Nothing says “New England winter morning” like clearing snow off your car’s windshield.
Snowy mornings are enchanting, but they also mean busting out the scrapers and brooms. All across the northern U.S., commuters toil over their cars, removing layers of powder or exoskeletons of ice. This is a serious duty: State laws across the Northeast prohibit driving with “significant” amount of snow cover, and motorists have apparently been fined.
Notes and Miscellanea
- Your first winter in Boston—after years of living in warmer climates—you used a shovel to dig snow off your car. You didn’t realize what a terrible idea this was until it was too late: The shovel left scratches on every panel of the car. Oh, and it was a lease. A very expensive lesson was learned.
- The snowstorm of 2010 (widely remembered as “Snowmaggedon”) remains your all-time favorite weather event. You have written passionately about this episode for Sybarite, and many readers have expressed similar nostalgia in their comments.
- You have a latent appreciation for the snow brush, a tool that is compact and multifaceted. Even the cheapest models seem to last forever. Only a few years ago, as you brandished your brush from the trunk, you suddenly thought to yourself: “Man, this thing really is really well designed—even if I wish I never needed it again in my life.”
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