Why don't Japanese cars have parking sensors?
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Japanese cars do not have parking sensors to save costs. Parking sensors consist of ultrasonic sensors, controllers, and displays or buzzers. When reversing, the probes installed on the bumper emit ultrasonic waves to calculate the time and distance between the car and obstacles. When the car gets close enough to an obstacle, the buzzer will sound an alarm to remind the driver to brake. A reversing camera can be considered an upgraded version of parking sensors. It uses a camera installed at the rear of the car to transmit the situation behind the vehicle to an LCD display, allowing the driver to more intuitively understand the conditions at the rear. Compared to parking sensors, reversing cameras have fewer blind spots.