How are your skills at Parallel Parking?
Toyota engineers in Japan have developed the technology that enables their car to automatically park itself!
Yes you heard right: the damn car can park itself. The park-assist system uses electrical steering control and sensors to guide the car when it reverses. The car can sense the white lines on the road as well as gutters and the curb and most importantly, it can see other cars around itself. This means that all you have to do when you find that you don’t want to embarass yourself by trying to parallel park, you can flip a switch and look like a pro. The system was developed on a Toyota Prius and it’s not for certain if it’ll be available on other toyota models anytime soon. However, the Prius will be out next month on the Japanese market with the park-assist system as an optional package. Man, does that thing go on my wishlist or what?
September 5th, 2003 at 12:59 pm
Hey Pranav
How are you ? Howz school and work going ? Long time since I heard from you.
-Vidya
September 5th, 2003 at 10:29 pm
I just think its lazy-ass people like… ahm(i dont want to give out any names)…that think this stuff. If they divert their attention to other, more pressing issues, we might have succeeded a lot.
September 6th, 2003 at 10:32 pm
I’m not sure what you’re trying to say but it was not lazy ass people but hard working engineers who designed this technology. On top of that, if you are referring to the technology promoting laziness then I would ask that you compare this advance as a step towards ‘auto-drive’, much like the ‘auto-pilot’ in planes.
September 9th, 2003 at 3:43 pm
uhh, language?