Washington driver gets $553 fine after driving with heavy snow on his windshield

A driver in Washington State was recently pulled over for driving erratically as well as having thick snow on their windshield.  Only a small portion of snow had been removed from the upper driver’s side window.  It is unclear if that had been removed by the driver or if it had blown off.  When police asked them why the window had not been cleaned off he stated that “my windshield wipers wouldn’t work”.
The driver was fined $553 for negligent driving and is very lucky that they did not cause an accident.