That's ok. I once had an old-time trucker tell me the most important equipment on a truck was the windshield wipers. I can believe it.
If the window is dirty, and it starts to mist, let it soak as long as one can stand , before hitting the wiper switch. I've had to teach that to newbie trucker's, too. It's funny to watch them, specially when I would have foreknowledge that the wiper blade on the passenger side was the old one that had been until recently on the driver's side, so would really smear the bugs.
"Turn on the windshield wipers, I can't see" the guy says. "You don't have to see right now, you're not driving" I told him. "But I can't see" he repeats. "Don't look at the water droplets ON the windshield, look THROUGH them instead" and "it's best to let the bugs get hydrated before hitting the wipers, if one can at all stand it. Even with the wiper fluid it'll just end up a worse mess..." I offered. "But I still can't see!".
Knowing at that point his side would be truly a mess as soon as I hit the switch, but with the newer blade on my side, along with wiper fluid for assistence would be enough to keep us safe enough under the conditions we were in, I turned 'em on and laughed. Now the guy REALLY could not see out the window.
"Told Ya!" "bwa-ha-ha-ha."
Little things can make all the difference.
“Little things can make all the difference”
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Like a little bug. :-)
Thanks for the lesson on bug/wiper protocol. I didn’t have a clue about that sort of thing.
Great story.
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