The primary day of winter doesn’t happen within the Northern Hemisphere till December twenty first, however good luck telling mom nature that as numerous locations have already seen snowfall.

A type of locations was Kitsap County in Washington, which seems to have acquired a few inches of snow just lately. Whereas that isn’t uncommon, snow tends to convey out the worst in drivers.

Washington State Patrol Public Info Officer Katherine Weatherwax just lately highlighted this truth as she posted a picture of a automotive, which was touring on SR 16 with a windshield that was nearly utterly coated by snow. As Weatherwax defined, somebody referred to as within the car for “driving erratically,” which isn’t too stunning contemplating the driving force may barely see something.

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#KitsapCounty: A trooper stopped this driver on SR 16 after the car was noticed to be utterly coated in snow. The driving force acquired a $553 ticket for negligent driving within the 2nd diploma.

Please take the time to take away all snow out of your car earlier than you allow the home. pic.twitter.com/pRHAbdxc8p

— Trooper Katherine Weatherwax (@wspd8pio) December 4, 2022

When a trooper pulled the car over, their excuse was the “windshield wipers weren’t working.” That clearly didn’t fly as the issue may have simply been solved by a snow brush or their naked hand.

Each of these choices would have been far cheaper than the $553 (£453 / €527) ticket for negligent driving within the 2nd diploma. That’s admittedly steep, however the excessive price ticket ought to assist to discourage lazy and harmful conduct.

Weatherwax used the publish to remind drivers to “take the time to take away all snow out of your car earlier than you allow the home.” That’s frequent sense, however it’s sadly not frequent sufficient.

To present this extra context the car was referred to as in as driving erratically previous to the cease. The car drove 5 extra miles previous to being stopped by a trooper. The driving force acknowledged their windshield wipers weren’t working.

— Trooper Katherine Weatherwax (@wspd8pio) December 5, 2022