The wipers on Boeing 757 are crap, rarely do they stop when switched off, but usually one of them keeps on banging for another 10-15 sec. On one of my flights they did not quit, so the F/O (eventually) found the CB and pulled it. Quite distracting and incredibly noisy. Never seen a speed limit for them though.
The old pneumatic "rain removal" system on the DC-8 although very noisy was probably better.