Car Parking Is An Essential Survival Skill

I was thrilled when the Daily Mail reported thator convenient proximity, to park in places that are
Heathrow is to become the world's first airport toignored by law enforcement and ticket personnel, but
install technology that will guide drivers to emptyyou must assess the risk involved.
slots and also show them where they had parkedBetter to pay than be sorry if your car is vandalised.
when leaving. The technology, reportedly, allows youUnless you know the history of a place, you might
to find your vehicle simply by inserting your parkingwrongly think that your chosen space offers no
ticket into a machine that has a 32in screen displayingparticular temptations to criminals. Some cars are
a 3-D map. This would certainly help people stoppoor at retaining their alluring paint work.
running all over the car park looking for their cars. ISo how do you choose where to park? Parking has
am sure it has happened to you. You walk into thebecome a major issue in human development. This is
car park lot and head in the wrong direction. Thentrue for both individuals and companies. Businesses
you realise the mistake, feeling silly you head backare hesitant to locate within certain areas of the
right to where you came from.downtown because of limited parking for their
Technology giant Siemens, partnered with the Britishemployees, customers and clients. Customers and
firm Highlight Parking Systems Limited, are the drivingshoppers prefer going shopping in places where they
force behind this novel project. In a way theare guaranteed a parking space. In some cities,
technology is not entirely new. Siemens is known forCommercial developers are hesitant to purchase and
its advanced Siemens Traffic Solutions which areimprove a property. These properties can be in prime
integrations of various technologies and services forlocations but a lack of parking can potentially reduce
modern traffic management and mobility in urbantheir value. This is due to concern by would-be
settings. Siemens sophisticated parking solutions solvetenants that they might have problems finding
the problem of finding car parks and securing smoothconvenient parking.
urban traffic flow.I have digressed from my original story. Going back
I said this development is new yet not too novelto this technological development, there are a few
because it is part of the Siemens' pioneered parkingthings to say. So how will the system work? It is
technology. Siemens intelligent transportation systemstouted that when a driver arrives at the car park
prevent avoidable traffic, shift unavoidable traffic andbarrier, a numberplate recognition system takes the
conserve the environment. These systems include:registration and automatically prints it on the ticket.
Dynamic parking guidance systems - LCD displays andAt the start of your trip, the same technology will
prism billboards rapidly direct drivers to free parkingalso lead you to the nearest empty space - again
spaces in the city, significantly reducing inner-citydisplayed on a screen map to save time and carbon
traffic, Car park systems - the modular SiParkemissions. These Siemens Pay and display machines
guidance system ensures smooth traffic flow in caraccept cash cards as well as coins, and enable
parks and on parking lots, using ultrasonic sensors andconstant control of the unit status.
arrow displays.So ideally your parking spot should be shaded from
I have been reflecting on this development the wholethe sun. Just as you want to park easily and safely,
week asking myself why anybody would invest soyou also want to leave quickly and as hassle-free as
much money in such a venture. Of course it occurredpossible. Therefore the quality you should look for in
to me that we take many things for granteda parking place is flexibility. In terms of actual parking
because they look so natural to us. Thinking about it,spaces, there is a problem because cars have got
a good parking space is difficult to find. It needs tobigger but car park spaces don't seem to. This
be isolated, but at the same time you don't wantdemands some problem solving skills. Actually
your car to stand out. It needs to be in a well lit areachoosing the right parking place is an essential survival
and near other cars, but away from the prying eyesskill.
of criminals. You might be tempted, by cheap rates