Do you drive with the rear wiper on?

[TruffleShuffle]

Can someone make me a quick pole please?

When it's raining,

a: I drive with the rear wiper on
b: No, I dont drive with the wiper on
c: I dont even have a rear wiper

I have been noticing this a lot more recently, but when it's raining I drive with my front wipers on (speed dependant on conditions) but i never use the rear wiper and infact my last car didnt have one.

As the driver of the car behind someone with their rear wiper on full pelt (whilst even my fronts were on intermittant) it becomes really off putting. Also IMO physics would dictate that once clear, the view through the rear window would not become compromised because of the direction of travel.

Anyways, yup its another motoring gripe thread.

 

[Irish_Tom]

c. – Rear wipers for the lose.

 

[Luke]

I never have it activated for periods of time, just for one activation to clear the screen. Then I may do it a few minutes later.

 

[Steedie]

I never have it activated for periods of time, just for one activation to clear the screen

This

 

[Conscript]

Depends. In light rain its not an issue. But in heavy rain, especially on the motorway the vortex of spray turns the rear window opaque quite clearly, so A).

 

[Witor]

I dont have one. But when I did on previous cars, read emailiscrap's post.

 

[Talon]

I turn it on when it needs to be on, usually one wipe then off for a while

 

[Trifid]

C. I barely have a rear window.

When I drive a car with a rear wiper, it only gets used for 1 wipe at a time usually after I've been stationary for a while and rain has collected on the rear window.

I also hate the waging tail look when it is on constant use.

 

[Ringo]

about the the only time mine comes on is if the front wipers are on and I select reverse the rear one comes on

 

[Vonhelmet]

I never have it activated for periods of time, just for one activation to clear the screen. Then I may do it a few minutes later.

Yep. Can't think of the last time I've had to have it on constantly.

 

[bledd]

I never have it activated for periods of time, just for one activation to clear the screen. Then I may do it a few minutes later.

yup

 

[Howard]

I never have it activated for periods of time, just for one activation to clear the screen. Then I may do it a few minutes later.

 

[Sin_Chase]

Do not have one now, but when I did - only to clean rear screen once in a while.

 

[semi-pro waster]

I don't have a rear wiper on my current car but when I did I tended just to use it to clear the back windscreen if I was stopped in traffic, otherwise it barely got used.

 

[daz87uk]

Well you only really need one if you have a hatch because of the vortex created, but mine is buggered so I can't use it

 

[Trifid]

I also assume that those drivers who leave it on all the time are not looking in their rear view mirror.

 

[markweatherill]

As the driver of the car behind someone with their rear wiper on full pelt

I think it's because some people don't use their rear wiper, and don't know to operate it, and the occasional time they need it, they manage to turn it on somehow... and don't know how to turn it off.

 

[Will Gill]

I find it hilarious that people have their rear wipers on full tilt, even more so when its not even raining

I will pulse mine (sorry magimix terminology!) in heavy rain probably once every few minutes just to clean the road muck off the rear window

 

[ganesh]

When it's raining heavily I'll have it on all the time, if only light rain then every once in a while.

 

[Tinders]

I wish I had one on my saloon, purely to demist quickly,my car takes ages to demist and im very much a turn the key and go kind of bloke!