Windshield Wipers and Rain

[debodun]

Yeaterday we had several training downpours (you know the kind - pouring one minute and the sun is out the next followed by more rain). I had meal delivery so was out in them and noticed that even in heavy rain, some drivers weren't using their windshield wipers. This isn't the first time I've seen this. Is this just a display to other motorists on how skillful they are that they don't need to use wipers in the rain?

 

[911]

Here in Pennsylvania, when it is raining, drivers must use their wipers and turn on their lights, both front and rear, not just their driving lights.

 

[Ruthanne]

I noticed the same thing Deb but had always used mine.

 

[Marie5656]

Here in Pennsylvania, when it is raining, drivers must use their wipers and turn on their lights, both front and rear, not just their driving lights.

same here, for the lights at least. I think some people are just clueless of the safety issues involved ed

 

[Lc jones]

That would be like suicide here in Florida many times when it rains the skies open up and you can’t see anything in front of you.

 

[debodun]

That would be like suicide here in Florida many times when it rains the skies open up and you can’t see anything in front of you.

If it were that bad, I'd pull over and wait it out.

 

[Lc jones]

If it were that bad, I'd pull over and wait it out.

Sometimes you must do so

 

[Lc jones]

Sometimes you must do so

But sometimes you cannot do so because there’s no road shoulder and it could be more dangerous to be stopped on the side of the road everybody has to make the judgment but you have to have those windshield wipers going anyway.

 

[911]

But sometimes you cannot do so because there’s no road shoulder and it could be more dangerous to be stopped on the side of the road everybody has to make the judgment but you have to have those windshield wipers going anyway.

Then, why not carefully drive to the next exit and take the ramp? There may be a McDonald's or whatever where you can pull in and wait.

 

[Lc jones]

Then, why not carefully drive to the next exit and take the ramp? There may be a McDonald's or whatever where you can pull in and wait.

That would be another option as well but you still have to use your windshield wipers

 

[Lc jones]

That would be another option as well but you still have to use your windshield wipers

Oh and Florida law requires you have your lights on when it is raining

 

[JustBonee]

Isn't that the reason they put variable speed wipers on cars .... to encourage drivers to turn on their wipers in any rain situation?

 

[Judycat]

Maybe the squeak of the wiper blades going across glass, or the rhythmic thump-thump is irritating, or hypnotic, enough to drive some to madness. So they avoid using them altogether.

 

[911]

Maybe the squeak of the wiper blades going across glass, or the rhythmic thump-thump is irritating, or hypnotic, enough to drive some to madness. So they avoid using them altogether.

There is a remedy for that, too.

 

[Judycat]

Maybe they can't drive and watch the wipers going back and forth across the windshield.

 

[Camper6]

I think it's because their windshields are treated with a product that dispels the water.

I tried it once. It's time consuming to apply but it does work. The wipers however take it off.

I think the product was called Rain-X. A water repellent.

 

[Keesha]

I’ve only got one big wiper blade which works great and I turn it on when it rains

 

[Aunt Bea]

It may be an illusion.

I use the intermittent wipers and if you saw me in traffic it could look like I'm not using the wipers.

 

[chic]

It may be an illusion.

I use the intermittent wipers and if you saw me in traffic it could look like I'm not using the wipers.

Ditto. I use them too at the least sign of rain. I don't often drive in bucketing downpours. Just lucky I guess.