Parking Safety: Learning How to Parallel Park with Parking Aids

·         To parallel park you will need to signal to other drivers on the road that you are turning.

·         Then you will need to pull your vehicle up next to the car in front of the space you are parking in. Your vehicle should be pulled up past the driver’s side window of the other car. In other worlds your vehicle bumper is almost at the half mark of the other car.

·         Once in position and the other traffic is either gone around you or waiting you can start parking. You will need to back up at almost a 45 degree angle. Once your car has passed the bumper of the other car you will slowly start to turn the wheel in the other direction. If done right it takes one smooth move to park your car without hitting the curb behind you, the car in front of you or the car behind you. Your bumper when turning to straighten out your vehicle should be close to the car in front of you, but not enough to cause damage.

This last statement in the above information is why you would need a parking aid. A parking sensor like the Parking Dynamics PD1 will tell you when you are too close to another object. With parking sensors in the front bumper you know when your bumper is too close to the rear bumper on the other car. This means you would need to stop turning, straighten your wheels and ease back. It could also mean you need to reposition your vehicle to try parallel parking again. 

A reverse parking sensor will help you know when you are too close to the curb or the bumper of the car behind you. The electromagnetic parking sensor, PD1, offers the best technology for parallel parking to prevent accidents. 

The Parking Dynamics parking aid does not require you to drill holes in your bumper or leave an unsightly sensor on the outside. Instead the parking sensor will be on the inside of the bumper and adheres well to the bumpers on newer cars. The electromagnetic sensor will require adaptation for a metal bumper, but they can also be used on the metal. To save yourself from an accident in the future get your parking aid now.