I came across a small article about Parksense from Travis Langness at Edmunds and I can't decide if he's stupid or the system is stupid...
You know when the only viable expression is a swearing, yea, right now [Insert favorite phrase here]
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AND THEN...The first problem, as detailed in the picture above, is parking poles. At the front of the parking spot are two large poles, meant to protect the railing and keep me from parking to close to the building. The Ram’s parking sensors couldn’t make sense of these when parked, first beeping an alert then omitting the “You’re too close! Stop!” chime and turning all red.
It didn’t seem like I had pulled far enough forward to warrant this response, but I trusted the tech, turned off the truck and got out to discover a 2-foot gap. Not even close. This was a tandem parking spot, so I got back in to move closer.
I'm more inclined to think its both. The fact that the system is taken as the be all end all is positively MADDENING, and the fact that its used as a complaint is probably what's wrong with modern 'man'.So apparently, you can’t get closer than 12 inches without the truck telling you to stop.
In tight spaces though, with a truck this size, having an extra foot is like a mile having an extra mile. Sadly, none of the instructions I read had details on how to adjust the systems sensitivity, so it looks like we’ll be parking with a foot-long buffer zone.
You know when the only viable expression is a swearing, yea, right now [Insert favorite phrase here]
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