{"id":304,"date":"2009-12-10T04:28:55","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T10:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law2.onecle.com\/?p=304"},"modified":"2009-12-10T04:29:25","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T10:29:25","slug":"automotive-windshield-washer-fluid-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/10\/automotive-windshield-washer-fluid-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Automotive Windshield Washer Fluid in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you live in Los Angeles, Orange County or the San Francisco Bay Area, you probably refill your windshield washer fluid reservoir with the $1.00 jug of blue windshield washer fluid marked +32\u00b0.  Even if you use plain tap water, the weather really doesn&#8217;t get so cold that it will freeze your washer fluid and crack your reservoir.  However, if you are planning a winter excursion to Lake Tahoe, you should be aware of how different laws can affect your trip.  First off, the California Department of Transportation provides <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dot.ca.gov\/hq\/roadinfo\/wntrdriv.htm\">winter driving tips<\/a> and information regarding the state&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dot.ca.gov\/hq\/roadinfo\/chcontrl.htm\">snow chain<\/a> laws.  To see whether an chain controls are in effect, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dot.ca.gov\/cgi-bin\/roads.cgi\">road information<\/a> page. If you are using an iPhone or other mobile phone, bookmark the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dot.ca.gov\/cgi-bin\/roadscell.cgi\">Road Conditions (Mobile)<\/a> page.  Caltrans also provides <a href=\"http:\/\/www.video.dot.ca.gov\/\">live traffic cameras<\/a>, which loads OK on a PC.  Not so hot on a Mac unless I paste in the URL for the particular camera into QuickTime Player 7 or WIndow Media Player.  Not sure why it doesn&#8217;t work the same for newest QuickTime Player 10.<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, for the windshield washer fluid, I was searching around for an under 32&deg; winter mix.  I stopped at Pep Boys, Kragen, Target, and Wal-Mart.  No one was carrying it because California regulates <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arb.ca.gov\/consprod\/regact\/awwf\/awwf.htm\">automotive windshield washer fluid<\/a>.  Basically, you cannot prepare in advance like a reasonably prudent person would and refill your automotive windshield washer fluid reservoir with a winter mix of windshield washer fluid.  Instead, you have to wait until you reach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arb.ca.gov\/consprod\/regact\/awwf\/type-a-areas-of-ca.jpg\">sanctuary<\/a>, a\/k\/a a Type A area.  That or buy it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you live in Los Angeles, Orange County or the San Francisco Bay Area, you probably refill your windshield washer fluid reservoir with the $1.00 jug of blue windshield washer fluid marked +32\u00b0. Even if you use plain tap water, the weather really doesn&#8217;t get so cold that it will freeze your washer fluid and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[43],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306,"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}