Parking: Space measuring system fom Bosch

Citroen already offers this new parking assistant from Bosch that measures if the parking lot is large enough for your car (actually the perfect gadget for me :-), as I don't drive a LEGO car).

The Bosch system already uses four ultrasound sensors on the vehicle to help drivers avoid collisions while parallel parking but now adds two additional ones for measuring the size of a prospective parking spot. I don't care how accurate your auto-parking system is, if the car's not gonna fit into the spot you have a problem.

With the Bosch system once an available spot is found the driver simply has to activate his turn signal so the vehicle knows what side the spot is on and then drive past at a speed of up to 20 km/h. The sensors will precisely measure the gap between the two vehicles and will let you know if the spot is big enough, a tight squeeze or too small.

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Source: OhGizmo!

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