Edit: their windshield was completely iced over.

    • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      28·
      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.

      • Semperverus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        24·
        9 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.

        • superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
          5·
          9 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.

          • Semperverus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            22·
            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.

            • waz@feddit.ukEnglish
              21·
              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.

  • toynbee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    9 days ago

    Though I don’t advocate the practice, I have occasionally seen drivers who cleared only the area immediately in front of the driver. That’s still bad, but not quite as much so as driving with a fully iced-over windshield.

    edit: oh, I see now that OP edited the post to clarify this was not the case.