Is it illegal to drive with snow on your car? What Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana law says

NORWOOD, Ohio —

The Tri-State’s first significant snowfall of the season left many drivers brushing off their windshields and wondering what the law actually requires when it comes to clearing snow from their vehicles.

For some, like Blake Coggins, who recently moved from Tampa to Norwood, Monday’s snow was a new experience. Advertisement

“It’s pretty fun and exciting! Definitely cold though. We just moved up here from Tampa at the beginning of the year, so it’s our first big snow,” Coggins said.

His partner, Emma, was quick to remind him why scraping matters.

“She said, ‘Let’s get down here and scrape the cars,’” Coggins said. “And I’m like, ‘What are you talking about? It’s fine.’ And she said, ‘This will be way worse if it freezes overnight,’ so here we are after work, scraping th