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If you hate parallel parking, a group of 5 seniors at the University of Toledo are working on the perfect device for you. The Mechanical Engineering Technology Students are working on a parallel parking device that you would attach to the rear underbody of a car. To make parallel parking easier, you just park the nose of the car into a parking spot and use the hydraulics to lift the rear end of the car and slide sideways into the parking spot. Parallel parking during a driving examination will no longer cause you to pass out from hyperventilation. Just hit play to watch the demo.
Thanks Bruce!
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Daily Clerks
Nov 19, 2006 at 1:30 pm
[...] They’ve shared pictures and comments about the progression of the project on their blog. The prototype took about 6 weeks to put together and it appears to work really well. I like it because it’s a much simpler solution than the fancy autopilot systems that are creeping into luxury cars now. [via] - Link. [...]
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