garages are for. They’re for storing all of the crap you definitely need.
What else are you supposed to do with those girlscouts always knocking on your door.
Eat them? Tastes great like Oreos with Milk
Good point, remote start was made for not having to scrape windshields.
Haha. Yeah you’re like a lot of my neighbors. Fill your garage with shit you don’t need so it looks tacky as fuck and park your car in the street to make sure you’re in other people’s way.
Found the bitter asshole neighbor who just glares out the window at everyone
I built a house with a garage. I laugh at the frostbitten peasant cruisers on a cold morning.
Sometimes I wash my car an hour before a thunderstorm. You can get away with these things.
I like to just sit in my garage and think about things.
After awhile I turn the car off.
It’s a tough walk from my kitchen to my desk indeed.
Can someone from a country that gets snow explain this meme?
And it’s incredibly stupid and more common than it should be. Takes 20 seconds to do the windows properly.
A girl in my city did that a few years ago and hit a pedestrian and then went to jail for it.
Worst 20 seconds she ever saved.
Yeah it’s at least 5 minutes and I run the car while I’m scraping.
I’m so used to the car being warmed up (auto start) I forget how long it used to take when I did it the old fashioned way. A lot more elbow grease involved without the warm air circulating inside.
Man a lot of these comments are taking this very literally.
Don’t you know that Lemmy memes are meant to be debated and disproven at every opportunity?!
“I’m smarter than this meme, and I know more!”
Bro if I’m late, I just have to accept it. I tell my work people that I’ll be late and they’re usually fine with it as long as I say something and show up.
I know that not all work places are as understanding as this, but don’t be stupid if you’re late. You’ll still get there, just not on time.
Time lost at home can’t be made up on the road.
Just this morning I was an hour late. I spend most of my weekends helping my parents a few hours away, so have a 4am alarm set for Monday mornings to get up, shower, and head to work.
Because of the Holiday, my first day of work this week was a Tuesday, so my 4am alarm didn’t go off and I got up at 5.
I got up, showered, sent a text to the team that I’d screwed up, and went to work.
Yeah, I could’ve driven 100mph on country roads and blown through a few red lights in the middle of nowhere near my parents’ place. But I also could’ve died trying that shit. Instead I just drove normal, got to work late, and it wasn’t a big deal.
I get that not everyone works in an environment where getting in late isn’t a big deal. But a lot more people do than realize it. Most workplaces can be flexible, and will be when it matters. If they’re assholes about it when they don’t need to be - look for somewhere better.
Just use cardboard. It’s that easy.
I don’t get this winter joke
Thanks for sharing
Would a battery powered hair dryer work here? Throw a ton of hot air on it.
That’s how you crack your windshield.
No. You scrape the ice off like a normal person so you can see. It takes 60 seconds.
