---
title: "Clear the Snow Off Your Car With This One Simple Trick"
description: "It just might be the simplest way to go from buried in snow to bare metal in two minutes - potentially saving you a ticket."
date: "2017-03-15"
modified: "2017-03-15"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/8323/clear-the-snow-off-your-car-with-this-one-simple-trick"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Blizzard"
  - "snow"
  - "Tips"
  - "weather"
  - "winter"
---

# Clear the Snow Off Your Car With This One Simple Trick

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Heading out to face the wrath of yesterday’s late-season blizzard, one Pennsylvania man got a little creative with his method to remove all the snow covering his Dodge Ram – the humble, out-of-season leaf blower.

Jamie Wagner of Cogan Station, Pennsylvania, posted this video of himself cleaning off the HEMI-powered Ram yesterday morning. The leaf blower makes quick work of the snow, with the truck mostly clean in under two minutes.

https://youtube.com/embed/A1XT1fT1c8w

In Pennsylvania and several other northern states, [drivers can face a fine](<https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/18/connecticuts-ice-missile-law/4581121/>) if snow and ice flying off their cars damages another or causes an accident. States like [New Jersey and Connecticut](<https://www.npr.org/2015/03/03/390410217/not-clearing-the-snow-off-your-car-before-driving-could-cost-you>) take it further; police can pull over any snow-covered car they believe poses a hazard to others.

Even in New York, where no such law exists, [police say](<https://www.wbng.com/story/34505907/not-clearing-snow-off-your-car-before-driving-could-cost-you>) they can stop motorists if they believe the snow is obstructing the drivers’ view.

Of course, plenty of people think clearing off their cars is too much of a hassle, especially reaching across an icy roof. That’s why it’s important to remember how dangerous that negligence can be:

https://youtube.com/embed/4mmWv6pgBQg

So a big thank you Jamie for highlighting a simple way to solve this problem. If necessity is the mother of invention, then let’s call “avoiding more work” the mother of inspiration.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

### Author social links  
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[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-cheromcha-1550248a/>)