> Do people really pay for devices to automatic turn
> on their wiper thingies so they don't have to
> reach down and flick a switch?  Are these the same
> people who don't know which way to look when
> driving in the rain?
>
> I would suggest that they stop the car on the
> road, crawl underneath it and see if the road is
> wet or dry.
>
> I have found that a wet road smells like a wet
> potato chip, if that is any help.

        Actually, as silly as it sounds, the point of "rain detecting wipers" is
more than just turning them on. It's the rate of wiping that's important.
Often, when driving in stop and go traffic, one finds that while traveling
fast the wipers need to wipe more often, when travelling slower the wipers
don't need to wipe as often. When in stop and go traffic this becomes quite
annoying since you are constantly adjusting the speed of the wipers. Rain
sensing wipers do away with this problem by sensing when enough of the
windsheild is obscured and activate the wipers for one wipe. It is a feature
I truly wish I had on my car, I am in stop and go traffic quite often and
such a feature during moderate rainfall is a Godsend. TTYL

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