Amy Derjue was not thinking nice thoughts about the driver in front of her on Newport Avenue in Quincy this morning.
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Wow, way to represent yourself and your PR firm, Amy
By deselby
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 2:19pm
Seriously, how many trucks and vans don't have rear windows? That's why they make mirrors. A half hour driving with the heat and window defrosters on, it'll be gone.
She must be a blow-in, can't be a real Bostonian.
You must be nuts
By Kaz
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 2:22pm
A real Bostonian may not signal when he changes lanes. He might fly down the highway unchecked. He might do a lot of dumb things on the road. But a real Bostonian will clean off his windows so he doesn't throw snow on everyone for the next 20 miles until the entire thing comes off and freezes to the road causing ice/accidents behind him.
I mean, he obviously cleaned off part of the car already...there was no reason not to clear the rest. It wasn't even as if this was hard snow to move.
The roof is clean but hey
By anon
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 2:56pm
No way it slide off the roof onto the back window, right. Because then we wouldn't be able to bash Bostonians.
Yeah, sure.
By Pumpkinhead
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 3:55pm
That's not a huge SUV, there's no reason to not clean off the roof of that car.
No excuse for SUVs, either.
By tblade
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 4:14pm
They make snow brushes/snow brooms long enough to clean off SUV roofs. If you spend all that money on a nice SUV, you can spring for the extra $20 to get proper snow removal gear for the vehicle.
Yep
By SwirlyGrrl
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 6:30pm
I had a brush for my van that telescoped to 48". I didn't need it anymore, so I gave it to my neighbor when he bought a commercial van. He's thrilled with it.
I bought it at some place like Building 19 or Ocean State Job Lot for under $15.
I'm sure it did slide off the
By jennied
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 4:04pm
I'm sure it did slide off the roof. Far from being a justification for an obscured rear window, however, it's one among several good reasons why the correct thing to do is to remove the snow from the entire vehicle, and not just the parts made of glass.
You're reaching.
By jonbowen
Sun, 01/05/2014 - 4:26am
Way too far.
What else is to be expected
By Brian Riccio
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 3:12pm
from someone who works for a "crisis management" firm that has on their Twitter feed pictures of Rob Ford and Paula Deen under the banner "The Top Ten PR Crises Of 2013"? These aren't people, they're robots who are programmed for one function, how to make scumbags popular again. So naturally their little careers of flacking for lowlifes tends to make them feel like they're just a little smarter than most people.
I hope she's not expecting work
By Terry Malloy
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 5:33pm
To come her way from that Twitter account. It's not good.
I hope she's not the social media director of the firm
By Nancy
Sun, 01/05/2014 - 10:04am
Unless she's tweeting FOR the company she represents, she needs to take the firm's name out of her profile. It's clearly her personal account and it does reflect badly on the company. All people have to do is RT to her company and it's on their timeline.
Half hour?
By tblade
Sun, 01/05/2014 - 11:43am
It would only take another 30-40 seconds to brush of all that snow before you pull out of the driveway. Fuck people who refuse to clean off their cars and endanger others on the road. Seriously.
I bet
By anon
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 3:41pm
He's the same dude who didn't shovel out his parking spot.
Am I the only one
By Sally
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 6:46pm
Whose first thought was "quit taking pictures and drive yer car!!" Sheeze...I know it's a red light and all but come on, people...
I wonder about all these pictures at red lights
By Nancy
Sun, 01/05/2014 - 10:07am
Do people think it's safe just because they're at a red light? I was on Newport Ave last night and it was sloppy. She should be concentrating on people trying to get out of the Chipotle on her right and not getting hit or accidentally taking her foot off the brakes and going into the car in front of her.
/pet peeve
People who can't take photos when stopped, shouldn't
By adamg
Sun, 01/05/2014 - 10:40am
However, many people are able to do so. I've yet to take my foot off the brake when taking a photo of something at a red light.
Death to Everyone
By Cappy
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 6:59pm
Take all your snow off your car or die a horrible death.
