How come cars with two wiper blades that clean the windshield in parallel always go from the resting position on the passenger side to the vertical position on the drivers side?

Yes... long, boring day at work and with this weather I happened to notice this while going to Five Guys for lunch.

Explanation please.

 

As opposed to?

 

Going from driver to passenger... but I think I realized the answer.


With the blades going from passenger to driver there is more coverage area that the blades are clearing. If it were to go the opposite direction the driver would be in the "arch" of the blade going to the passenger side.

 

Correct.... which is why some vehicles have a dual blade design where both go fom the inside out... C4 Corvettes have this as do some funky Minivans and some buses.

 

The newer honda civic's have that design now

 

My first restoration was a 71 mg midget for my older sister, had 3 wipers.
There was a couple of cars from the 50's that had 3.
I just felt like throwing that out there. I dont think has anything to do with the op question though haha.

 

lay off the pipe, god damn.

 

which one? the crack pipe, or the donkey dong.....

 

3 wiper designs are usually done because the windshield is wide and short. A lot of the wiper design is done because of the windshield overall shape, curvature, and dimensions.

 

What a great topic Hybrid AWD!!!