Joelle's walk and the U.H.I.D. card — "People’s wipers are on that setting…"
People’s wipers are on that setting that Joelle, who does not drive, imagines to read OCCASIONAL on the controls. Her own personal Daddy’s old car had wipers’ controls on the turn-signal stalk by the wheel.
Context
Involuntary memory in passing: rain-wipers on Boylston St. summon, unasked, the exact ergonomics of "her own personal Daddy's old car" — western Kentucky surfacing on her last walk through upscale Boston.