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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 inside the car and shut the door on them to hold it in place. Clever!
I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.
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A smart way to obviate windshield snow-scraping duty
You would think it goes without saying, but then you've never met my neighbours.
I suggest an alternative solution that I've been using for the last couple of winters and is working quite well: Buy a sturdy plastic broom and keep it in your car's trunk... you can figure out the rest.
Unglamorous tip: On heavy snow days I even bring the broom with me (out of the car and to the office) so when I get back to my car I can clear snow away without even fuzzing through snow to get the broom from the trunk.