You run into more rain when you drive faster, why doesn't wiper speed modulate based on vehicle speed it seems like it would be a significant improvement on windshield wiper tech.
The first prototype had the motor connected directly to the windshield wipers. Worked fine when you went slow, but as soon as you hit the highway you could kiss your wipers goodbye.
it would be pretty wild if it was just drizzling but it was going at max speed
what would make sense to me is a moisture sensor to make it go faster if there was more moisture per second
That tech exists on some cars, but they use a photocell rather than a moisture sensor.
Yeah, older bmws use an infrared light and sensor that detects the water on the windshield and adjusts the wipers till it's perfect.
Yeah this seems like a really simple solution that basically costs nothing. A feature I'd actually pay for.
I was kinda figuring you'd set the "power" setting to how rainy it was and then it would modulate wiper speed based on that.
nice cars have rain sensing wipers that come on automatically and it's such a pleasant feature
It seems like it would cost basically nothing and be a genuine nice feature.
It's just like, that's not necessary for solving this issue, it's a solved problem that costs very little and actually improves the user's experience and makes driving less distracting.
Related question, why don't headlights automatically go on when the wipers are on?
They do in some countries and it's so fucking annoying. You have to turn the car off to turn the headlights off. Just wanna stay warm waiting for someone in winter? Fuck you, you can't without being an asshole leaving your lights on.
Not necessarily. If there's a stationary car facing you with its lights on, it just kinda blinds you.
It's weird cause this would just be a software thing. They already have all the equipment they'd need in new cars (a microphone, general computer, all the systems are computer controlled) and it would pretty much just be software, right? It'd be super nice if they could change the eq for when people are talking to automatically make it more audible when on highways.
Some cars have this. The volume and bass increases when you drive faster
