"I am an older married woman. My husband likes to drive when we go places. Fine by me, except we live in the Pacific Northwest, where it rains a considerable portion of the year, and he refuses to use windshield wipers. He will give the windows a swipe every minute or so, but for the most part, we are looking through a sheet of water. He claims he can see fine, and I don't bother to argue. I just counter that I would like to see where we are going, and I cannot see."
"Please know that I did research how often windshield wipers need to wipe for safety, and all the results were about how often to replace windshield wipers, suggesting to me that no one has ever before had the question that's at the center of your letter. Your husband's anti-wiper stance is strange! Why wouldn't he just use them continuously? I know, I know, this is the same thing you're asking as you fantasize about throwing him from the car. Any chance you're still in the market for a holiday gift for him?"
An older married woman reports that her husband drives in frequent Pacific Northwest rain but refuses to use windshield wipers, only occasionally wiping the glass. She cannot see clearly through the sheet of water and feels unsafe and frustrated while he claims he can see fine. Research into wiper use turned up guidance only on replacement frequency, not wipe frequency. A practical solution is installing rain-sensing windshield wipers that activate and adjust automatically, which could be given as a gift or installed as a vehicle modification to improve visibility and safety.
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