Windshield wipers are in place to resolve about what, 25% of the problem? Maybe 50% for SUVs, but you’ve still got the sides. I think the point is it would be preferable to prevent an issue and require far less work than trying to rectify one after the fact. As Winston notes, apparently RainX does do that. Good to know.
I don’t remember the brand name of the product, but the auto parts stores around here all carry spray anti-icing stuff. You spray it on your windshield when you park. Ice and snow can be cleared with a flick of the wipers; the product mainly keeps anything from freezing to the glass.
Why haven’t invisible wires been invented yet, that can go in the windshield the way they go in the rear window, but without obscuring the view?
Ughh I hate this! I really do clean my car to the best of my ability before I drive. It’s called “wake the fuck up a bit earlier in the winter and warm your fucking car up so the snow and ice s easier to get off, and spend $12 on a telescoping scraper with a brush!”
Yeah it’s not awesomely fun to spend 20 minutes cleaning off your car, but it’s way better than you being the douchebag that ends up hurting someone because the melted then refrozen ice and snow on your car flies off and hits someone else’s car.
I really get upset at people doing this. A couple years ago I barely ducked a huge chunk from someone’s van and my cousin got hit, freaked her out bad. And then once the roads were plowed and clean all these asshole’s snow off their cars made the roads messy and icy again. I need to move someone where it never snows…
But I gotta get to work! Those fries aren’t going to make themselves, people.
Yeah, yeah. I wanted to be first this year. So sue me.
How about the guys and gals who don’t clear their brake lights. I’d complain about their headlamps too, but they probably don’t have daytime running lights and probably aren’t smart enough to know that making your car more visible to other cars is a good thing. Slowly dieing in a fiery car wreck is too good for them. Hanging them by their balls smothered in honey above a pit of fire ants is too good for them. They should be torn into little bitsy pieces and buried alive!
That would be a feat.
Dude, don’t keep us in suspense. What happened next?!
They have and I got 'em:D
OK, that actually caused a spit-take. 
I figured the guy was fixing to attack me, so I met him at the door of my truck with my bat. He was cussin’ a blue streak all the way up to the door, but stopped short when he saw that I wasn’t going to be bullied or intimidated. It definitely took the wind out of his sails. Anyways. I apologized. He swore at me a little more. I explained the impossible logistics of climbing atop the truck and shoveling snow off. I could afford to be polite and patient, since I was three feet above him, standing in my truck, and wielding a baseball bat - certainly a superior tactical position. He returned to his car, still cussin’. I went about my day.
He called the terminal to complain about me, but I got the complaint(s) quashed. The snow thing was force majeure, and the bat was ‘for use to check tire pressure during morning inspection’, and it’s presence was coincidental to the confrontation and not material to the issue at hand.
20 Mins? Are you using a toothbrush?
I can clear my entire driveway of snow in 20 mins.
Hanover…
Whenever my wife laments the lack of snow in North Carolina, I remind her at no snow means no chunks of ice flying off the car in front of her.
It wouldn’t be the first time Wikipedia was wrong about something. Seriously, we’ve had automobiles for over a century now. Do you really think it to…
…heh heh heh. You got me! I know I could have just not finished this post and you’d be none the wiser but it would be a crime to not share an epic whoosh like this. Kudos, sir, kudos.
Odesio
We sell vans made by Mercedes that have them.
I never clear any snow off my car. What a bunch of pussies!
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[li]Go to a hardware store and buy a tarp (with grommets) about as wide as the width of you car, and two bungee cords.[/li][li]Cut the tarp so you have a grommeted piece as wide as your car and as long as the distance from the wipers to the roofline (and about 12 inches more).[/li][li]Use the bungee cords by wrapping around the side view mirrors on each side of the car and securing each end through a grommet.[/li][li]Tuck the tarp under the wipers at one end.[/li][li]It’s easy to remove and pull any accumulated snow/ice with it. Stored in rolled up in the vehicle.[/li][li]Expect the first time you use it outside of your driveway someone will steal it. :)[/li][/ol]
Asshole!!
Finally! I didn’t think anyone was going to step up.