Five Northeastern states have laws requiring you to clear snow and ice from your car before driving, according to FindLaw: New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New Hampshire.

While getting all that ice off your windshield can be frustrating, avoid taking shortcuts. Some could set you back hundreds of dollars.

A possible solution could involve coating the window in a material that suppresses thermal light emission toward the camera, but this would also render the window opaque. To get around this issue ...