Why You Should Clear Ice off Your Car’s Roof (W/Video)

If you live in an area where it snows, chances are you know to scrape the ice off your windows, not to turn on your wipers until the ice around them has been cleared, and other precautions. But what about the ice on your roof?

Sometimes the ice on the roof of your car will melt off by itself, but every once in a while, an entire sheet might come flying off your car. The question remains: should you clear it off before you go driving?

If you’re the guy in the video below, you’d say yes every time.

The dash cam video begins with man driving on the highway in his Saab 9-5. He’s just listening to his radio, filming his drive, when a slab of ice comes flying off the back of an SUV in front of him. The windshield is immediately destroyed, but the driver remains calm the entire time.

However, the windshield wasn’t the only part of the Saab damaged. Thanks to the speed the vehicles were traveling and the weight of the ice slab, the left wiper arm and side mirror were also damaged.

Watch the video below to see just how unreal the whole incident was.

Source: YouTube

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