Why do people lift their windshield wipers during snow storm? ( car , ARM)

[Averie-Jay]

Today the snow has been coming down all day long. I've seen dozens of people lift their windsheild wipers when they park. Does this simply help with getting the snow off the wipers to better clear the windshield later on? We never did this in Wisconsin, despite all of the snow we had there...Should I be doing this, too?

[Charles]

There's a mention of it here:

How to Start Your Winter Engine in a Flash

[2bindenver]

Helps keep the wipers from being iced onto the windshield.

[Averie-Jay]

After waking up the next morning, and almost killing myself in I-25 because I couldn't see anything through my icy windows, I realized exactly why people lift their wipers. Geesh, I've never fought so hard to get ice off my car in my life.

[Mike from back east]

Originally Posted by Averie-Jay

After waking up the next morning, and almost killing myself in I-25 because I couldn't see anything through my icy windows, I realized exactly why people lift their wipers. Geesh, I've never fought so hard to get ice off my car in my life.

Yes, but I prefer it to cleaning thousands of FL's "love bugs" off my windshield - BTDT this past May in Fort Myers.


Averie in the snow.....

[Averie-Jay]

Originally Posted by Mike from back east

Yes, but I prefer it to cleaning thousands of FL's "love bugs" off my windshield - BTDT this past May in Fort Myers.


Averie in the snow.....

That looks EXACTLY like me!

Lovebugs are the most disgusting beasts on the earth, but I always wonder who leads & who follows when they're "stuck" - the female or the male? My arm always went numb scraping their carcasses off my bumper.