Comments on: Windshield wipers in a drizzle http://www.lunaradventures.net/2005/12/21/windshield-wipers-in-a-drizzle/ exploring a little bit of everything Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:54:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.lunaradventures.net/2005/12/21/windshield-wipers-in-a-drizzle/comment-page-1/#comment-537 Andrew Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:21:47 +0000 http://www.lunaradventures.net/2005/12/21/windshield-wipers-in-a-drizzle/#comment-537 <p>Some wipers do smear instead of wipe water. That's a good, valid viewpoint on using wipers too fast. I suggest maybe some rain-off stuff you can get at your local auto-parts store might help that.</p> <p>As far as passing on the right, it's something everyone does that no one should. It bothers me too -- but sometimes I do it, when the lane further left is moving more slowly than the right lane. In an ideal world, each lane moving left would be moving faster than the one to its right. But we do not, tragically, live in an ideal world.</p> Some wipers do smear instead of wipe water. That’s a good, valid viewpoint on using wipers too fast. I suggest maybe some rain-off stuff you can get at your local auto-parts store might help that.

As far as passing on the right, it’s something everyone does that no one should. It bothers me too — but sometimes I do it, when the lane further left is moving more slowly than the right lane. In an ideal world, each lane moving left would be moving faster than the one to its right. But we do not, tragically, live in an ideal world.

]]> By: Kaitlin http://www.lunaradventures.net/2005/12/21/windshield-wipers-in-a-drizzle/comment-page-1/#comment-534 Kaitlin Wed, 28 Dec 2005 03:17:06 +0000 http://www.lunaradventures.net/2005/12/21/windshield-wipers-in-a-drizzle/#comment-534 <p>Sometimes it's because I forget about it after driving from a downpour into less-intense rain. (Unless the wipers start to squeak, which, I agree, is annoying.)</p> <p>The problem I have is that, even with new wipers, they don't seem to do a very good job at slow speeds unless my windshield has just been thoroughly washed. So I have to turn them on to higher speeds in order for the wiping effect to actually improve my visibility, rather than making it completely impossible to see, as it does at lower speeds.</p> <p>My question-complaint is: Why do people pass me on the right, where I have a huge blind spot, and where there are often other slower-moving vehicles that I am passing, when the left lane is completely open and thus a far better choice? Are people afraid of the left lane for some reason? Or do they just like surprising me?</p> Sometimes it’s because I forget about it after driving from a downpour into less-intense rain. (Unless the wipers start to squeak, which, I agree, is annoying.)

The problem I have is that, even with new wipers, they don’t seem to do a very good job at slow speeds unless my windshield has just been thoroughly washed. So I have to turn them on to higher speeds in order for the wiping effect to actually improve my visibility, rather than making it completely impossible to see, as it does at lower speeds.

My question-complaint is: Why do people pass me on the right, where I have a huge blind spot, and where there are often other slower-moving vehicles that I am passing, when the left lane is completely open and thus a far better choice? Are people afraid of the left lane for some reason? Or do they just like surprising me?

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