Seattle, Meet the Snow Brush. Snow Brush, Seattle.

Mother Nature is not Q.

When your car has been coated with a couple of inches of snow, brush it off before you drive down the freeway.

If you don't brush it off, it gradually blows off as you speed down I-5, making you look like James Bond in a rinky-dink car with an incompetent smokescreen. In other words, like Roger Moore circa View to a Kill. Yes, that bad.

It also annoys the hell out of drivers behind you, especially when "gradually blows off" changes to "large chunks of snow fly off and explode like ice grenades."

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By James in News on January 12, 2007 10:05 AM

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James Callan

As a former Wisconsinite, I use my winter-coat-clad arm. I also use a covered parking structure so my car doesn't get coated with snow.

I'm not saying snow needs to be thoroughly buffed off the roof, but I am saying people need to be considerate of people driving behind them.

LarryB

bsg is right. Scrape windows, brush the painted bits.

But, whatever you do, don't head off down the highway with a giant snow marshmallow on your roof.

erik

Amen...pickup trucks with toppers, especially, take note.

body shop guy

James, as owner of a body-shop guy, I applaud you for sending more business toward me in the form of idiot car-owners who scrape the shit off of their car roofs, hoods and trunks only to find dents and scratches all over their cars when the snow melts.

As a former Wisconsinite, you should know better. The scraping part of the brush is to scrape ice and snow off windows. The brush part is to brush off the excess -- off of WINDOWS. Brushing the tops of cars (especially SUVs) not only is a pipe dream for shorter drivers but also dangerous, as they strain themselves to reach roofs and witness their feet sliding on icy parking lots.