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Laguna Parking Sensors

Louise — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:00:55 +0000

Laguna Parking Sensors are invaluable if you want to protect your car from the bumps and scrapes of daily life. Reversing can be a nightmare when you’re living in a city. Cramped parking spaces can result in damage to bumbers, so do you and your car a favour and get some car parking sensors fitted.

Preventing Parking Accidents Pt8 – Use a Parking Sensor

admin — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:30:27 +0000

Over the past 8 guides we talked about the real life accidents and flat out tragedies that can happen when you are backing up or parking your car. As we back up on a daily basis such as when we are leaving a parking space or driveway, backing into a parking space r parallel parking, you can see the potential of parking ccidents are pretty common.

The fact is that parking accidents are 100% preventable if ou install a parking sensor on your vehicle such as the Unique, Discrete Parking Dynamics PD1 Parking Sensor. This sensor is an easy to install, invisible when fitted ensor designed to activate automatically immediately when you select reverse gear.

This unique electromagnetic technology works by detecting all objects that come within a determined range, alerting you to its proximity. It is 100% reliable and works in all kinds of weather preventing damage to your vehicle. More importantly, the PD1 can prevent you from accidentally hitting a pedestrian,
child, the elderly and seriously injuring or even killing them.

The sensor emits different audible tones based on the proximity of objects so you can react to the warning, with time to spare. The parking dynamics sensor gives you total piece of mind when parallel parking, so you don’t have to worry about bumps, scrapes and nasty bangs. Parking becomes a
stress-free activity.

The parking dynamics PD1 is an inexpensive, easy to install, high performance parking sensor and will pay for itself immediately by protecting your insurance claims and
preventing any potential tragedy from becoming reality.

Shouldn’t you install one on your car, today?

This is the last in our series of guides that explain why so many accidents are caused when people are parking and reversing with a poor awareness, poor skill and
poor judgement.

The Parking Dynamics PD1 parking sensor can and will give you total reversing confidence and prevent bumps, scrapes and tragic accidents!

Find out more about Parking Dynamics PD1 Parking Sensor

All the best and Safe Motoring,
Luke

Preventing Parking Accidents Pt7 – Driveway Safety!

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:10:08 +0000

Backing out of your driveway is the most dangerous manoeuvre that you can make in your car. Why?

When you back out of your driveway, you literally need eyes in the back of your head. You must make absolute sure that your household members, neighbour’s children and pets are accounted for before you put the vehicle in gear.

If you don’t pay full attention while backing up you could run over a bicycle, garden tool, your family pet or even a small child. My daughter-in law once backed over my
motorcycle in my own driveway, much to my frustration because like an idiot I’d left it directly behind in her blind spot.

These things happen when humans are involved, human error is very real.

The hard reality is Children die every year because a family member or neighbor backs over them while they are playing in the driveway. Ask yourself, could you live with
the fact that you’ve injured or even killed a child?

According to a recent report, the number of children injured in parking accidents is almost equal to the number of those injured in all other automobile accidents every
year. That’s huge!

Other data shows that the family driveway is second only to the backyard pool as a deadly hazard for young children. I’d ask you now to imagine how you would feel if you ran over your child… your grandchild… niece… nephew or a neighbor’s child and they unfortunately died.

Wouldn’t you immediately take action to prevent this happening? A parking sensor is designed to do exactly this, to prevent this kind of accident.

To find out more go to Parking Dynamics

In the Final and Part 8 we’ll discuss why you cannot safely drive again, without a parking sensor.

Speak soon,
Luke

Preventing Parking Accidents Pt6 – How to Avoid Serious Injury!

admin — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:42:45 +0000

A quick real-life story today of what can happen if you have poor reversing skills. This is 100% true! My Uncle Dan works in the maintenance department at the local hospital. He is a painter by trade and although he does other work at the hospital, the major part of his job is repainting the interior of the buildings.

It is an extremely large hospital and the inside has to be repainted every six months to meet health agency standards. Several years ago, Dan was coming home tired after a particularly hard day at work. The traffic was pretty busy and being late for dinner he knew my aunt would not be happy as their son was in a school play that evening.

Dan was beating himself up a bit over what promised to be a tense evening if he made them late for the play. So later that evening, they all jump in the car predictable late, Dan hits reverse and just as he was backing out of the driveway, Thump! He hit something.

So Dan jumps out and to his horror, realized he had hit Josh the neighbour’s 3 year old. He just didn’t see the boy. How does he explain this one?

He screamed for his wife to call an ambulance… and Josh was rushed to the hospital… the same one where Dan worked. Unfortunately Dan had a broken shoulder. Luckily for all involved Josh fully recovered, but naturally my uncle was devastated and has never forgiven himself.

The reality is a simple parking sensor could have prevented this whole accident from happening. To find out how, click here Parking Dynamics

In Part 7 we’ll discuss the ultimate tragedy, and why and how a simple device can ensure this does not need to happen.

Preventing Parking Accidents Pt5 – 4 Eyes Required?

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:28:44 +0000

When do you really need at least 4 eyes in a parking situation?

Anytime you are leaving the cinema, a theatre, concert, sporting event, school play or a community meeting. In other words, anytime you attend some a function that everyone leaves at the same time. The parking lot at this time is a madhouse. People and cars are everywhere. If there are children in attendance, they are running around and playing between cars while their parents are trying to get them into the family car.

