http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/ Engadget Comments for Toyota's self-parking car coming soon to US http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/
It's a win-win situation...that is unless you can't parallel park your own car, in which case we find another up-side, healthier people. So it really is a win-win-win situation.]]>Apr 5th 2006 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/
That's because we're a litigation-happy country, and companies have to think twice before introducing anything. Other countries *e.g., Europe, Japan) don't have this problem (at least not to this extent).
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While Im happy to see this as it might decrease the number of people "tapping" my bumper, I fear it will increase the number of "lane drifters" i see who do not realize they are merging into me on a turn, simply because they cant stay in their own lane.]]>Apr 5th 2006 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/
this is why i often make the joke that florida drivers get their licenses out of cracker jack boxes. ]]>Apr 5th 2006 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/
http://www.argo.ce.unipr.it/ARGO/english/

Just be patient; the server is offline occasionally. And be sure to check out the movies of the experiment (they can be found in the "the Vehicle" section on the left).

Oh yeah, the OS was Linux...]]>Apr 5th 2006 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/
It's because in America we have too many lawyers, companies are afraid to take risks here, in a country that a woman can sue a company because the hot coffee she spilled was hot.

Think about it.]]>Apr 5th 2006 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/

thats why americans buy crappy american cars that break in 3 years?]]>Apr 5th 2006 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/
That's silly.

Parallel parking requires that you drive closer to cars than at any other time. If you're driving that close to cars on the road, you're seriously dangerous and should have your license permanently revoked.]]>Apr 5th 2006 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://lawandhelp.com/q298-2.htm]]>Apr 5th 2006 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/
That's why it's labeled HOT COFFEE.]]>Apr 5th 2006 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 5th 2006 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/
I spilled my coffee less frequent once McD labeled the coffee "HOT" =), why does the U.S. got behind on these kind of technologies ? Blame it on the "sue-happy" person.]]>Apr 5th 2006 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/
What... you mean like xbox?

Some people who post on here barely seem to know which way is up.]]>Apr 5th 2006 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/
As for the McDonald's discussion, there are just too many sue-happy people out there. It wouldn't be nearly as bad if people weren't awarded multi million dollar awards for inane cases.]]>Apr 6th 2006 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 6th 2006 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Apr 6th 2006 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/
Hehe, well the Prius is a higher-end car, so i guess it uses lasers and a whole set of optical & remote sensors to measure distances.

If this option ever comes to lower-cost cars, though, maybe we will see systems using much simpler touch sensors. They will run programs likes : "IF rear car hit THEN engage Drive. Drive UNTIL front car hit. Engage reverse THEN LOOP"
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awesome. he's right.. we should abandon all technological advances from here on out.

How can so many of you be against technology and be using a computer, online, more than likely with a high-speed connection? what the... ? call me #444]]>May 28th 2006 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/
Americans glamorize and romanticize all things old. We are falling behind as a country in so...many ways because of this. Stem cell research? Not even an issue in any other modern country. S. Korea, Israel, even China are all pressing on with agressive federally funded research in this area that's really pushing the envelope. When the stem cell miracles come, they won't likely be from the U.S..

I'm in music production and I can tell you for a fact, it all revolves around cutting edge software, and 90% of this software is from Germany, Sweden, England, etc., even a great majority of the freeware is developed by Europeans. We just don't seem to have people who are capable, interested, or educated enough.

For goodness sakes, even South Africa, land of Apartheid, is about to legalize gay marriage!...Yes...a nation in AFRICA is now MORE PROGRESSIVE and forward thinking than America! Does that embarrass anyone else?

Americans seem to want to wallow in the past. We even elected a president to wallow in the past. Vote for traditional values reads "old values". The bloom is quickly falling off the American rose. Hopefully, when my children are grown and need a job, immigration to one of the more progressive and advanced countries won't be too difficult.

It seems as if there is no spirit in the U.S. for breaking the mold, upsetting the apple cart, doing anything in a radically different way.

When Toyota announced plans for a Hybrid, U.S. businesses scoffed, and now are desperately trying to play catch up with technology they have to license from abroad. Who would ever buy an American hybrid? They haven't even mastered regular internal combustion technology. Hell, they haven't even mastered simple door locks and switches and seat fabric. My last and I do mean last U.S. made car had the absolute most mundane, stupid things breaking within the second year of ownership. I just kept asking the people at the Saturn dealership where I bought it new, "you mean to tell me G.M. doesn't know how to make door locks by 1996"?

Hopefully the next generation won't equate stodginess with some sort of noble trait. Unfortunately for "The Big Two" less and less Americans are willing to buy crap as part of their patriotic duty. That's one sign of progress I guess. ]]>Aug 22nd 2006 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/Aug 25th 2006 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/toyotas-self-parking-car-coming-soon-to-us/http://www.nexusscars.com. This site offers varieties of used cars auctioned at an affordable rate. The online ordering process is secured. Afterwards, your car will be delivered directly to your port.]]>May 2nd 2007 8:54PM