In fact, I do it all the time. I never clean the snow off the roof. Never. Not once.
I even think it’s pretty cool the way it makes a miniature blizzard as the wind from my acceleration blows it off, and I like it when chunks go flying behind.
Personally, I say Fuck all you tailgaters!
And let me laugh at you from South Florida where we have zero inches of snow, and it’s (almost) never below freezing.
I suppose the hurricane wreckage might look pretty with nice dusting of snow, though.
Not if it’s frozen, like much of the snow on the roof of our minivan this morning.
I swore I’d never do this. but -
in the Bay Area today, it is sunny and 75. 
I feel for you - I left New Jersey right after the blizzard of 1996. And I always cleaned the snow off my roof. Especially after it fell onto my windshield once in stages.
it usually helps to remove the snow the day the snow stops… the frozen slab is the most dangerous once the air gets under it.
:: throws snowball at DiosaBellissima :: THWAP!!
Last Saturday, 3 days ago it was -20f in the am. Nearly 100 degrees difference.
It’s all a matter of degrees. 
Girl - it’s going to be really, really, REALLY cold being dunked in a snowdrift with those flip flops on.
Of course, on the other hand, here in the frigid midwest, it’s been quite some time since we had any of those nasty tectonic plate incidents you all seem to deal with so well. 
Like Scylla above, I’ve been known to resemble a rolling whiteout on occasion.
The occasion being that it snowed.
My sincere apologies. In truth I was dutiful in the removal of snow from my windshield, all side windows, and even my rear window unlike many I saw driving that day. Unfortunately it had been a long while since I had seen my vehicle covered in snow and I had neglected to brush snow off my roof and off my hood. As I was driving down the highway I realized my mistake as snow kept blowing off the hood onto my windshield but by then it was to late to stop and rectify the situation. I shall be more careful in the future.
Marc
I’ll take 36 in Chicago than 75 in Bakersfield any day of my life. I think I am the one who gets to say ha ha! here.
I do always clean off the roof if the snow has piled up more than a couple of inches, but on mornings when there’s about two inches then I put the engine on as I brush off the car and shovel out the driveway, then as I am leaving our drive, I stop suddenly to let the snow on the roof go THUNK! down onto the windshield. I do love it, it’s so satisfying in a massive zitty sort of way.
But I would never drive with a pile of snow on my car, it is indeed dangerous and annoying to other drivers.
What if it wasn’t just snow but sleet or freezing rain as well?
Yeah, I enjoy the changing of seasons. Unlike when I lived in L.A.
Snow in the Winter.
Hot and dry in the Summer.
Supercell T-storms in the Spring.
Everything dying in the Autumn.
You put up with a few inconveniences to enjoy the good things about each distinct season.
Well, gee, now I’m gonna pick up and move to Oklahoma! You make it sound so enticing.
warm up the car for 5-10 mins with the heat on, then clean off the windshield, windows, and finally roof.
Bring pie.
In my own defense, I am not that short. I’m 5’7". I drive a RAV4 which sits fairly high off the ground so it’s sometimes hard to reach the top even with a broom or long-handled snow brush.
When I say “safe”, I mean that there’s usually packed snow and ice around the car from the borough’s efforts to clear the street. Moving around to get even most of the snow off without slipping is dicey; in fact, I have twisted an ankle trying to clear the roof of my car. Since I have no desire to spend the winters wearing an ankle brace, I just do a couple turns in the empty parking lot behind my house.
Robin
This happens in the South, too, with drivers unaccustomed to the rare fits of snow that we do get down here.
The snow/ice detretus isn’t as offensive as the rampant inability to drive under icy/snowy conditions.
As I’ve mentioned before Coloradans don’t clean off the roofs of their cars, and I had never even heard of the concept until this board. If you’re going fast enough close enough to get caught in the blow off, then back the fuck off, if probably icy. Nobody cleans the hood or trunk either unless there is more than a foot.
Why on earth an I going to mess up my cars finish with a broom and icy abrasive when I can simply let the laws of physics lift it away harmlessly. The wind tunnel paterns as the snow erodes are pretty damn cool too.