Edit: their windshield was completely iced over.

  • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldOP
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    10 days ago

    Nope. I was at the drive thru in the front of the line waiting on my food with the engine switched off. I never touch my phone in the car unless I’m off the road and stationary.

    I’m not gonna make a post saying this guy’s a moron for driving with an icy windshield while I’m taking a picture of it doing 40 miles an hour and uploading it. That’d make me kind of a major hypocrite, wouldn’t it?

    But they got to the drive thru with their windshield like this. Which is kinda terrifying.

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      10 days ago

      It may be easy to see out of from the inside. I have some days where there’s no way I’m driving, and other days where there’s definitely frost but I can see enough detail that I can drive at-parity with days where there’s no ice. I do try to get it gone as much as possible, but some days thats not feasible.

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        10 days ago

        but some days thats not feasible.

        Wat. Some days it isn’t feasible to have your windshield free from ice while you’re driving???

        If your car doesn’t have a function to pre-heat it, you can buy a pre-heater for not very much money.
        You can buy a windshield cover to put on in the evening for even less money.
        Or put 2-3 hot water bottles on the dash first thing in the morning. That’s enough to melt the ice on the windshield.

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          9 days ago

          Bold of you to assume I don’t have 9 alarms set and struggle to get up early enough before work to do that. Sleep disorders are fun!

          I do use the heater, but it takes a while. Some days I am dangerously late for work as a result. Those are the days even the scraper doesnt work.

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            8 days ago

            Sorry, being late for work is not an excuse for driving a vehicle in an unfit condition. Either you prepare the car to drive it, or you don’t start the journey.