Re: OK, here's another one...

[Nory@webtv.net (Nory)]

The 3 wipers was to comply with government regulations that required so
many square inches of windshield to be wiped (or was it a certain
percentage of the total windshield).  In any case, the two wipers were
not enough to meet the regulation's requirements, so a third was added.
I believe these are only on the US cars (could be wrong though).

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