Parking sensors let you know when to brake, return the vehicle to drive and pull forward.
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One tiny element that was disconcerting in city conditions were parking sensors that seem to erupt at every corner, and the red alert diagram on the information screen did not help me see when a car was coming way too close, or if it was still over three feet away.
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The parallel parking feature uses ultrasonic sensors to look for suitable parking and automatically steers the car into the space.
The Department of Transportation is currently at work on a pilot project testing the applicability of new parking technologies in the Bronx, including pavement-embedded sensors that could enable drivers to see whether parking spaces are occupied or vacant.
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Streetline originally developed the sensors used in the parking space, but has now built a platform for managing information about parking spaces.
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The Foster City, Calif. company provides sensors that are installed in parking spaces that are used by consumers to see which streets have open parking spaces.
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Side-mounted sensors detect and measure parallel-parking spaces for parking-assistance systems.
Ultrasonic sensors measure distance and, in the most basic parking-assistance systems, simply bleep with increasing anxiety as an obstacle gets closer.
The actuators combined with signal information from the sensors can alert the driver to potential dangers, and help with things like parking or staying within highway lane markings.
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