With the arrival of December comes dropping temperatures that force drivers head out early to defrost their windshields.
Getting up early in the cold and dark is a slog in itself, so the extra task of dealing with your frosted-over windows can seem like a nightmare on winter mornings.
Thankfully, a woman has taken to TikTok under the username @saraedeutsch to share a surprisingly simple - and free - hack which makes the process much easier.
As reported by the Mirror, Sarah captioned her now-viral clip: "Teen drivers need to know this! Frozen windshields are about to be a thing with all the cold and snow."
She explained: "So, I do this video every year. If you have a windshield that is frosted over - make sure to put your visors down, so it stops the airflow and it creates a faster defrost on your windshield.
"If you ever have a sheet of ice on your car or when it's frosted - put the [sun visor] down. Otherwise, you can feel the air come straight up over it.
"If you put the [sun visor] down, it creates a block, so that it actually defrosts faster."
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"That's actually pretty smart," one person wrote.
"Teens????" One person questioned. "I'm 40! I didn't know that!"
A third agreed: "I'm sorry a teen driver… I just learned this at 32 lol," while a fourth said: "36. news to me. I've been using washer fluid."
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