I was on the way home from dropping my daughter off at home when a chicken flew up in front of my car from right to left and hit my windshield. It was raining pretty hard. So, not only did I have my wipers on but I didn't see the chickens on the side of the road. Because my wipers were on, my windshield was saved. But, it broke my wiper. I slowed down drastically and drove to the full-service station in town to have them change my wiper out for a new one. The good thing, besides not having to replace the windshield, is that I only had to replace the driver's side wiper blade out for a new one. It only cost me $10.