Parking Sensors Can Be Good!

[TonyB]

Lesson Learn't Yesterday!!!

Always rely on my sensors and rear parking screen.....

Reversing into a space yesterday in car park....sadly quite a few people about admiring my wheels....

reversing......waiting for the initial beeps.....still reversing.......BANG!!!

Must have turned off the sensors by accident

....Note to self......always ensure sensors switched on before reversing

Good News......pretty much polished out

[Parthiban]

Sorry to hear that mate, but wasn't the reverse camera showing you whatever you hit?

[ROYT]

Are the sensors not fed from your reversing lights?

[Parthiban]

Are the sensors not fed from your reversing lights?

Still triggered by reverse gear, but it's a bit different for the OEM ones - first off they have a switch on the dash to switch them off, plus they're integrated into the satnav screen and stuff......

[TonyB]

The Sensors only work if you switch them on, I think it is so you can turn them off in certain situations, sometimes I do when "Q"ing in traffic and am a little to close to the person in front.....beepbeepbeep.

The Reverse camera still comes on but sadly I was in a dimly lit Multistory so only got a great view of the barrier after I hit it. Life goes on........

[Huddy]

If it makes you feel any better, I have done worse. When I had a Beemer, I was reversing out of a parallel park at the side of the road. I selected reverse, and my passenger asked what the beeping was. I replied that it was warning me about the car behind, but as I was saying this, I carried on reversing into the car behind. No harm done to either car, but my ego was a little dented. It's fine to turn them on, but you then need to heed their warning.

[knitware]

If your sensors are on you will see the icon lit up on your dash.

[TonyB]

Operative Words being "If your sensors are on".........will always check in future!!