WHY DO SOME JURISDICTIONS PASS LAWS ABOUT REMOVING SNOW FROM YOUR CAR OR TRUCK?

Are they gonna begin flitting laws about pushing by puddles as well as striking H2O upon people? If the large cube of ice falls upon your windshield from the automobile in front of you-you’re patently tailgating. Is there the law opposite that?

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

StephenWeinstein January 31, 2012 at 12:40 pm

If the chunk of ice falls on your car from a car this is not in front of you, then you are obviously not tailgating that car.

Actually, the biggest problem is when you hit the brakes hard and the snow on the roof of your own car falls on your own windshield.

Depending on wind conditions, snow that falls from a car can land a considerably distance away, often on a car that is not tailgating.

John M January 31, 2012 at 12:42 pm

On a freeway or highway where the speed limit is 50+, the wind may blow the ice or snow off the roof and crash into someone elses windshield. That law was passed in NJ when a woman was killed by flying ice.

Firecracker . January 31, 2012 at 1:21 pm

It doesn’t have to hit the car behind at all.
We get lots of snow at times. I’ve seen two FEET on top of idiot’s cars.
And when it falls to the rear, it makes an instant snowbank.
To the front, the driver is blind – not that it really makes any difference.
I’ve seen sheets of ice fly from semi trailers…..killer things.
Then there’s always the one (male, usually) that only makes a peek hole – leaving the hood and rest of the windshield covered.

Hazard yourself, fine. Hazard others than yourself, there’s probably a law against it.
Hazard me, and I’ll certainly have something to say about it.

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