BMW Created an Automated Parking Feature That Actually Works

Automated parking systems are mostly useless. Parallel parking, in real-world circumstances, is a nightmare intersection of math and human psychology as you try to estimate the size of a spot while communicating to the driver behind you that, yes, you’ll be going into reverse soon. It’s like taking a geometry test while playing Texas Hold ’em against a guy named Switchblade, and the last complication you need is a bumbling computer sidekick wondering whether it should be looking for spaces on the right or the left.

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