New Toyota Car Parks Itself

[Tweaker]

"Your hands don't even need to be touching the steering wheel for it to start spinning back and forth aggressively, all by itself -- slowly guiding the car into the parking spot.

Parallel parking is designed to be a breeze with the Intelligent Parking Assist system, part of a new $2,200 option package for Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius gas-electric hybrid in Japan.

This is a bold and somewhat unnerving concept, a car that parks itself. As a driver, you've got to wonder as the Prius eases back toward the curb: What is this machine thinking?

It's also difficult not to be gripped by a "Look Ma, no hands" thrill -- even if the system only partially fulfills its promise."


Hmmm... Well, just as long as I can control the overall driving.

Read more here.

Source: CNN.com

[dammit]

Must have a "WOMAN" button!

[Harrie]

The system has no artificial intelligence that actually recognizes objects -- so it won't stop for a person or a cat or anything else you shouldn't be running over.

LOL, I'm SO glad they don't plan to introduce this here! Good GAWD!

[renegade600]

I saw it on tv when they first introduced it about a year ago. Pretty sharp!