The next time a salesman at a car dealership offers to demonstrate a car’s self-parking feature, you might want to step back—way back. A set of auto-parking features on the Volvo XC60 was being demonstrated to a crowd of eager observers, with dire consequences. The circumstances surrounding the video (embedded below) are still unclear. It appears that a car dealership was attempting to test the vehicle’s driver assistance features for a crowd of spectators who mistakenly expected the car to come to a halt on its own.
It first appears as though the car encounters a glitch while trying to self-park. Actually, Volvo reports that the car dealer was attempting a demonstration of City Safety system in the Volvo XC60. On its own, the system lacks pedestrian detection. The ability to identify bystanders is available after an optional $3,000 upgrade.
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