Windshield-wiper

“She drove off very fast so that he should not see the tears clouding her view. Mechanically she switched on the windshield-wipers and her gesture tore from her a desperate little laugh” is the way Sagan describes the end of a midday lovers’ quarrel.

My friends and I were standing on the grass verge of the town’s main road, tossing loose balls of fresh-mown grass at passing cars. One of these stuck in the windshield-wipers of a car (which was probably doing around 60 mph).

General Motors Co. is recalling certain large crossover vehicles from the 2011 and 2012 model years to fix windshield-wipers that may loosen and stop working.