Adults are saying their goodbye’s to their friends or chatting while standing precariously in and around the parked cars. Their attention couldn’t be further from the cars that are trying to get out of the lot. In this situation when reversing you could ideally use at least 4 eyes. You need to look in front of your car, directly behind your car, to the left and to the right of your car watching out for moving pedestrians and vehicles leaving.

You also have to look out for other cars at both a left and right angle behind your car that are usually going in both directions up and down the rows because you can find a safe time to back out into the exit lane. So is it 4 or even 6 eyes?

Of course your passengers can help you, but do you really trust them to see everything? Are you willing to risk an accident on their say so? Most people are not willing to blindly follow someone else’s directions when backing out into this kind of mayhem, and shouldn’t.

A parking sensor can provide the necessary warning if someone or something moves into your close proximity when you are looking in another direction.

Discover how a parking sensor can prevent this kind of accident from happening, click here Parking Dynamics

In Part 6 we’ll discuss how to prevent common injuries.

Preventing Parking Accidents – Pt4 Car Park & Parking Lot Safety!

admin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:37:51 +0000

If you drive on a regular basis, sooner or later you’ll park on a public or private parking lot or car park. Maybe you’re heading to the shops, to the office or calling to the doctors for an appointment. You wouldn’t think that something as simple as a wide open space with rows of white painted lines, that actually tell you where to park could be such a dangerous place. On a logical level this is an organized way to park.

However parking lots can be treacherous. People can be found riding up and down the rows looking for an open spot, preferably as close to the main entrance as possible. Like vultures they attack the open spaces with complete disregard for you who spotted the space first.

They aren’t at all interested in pedestrians casually walking around or completely miss cars leaving and backing out of spaces. They seem to be totally focused on 1 thing; an empty space they can pull into with the least amount of effort.

A minority even take the disabled spot, illegally. You’ve seen it, drivers driving straight across the painted rows, going in between the parked cars to make a short cut, just because they saw a space closer to the door and cutting across the rows is the quickest way to get there before someone else gets "their" parking space.

It’s like the last parking space on earth is up for grabs! Although the majority of people drive respectfully in parking lots, there are always a few who zip around with no respect. People are walking about pushing carts, carrying bags and frequently have a couple of children in tow.

Of course, the pedestrians never look to see if you are backing out of your own parking space and will walk directly into your path without any warning. Most people are on the go or often late and this is when accidents happen. When you are so focused on your next move instead of the parking lot this creates a recipe for disaster.

If you do unfortunately hit a car or pedestrian when pulling out of your space, the bottom line is, it’s your fault because you were backing up. As you can see hidden dangers are lurking in places where you least expect it.

To find out how a parking sensor can easily and effortlessly completely prevent parking lot accidents, go to Parking Dynamics

In Part 5 we’ll discuss the need for 4 eyes in the back of your head.

Preventing Parking Accidents Pt1 – 33% of All Vehicle Accidents are caused by…

admin — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:04:51 +0000

As recently reported by the insurance industry, 33% of all vehicle accidents are caused when parking or reversing. It only takes a split second for your attention to wander or a slight misjudgement… and CRUNCH!

So with such a high number of accidents and insurance claims being made as a result of parking and reversing accidents, the question has to be raised, when will the insurance companies give drivers a discount for fitting a parking sensor to their vehicle?

Well that’s an interesting question and the answer has to be a positive and interesting move for the insurance companies.A parking sensor literally gives you eyes in the back of your head, so in essence with a sensor fitted you should be accident exempt, in everyday parking and reversing scenarios!

We’ve all been involved in everyday driving incidents and with the slightest error we could so easily have hit a car, pedestrian, road sign or curb.Every major city in the world has accidents hot spots and those massive multi storey buildings are a fine example.

Designed to park the biggest number of cars in the least amount of ground space, the problem is they pack the cars
in like sardines in a tin, and space is limited to park, manoeuvre and reverse. They are so poorly lit with low ceilings, enough to make you feel claustrophobic and have the tightest of bends. These are a haven for parking and reversing accidents.

Typically when people use these densely packed parking structures they are either out shopping, at the office, attending to business, or on holiday in the hotel multi-storey. When accidents happen, most drivers are tired and or in need of some brain food, both of which contribute to a lack of attention to their surroundings and minor misjudgements.

The majority of the time the damage isn’t serious…it’s usually nothing more than a scrape or a bump. In this case the people involved don’t usually call the police or choose to swap insurance information. However, often the damage is more serious when you hit a moving car and have no choice but to report the accident, which results in an increase in your insurance premium and run the risk of a driving violation, as it’s your fault.

The reality is that parking and reversing accidents can be prevented with a very simple and new technology that can be installed on any vehicle in about an hour. This simple device will pay for itself many times over by reducing the number of small bumps and bangs in which you are involved.

This will ultimately lower the burden on your own pocket, needing to pay for the damage and remove the need to claim on your insurance, and by doing so protect any future insurance policy price increases and enhance your no claims bonus.

To learn more about how this device can help you reduce your insurance claims, go to www.parkingdynamics.co.uk

In Part 2 we’ll discuss the different technologies available and which offer you the best protection.

Speak then,
Luke