Collision risk - technological solution?

Scott snipped-for-privacy@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote

Yep. some cars self park now.

Yep, that's available now too.

A device in the headrest that puts a bullet in the back of the neck of the driver when they f*ck up like that would fix the problem too.

Common problem on my shared drive, I park there entirely with mirrors so I make sure they are adjusted so as to have sight of all possible contact points.

The driver is the responsible person. Their brain should be perfectly adequate to avoid bashing into things.

Please have the grace to preceed any future such irrelevant wibbles with "OT".

I thought all modern cars (mine isn't one of them) had proximity sensors as standard these days. Loads of bleeping if you get anywhere near anything, and a little screen with diagrams indicating how close you are to an object. Or is that only for top of the range models. It would drive me nuts!

People crash into street furniture at speed with monotonous regularity.

But it *is* a potential DIY topic!

How to mend scratches put into the side of a badly parked car!

I had it fitted to my Jazz, I find it hard to judge both the front and back. The bleeping is not too annoying. But the OP's problem was the sides, there the answer is to use the mirrors.

Most modern reversing cameras show the path you will be taking with the wheel in the position you have it. You can also get 360 degree view parking cameras.

TBH, there are a lot of people out there who think parking is done with smoke & mirrors.

Revelation for me - my new second hand car came with some what look like cheap aftermarket sensors. Work a treat.

By the time the collision took place it was too late for the mirror to be of any use as it was the front wing that suffered the impact. I was wondering about a mirror inside the lock-up.

You need some fenders like they dangle over the side of boats, obviously! Brian

On that basis road traffic accidents would not exist but sadly they do. The way I see it is that I am grateful it was not something more serious. That said, I shall of course try to learn from the experience but perfection takes a bit longer.

Problem is the mirror was inside before the impact took place.

Of course I could have parked very easily had someone not placed a large camper van on the opposite side of the lane (in a parking bay placed there in the wisdom of the council). Arguably I should have got out to look but at that point it would be difficult to open the door.

I wondered about something like they use at Wimbledon to tell if the ball is out.

To be honest, I tend to use the mirror for that purpose but I was caught out here because the mirror cleared the post but the wing did not. I am still struggling to visualise what happened. At first I thought I had driven over something.

. Ive seen HGVs with an ancillary mirror clipped to the top of the side doors which give a view forward. Bit overkill for a car maybe

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Top tip: Aldi this week has stick-on "blind spot mirrors".

Could I stick the mirror on to the wall of the lock-up instead for aesthetic reasons and to avoid looking like a plonker?

Or by 'touch'

Japan sells micro cars for just this problem. Fits into tiny parking spaces. Or there is always specsavers.