Driving a Mercedes-Benz car is undeniably fun. The combination of luxury and performance is a big part of what has made this brand so desirable all over the world for so long, but the one thing that traditionally hasn’t been all that fun for Mercedes-Benz drivers is parallel parking. Nobody likes parallel parking.
Automotive engineers understand this, of course, which is why they have worked so hard over the last several years to develop self-parking technologies that take the daunting task of parallel parking out of the hands of drivers. For example, Active Parking Assist is a new bit of tech that allows a driver in Auburndale, FL to size up a parallel parking spot and then get help cranking the wheel correctly to fit into that street spot.
Active Parking Assist kicks in when you’re driving forwards at up to 20 MPH. Ultrasonic sensors search for an open spot large enough on the side of the road to accommodate your vehicle. Once it finds one, your turn signal will engage and your dash will ask if you’d like to engage the technology. From there it will use cameras and sensors to guide your vehicle into the spot, while you still have control of braking. Before you know it, you’ll be safely, quickly, and efficiently ushered into a parking spot.
And wouldn’t it be nice to love every aspect of your Mercedes-Benz ownership experience? If parallel parking were this easy, that’s exactly what would happen, and car dealerships like Fields Motorcars want nothing more than for customers to be even happier than they already are. Stop by any time if you’d like a demonstration of this self-parking technology. It could change your life!
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