With icy and snowy conditions hitting Britain, drivers have woken up to frozen-over windowscreens but there’s a simple way to defrost it in seconds.
Brits are bracing for two weeks of freezing conditions and the Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings across the country, so it’s vital you have everything you need to drive as safely as possible – including the right tools.
A woman has taken to social media to share her discovery as she realised she had been using her trusty ice scraper all wrong, and it seems like she wasnt the only one.
Lizzy, who posted a TikTok under the name @xdizzylizzy10, revealed that she had been using the simple tool all wrong, and realised how much more effective it was when it was put to proper use.
Man finds genius way to defrost his car in seconds but everyone has same warning
In the 2022 video, which has amassed a whopping 3 million views since posting, Lizzy raked in thousands of responses to her ice-scraping hack.
She explained in the clip: “Ice scraping hack I learned on TikTok this morning at 6 o’clock because I couldn’t sleep…Why did I not know this?” Sharing the evident difference, Lizzy turned the scraper the other way around to show how the ice quickly shifted off her windscreen – and it made the world of difference.
In their disbelief, hundreds of TikTok users fled to the comment section to share their shock over the video. While many have claimed that they were none the wiser to the trick, others are confused as to why the use has gone unnoticed. One person claimed: “Been driving 17 years and I just learnt this today too although I just chuck warm water on the windows.”
“Nooooooo why did I never know this,” another asked. A helpful social media user penned: “Biggest tip is to get in and turn the car on while you’re doing this. Let the car heat up and de-fog the windows ready for you to drive.”
Meanwhile, a different person jibed: “Figuring out the correct way to use something is not a hack but congrats anyway.” Another user said: “It’s common sense.”
An earlier version of this story was published in December 2022.
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