I have a snow brush that I can clear 1/2 the roof from each side. I think that 'sheets of ice' can be cleared from a car roof etc. Often the transport trucks are the worst offenders when they throw a sheet of ice down on the road. They are stored in the open and it would be hard to get on the roof and clear them off.

I see many people who just clear off the windscreen (and then just with the windshield wipers) and let the snow on the roof, boot, bonnet etc, just blow off through the wind and into cars behind them.

As well as that, the clouds of freezing exhaust fumes made pulling away from traffic lights a bit scary in Winnipeg. I really couldn't see a thing most times. Doesn't seem to get that cold around here

Not being able to see where you're going, due to fog, blowing snow, windshield not cleared yet, is the biggest problem in winter. I was 40 miles into a 50 mile trip before the heater worked enough to clear the windows this morning.

I'm sure I posted about a scary drive from ND back to Winnipeg one time - we couldn't see the road so used the satnav to show us when bends were coming up

You have a lot of faith in your sat nav to do that......I recall a Top Gear where Clarkson let this Mercedes go around the test track w/o steering as the in car computer had downloaded the course...it worked but it looked nerve racking.

Souvette did something equally scary about five years ago on the 401 just east of Toronto. A bastard of a snowstorm cooked up; visibility close to zero at our level. She slipstreamed a 52' truck, that could see where it was going, and followed its tail lights. Real close and at speed. Brown trouser time.

There was a character in the old Lil Abner cartoons that you seem to resemble he is pictured below.

His name was Joe Btfsplk a short biography is at the link below, it sounds a lot like your experiences with vehicles.

http://www.deniskitchen.com/Merchant...os.joe.btfsplk

I don't think I have disproportionate mishaps. I suspect I just drive more than most people and so there's more opportunity to collide with objects, get speeding tickets and so on.

I often drive by distance from the electrical poles. I suppose that's one advantage of the windmills, lots of gubbins to help judge where the road is. So far this winter I've stopped to help four motorists who were stuck, in all cases they'd just driven off the road because they couldn't see it, rather than having an actual crash. It's not good, winter.

We had a dump of snow overnight and today is freeeezing. Currently at 7pm it is -19C including windchill.

Had to laugh at my puppy, Toby this morning when he was romping around the garden. I am going to rename him snowball

Sorry, but that picture of poor little Toby made me

A foot of new snow overnight. I drove to Barrie, none of the roads had been ploughed, lots of crashed vehicles. And then to Guelph through heavy falling snow and hail. In Guelph it's warm, all that snow is melting and spreading out ready to freeze tonight.

Last night was -19C and tomorrow it's forecast to be +12C. That makes for a 31C difference in around 36 hours

boots, sandals, boots, sandals

Here in Kenora, we've had about 40cm of snow so far and it's -22 Celcius at the moment.... Due to drop to -28ish later tonight.......