This is an idea that I can not figure out why is not implemented. Even if it indeed is not a good idea, I'd like to know why.
Why not install wipers on cars for the side and back windows? After all, when it is raining outside, I, as a driver, would like to have a clear view all around me, and I can not open the side windows under such weather. In short, without this new feature, I'd be risking an accident.
There are some cars that have back-window wipers. Why can't the same be done with other cars?
Additionally, if the side windows are open, no damage may necessarily result from turning on the side wipers -- the latter can be automatically deactivated when the relevant windows are partially or fully open.
Also, such wipers may not stand tough weather, but this is a trivial objection since they are better than nothing, a characteristic which would make this idea worth implementing.
I agree
No opinion
I disagree
Add your comment
this is a great idea considering while driving my truck it is near impossible to see out my side windows while its raining. i agree totally but then again Rain-X helps allot too... problem solved
The rear-window wiper is a luxury-car feature. What would help make it more widespread would be if auto-safety regulations weren't all 100% Required. That has a tendency to exclude improvements for which there isn't an overwhelming case, such as this one. What I suggest instead is that, for mild improvements, regulators should provide a list of ten improvements (a built-in Lo-Jack system being one, for instance), each with a point value, and a requirement that manufacturers achieve a certain minimum score, by any combination of features.
That would be a less heavy-handed way of regulating. Not mandates, but a mix-and-match arrangement. Nice-to-have features would get credit, not just need-to-have features. It wouldn't be a minimal system either. Some manufacturers would try to over-achieve, so they could brag about it in their advertising. Then other manufacturers would try to catch up.
Likewise, side window defrosters (in ducts run through the windows) would help clear side windows.