| ction | | | | dollars costing individuals and insurance companies. |
| Statistics suggest that almost every driver has an | | | | Kidsandcars.org is an organization set on limiting and |
| accident while going in reverse at one point in their | | | | eventually eradicating the harmful effects cars have |
| lifetime. Will your time come soon? There is a | | | | on individual safety. They report that car reversal |
| technological solution in limiting or eliminating this issue | | | | caused 91 child deaths in 2003. The Department of |
| all together. Car parking sensors allow for safer | | | | Transportation asserts that 70% of all accidents can |
| parking and driver awareness. Driving mishaps that | | | | be avoided if the vehicle is equipped with some sort |
| involve the driver’s visibility being limited can | | | | of sensor. |
| be costly and dangerous to the driver and | | | | How it Works |
| pedestrians as well. | | | | A parking sensor is prompted when employing |
| Harrowing Statistics | | | | reverse gear. A small but highly intelligent sensor |
| Each year there are over 300,000 accidents reported | | | | affixed to the rear of the vehicle sends and |
| in the U.S. due to reversing. The Department of | | | | measures magnetic waves that interact with objects |
| Transportation states that 27% of car accidents | | | | and alert the driver of their presence. An internal |
| involve at least one of the cars going in reverse. | | | | device educates the driver of the distance between |
| These accidents total to a number of over 1.3 billion | | | | the object and the rear of the vehicle. |