These frosty mornings mean just one thing for drivers - having to scrape the snow and ice off your windscreens and windows in the bitter cold.
It is one of the worst jobs to do in the early morning before a full work day, but what if we told you that you had been using an ice scraper wrong in the first place? The Mirror reports that one woman is claiming that everyone's been using the handy tool the wrong way.
Drivers have been left flabbergasted at the news, and everyone has flocked to the woman's TikTok comments to share their thoughts. Lizzy, who goes by the TikTok username @xdizzylizzy10, has explained how her usual method wasn't as effective compared to the little-known proper use.
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In the TikTok that has surpassed 980,000 views on the platform, Lizzy said: "Ice scraping hack I learned on TikTok this morning at 6 o'clock because I couldn't sleep...
"Why did I not know this?"
In the video, 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. TikTok users flooded the comments with their disbelief at the use of the scraper, while others were confused as to how people hadn't spotted it before.
One person claimed: "Been driving 17 years and I just learnt this today too although I just chuck warm water on the windows."
Another said: "Nooooooo why did I never know this."
A helpful TikTok user wrote: "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."
Did you know about this ice scraper hack? Let us know in the comments below.
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