It’s useful if you’re parking a warm car. The warm windshield melts the falling snow and then refreezes. But if your car is nice and cold already it doesn’t really matter as much. Just easier to brush without packing snow down below the wipers.

Did you not notice it took a good amount of time to go from yellow to red? Picking your way through a wreck is usually pretty important. Also if he just stops he would be taking up valuable space and attention from the safety crew. It’s full on idiotic to slam on the brakes as soon as the red flag is shown. He already…