You are here: Home » Parking Sensor » One Good Reason To Install Citroen C3 Reverse Parking Sensors
One good reason for anyone to install Citroen C3 reverse parking sensors is related to an incident that occurred in Nottingham not too long ago. A three year old child got away from her mother and ran into the driveway next door just as the neighbour was pulling out of the driveway. The child was about to be hit by the car but fortunately the driver had just installed Citroen C3 reverse parking sensors on her rear bumper. The driver was alerted with a loud beeping noise that there was an object behind her and stopped the car just in time.
The incident in Nottingham prompted many people to think about getting reverse parking sensors for their cars. Many luxury automobiles come with parking sensors for an extra fee. These sensors let the driver know when another object or person is close to the car and sound an alarm. As parking accidents occur every day in the United Kingdom, reverse parking sensors seem to be a good idea.
Shortly after the incident in Nottingham, parking sensors were again brought into the public eye as an elderly woman, Mrs. Beatrice Mills, who was coincidentally a neighbor of the little girl who nearly got run over, was in her wheelchair in a shopping center waiting for her daughter to pick her up. As Mrs. Mills waited near the entrance of the store, a vehicle approached and began backing up towards the store. The owner of the vehicle wanted to return an item that he had in the boot of his car, which was, like the automobile in the incident in Nottingham, was a Citroen C3.
Unfortunately, this car did not have Citroen C3 reverse parking sensors and tragedy ensued as the helpless and confined Mrs. Mills was struck by the car before anyone could help her. Fortunately, the pensioner only sustained a broken leg in the event, but those who watched the incident unfold before their eyes were horrified. The driver of the vehicle was not injured.
It was good fortune that the driver was backing up very slowly and that he had quick reflexes and stopped as soon as he felt his car hit something. He thought he hit a cement pole, but it turns out that it was the wheelchair of Mrs. Mills. The driver of the car was ticketed. He had never heard about Citroen C3 reverse parking sensors and was not from the Nottingham area but from Scotland.
He was very distraught bout the incident and paid for the time that Mrs. Mills was confined to hospital. He also vowed then and there to purchase and install Citroen C3 reverse parking sensors for his car. When he found out that they were inexpensive and that he could install them himself in minutes, he purchased one for himself and his wife.
Anyone looking for Citroen C3 reverse parking sensors or any type of parking sensors should take a look at the deals online. There are online outlets such as Parking Dynamics that allow you to have a peace of mind when you drive your car and know that you will be alerted if you are parking your vehicle or backing up and are about to hit something.
April 22, 2008 at 2:49 pm | Parking Sensor | No comment
Trackback URL for this post:
http://www.parkingdynamics.co.uk/blog/parking-sensor/one-good-reason-to-install-citroen-c3-reverse-parking-sensors/trackback/
Leave a Reply
