How Long Have Parking Sensors Been Around?

Parking sensors history starts in the 1950’s. The curbs in the UK as well as other countries during the 1950’s were higher than most curbs of today. This matters, only in that the tyres on a vehicle during that time were side walled with white. This side wall was important to keep clean and attractive for many vehicle owners. Something needed to be done in order to help a person park without hitting the curb and hurting their tyres. The first parking aids were not meant for avoiding people or other cars, but as protection for the tyres. 

The first parking aids were really just spring loaded wires. In fact they might remind you a lot of a car’s aerial. They were meant to bend so they wouldn’t break when in contact with a curb. The metal would also alert the driver that the vehicle was close to the curb as it scraped the side. It was a primitive system and now we have better sensors.

It took quite a few years for the creation of a more mechanical system that would actually alert the driver inside the car with a tone frequency. These parking sensors are ultrasonic parking aids. You would have to drill 4 to 6 holes in the bumper to attach the parking aid. It would then give you almost complete protection. The ultrasonic parking sensors are still used today, but there is something even better that is less than a decade old.

The electromagnetic parking sensors are easier to install, use, and they require no maintenance. They are also a no holes parking sensor, which means you don’t have to wreck the factory bumper to attach the parking sensor. They attach on the back of the bumper with strong adhesive tape. www.parkingdynamics.co.uk has the PD1 electromagnetic parking sensor. Just follow the link to learn more.