BeigeJournal

I just saw a newspaper ad for a minivan [2004-02-26: the Mercury Monterey] with front and rear parking sensors. They illustrate the advantages by showing a van without sensors crashed into a storage shelf in a garage, with spilled paint dripping off the hood, and a van with sensors (illustrated with little red arcs coming from the front bumper) not crashed into the garage wall. Now, I understand rear parking sensors. The back of the vehicle is way back there (way back there on some of the larger vehicles), and since your seat faces the other way it’s a bit awkward to get a good view. Avoiding hitting things with the front, on the other hand, seems easier. There is this really big window to look through, and your seat, oddly enough, faces forward. Radar interfaced with the cruise control to help avoid highway accidents? Makes sense. Radar to help avoid hitting the garage wall while creeping forward? Um, maybe you should just pay more attention.