The joy you feel after finally clearing your driveway can be dashed pretty quickly by a passing snowplow, but there are now tips to help avoid the dreaded "second shovel."

The County Road Association of Michigan released an infographic on Monday to help show where to put shoveled driveway snow so that a plow won't push it back into the end of the driveway. Hopefully making it so that you won't have to shovel the end of your driveway again.

By clearing an area before your driveway large enough for the snow coming off the blade to be deposited (to the right as you face your home or business), experts claim that you can avoid the "second shovel."

"It's simple physics," said Denise Donohue, director of the County Road Association of Michigan in a press release. "If homeowners don't make a place for the snow to go, the momentum of the passing plow is going to throw snow right back in the driveway. A little early planning on where to shovel, can save residents both time and frustration."

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