A smart way to obviate windshield snow-scraping duty
December 31st, 2009 admin
I dislike scraping snow off of windshields, because I can never reach that spot in the middle without leaning against the snow-covered car and eventually winding up with melting snowflakes on my lap in the driver’s seat. So here’s a why-didn’t-I-think-of-that life hack from One Man’s Blog : Before a snow storm, throw a tarp–or heck, an artfully-slit garbage bag–across your windshield. Before putting it on, deploy the wipers and turn them off mid-way, so you can use the arms to secure the cover. In the photo above, it looks like he’s also drawn the edges of the tarp
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