Die! Die! Die!
I'm not expecting any work to come from this post.
But if it does. I am very very easy and cheap.
A co-worker of mine wasn't
By Lmo
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 9:45pm
A co-worker of mine wasn't feeling well on Thursday. I offered to clean off their car and drive it around so they wouldn't have to walk far. I start the car and look for the snow brush for a good few minutes. Then I called my co-worker and asked where the brush was. Reply: "I don't have a snow brush, I turn on the heat for a while and then drive off". I couldn't believe it, but since they weren't feeling well, I didn't think it was the right time to address. Unreal.
Drive and let it slide
By Jess
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 11:11pm
What's the big deal?
Would you like to pay for my tire?
By SwirlyGrrl
Sat, 01/04/2014 - 11:43pm
After the earlier storm, some dump truck driver had the same philosophy as you.
The truck dumped a large chunk of ice on to the road in front of me, and, given that I was in traffic and had not much room to swerve without causing a major accident, it ripped a large gash into one of my tires.
Also consider that you should never drive with your windows covered in anything, and that flying and sliding snow can blind other drivers.
Other reported problems: https://www.google.com/search?q=windshield+damage+...
Connecticut has gone so far as to put some hefty fines on motorists who fail to clear snow and ice from their vehicles: http://www.ctmirror.org/story/2014/01/02/first-sto...
Snow vs. ice
By merlinmurph
Mon, 01/06/2014 - 12:06pm
There's a huge difference between having light, fluffy snow on your roof (like this last storm), and having frozen snow and ice on it. The snow just blows off, and as much as some whiners like to bitch about it, it's no big deal. The ice is a whole different story and we've all seen ice missles flying off trucks and cars that are really dangerous. The CT law is written to address ice chunks:
Years ago when I was a stupid kid, I learned about ice missles and was very lucky I didn't hurt someone. After a night of snow, then rain, then freezing temps, I jumped in my car to head to work. When I got on the highway, a huge chunk lifted from the hood and flew off. I looked in the rear view mirror and luckily nobody was behind me. Sweated out those few seconds and learned a good lesson.
If the snow is easy to clean off....
By Michael Kerpan
Mon, 01/06/2014 - 1:07pm
.. why not just do it?
What if it's not easy?
By merlinmurph
Mon, 01/06/2014 - 1:27pm
Like a higher vehicle. Add roof racks, and it's a major PITA and there's still going to be snow left.
Let nature do its thing.
It's not that hard
By Michael Kerpan
Mon, 01/06/2014 - 2:52pm
We have a mini-van -- with a roof rack -- and it is just not very hard to brush off _most_ of the loose snow. Leaving it on can cause lots of little problems (at least). There certainly is no benefit to leaving it on.
I don't get it
By Jeremy
Sun, 01/05/2014 - 6:44am
Having all that snow on your back window is a bad idea for the same reason that taping a cardboard box over your back window is a bad idea (and illegal.)
I don't understand why people are defending the practice or for some reason think it is okay to do themselves.
It's not OK, it douchebaggery
By anon
Sun, 01/05/2014 - 7:50am
I'd bet my last nickel that the type of driver that would leave their windows obstructed like this are also incapable of safely driving with side mirrors only. they probably don't even use them or look over shoulder. accidents waiting to happen.
But the real dangerous part is when they leave this stuff on until it freezes over and becomes ice. I had a solid sheet of it fly off an SUV in front of me. Couple inches thick and 2x2 feet at least.
It cold have easily killed someone if it smashed into a windshield.
just clean off your damn cars. at least you won't look like the lazy self-entitled scum you really are.
Well, I don't blame Amy Derjue for being ticked off.
By mplo
Sun, 01/05/2014 - 7:17pm
Amy Derjue was right to be ticked off at the driver in front of her who acted like a lazy, irresponsible bum by not cleaning the snow off of his rear window. Doesn't that idiot realize what havoc he could cause on the roads by being so inconsiderate? Either he doesn't realize it, or he just plain doesn't care.
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