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2138 clicks; posted to STEM » on 26 Jan 2023 at 5:51 PM (8 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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Original [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 3:49:50 PM  
Original Tweet:
 
SpocksEars [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 6:08:44 PM  
Boy, when it comes time to leave the parking space, I would love to see someone swing their rear-end out into  oncoming traffic like that on Santa Monica Blvd. at 3pm on a Wednesday.

The LULs would be EPIC.
 
chitownmike
2023-01-26 6:34:15 PM  
If you can't figure out parallel parking you shouldn't be allowed to drive!
 
AmbassadorBooze
2023-01-26 7:31:40 PM  
Who is parking?  People shouldn't own cars.  At least not the underchuds.  Overmasters for sure.  But the rest of society should live in the pods and eat the bugs. You will own nothing and be happy. Your pod will be within walking distance of your assigned work zone.  And if you need to travel to accomplish the task assigned to you, mass transit will be provided.

Parallel parking problem solved.
 
HairBolus [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 7:40:42 PM  
https://www.slashgear.com/893941/the-truth-about-the-worlds-first-self-parking-car/
The Truth About The World's First Self Parking Car
June 13, 2022

Brooks Walker from California patented this in 1938.

Tweet's video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMsRJrlbyMI&t=28s
Packard.Self-Parking Car - 1933
Matt Kuenzel
97,501 views Aug 30, 2018
Self-parking technology on a Packard automobile from 1933 or even earlier. The license plate reads "19 California 33". Life Magazine Nov 17, 1952 article about the invention: https://books.google.com/books/conten...

Walker was still trying to get somebody to manufacture this in 1952

1950's Fifth Wheel Parking Concept
Youtube 296E57CxNw4
1950's Fifth Wheel Parking Concept
twentyXseven
1,025,350 views Feb 26, 2011
A 1950's newsreel featuring the innovative concept of a retractable fifth wheel to aid in parking.

Life magazine
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Toxophil [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 8:10:24 PM  

chitownmike: If you can't figure out parallel parking you shouldn't be allowed to drive!


Pritty sure that was before power steering. Ever try to parallel park without it? Super fun.

/drove with a dead pump for months.
//abs of steel.
///I think steering racks before PS were geared differently.
 
Sum Dum Gai
2023-01-26 8:12:06 PM  

chitownmike: If you can't figure out parallel parking you shouldn't be allowed to drive!


I haven't actually parallel parked since I took my driving test in the late 1990s. It just isn't relevant where I live.
 
jso2897
2023-01-26 8:59:08 PM  
Cars are already good enough.
We don't need better cars, we need fewer cars, and less dependence on them.
F**k cars.
 
jclaggett
2023-01-27 12:11:47 AM  
I remember seeing that video eons ago. Neat concept, but yeah also likely dangerous in a lot of scenarios.
 
nytmare
2023-01-27 1:19:13 AM  

Toxophil: chitownmike: If you can't figure out parallel parking you shouldn't be allowed to drive!

Pritty sure that was before power steering. Ever try to parallel park without it? Super fun.

/drove with a dead pump for months.
//abs of steel.
///I think steering racks before PS were geared differently.


Also the tires had little grip, making pivoting easier.

Also there was no dead power steering pump in the system to impede operation.
 
TwowheelinTim [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 2:35:16 AM  

Toxophil: chitownmike: If you can't figure out parallel parking you shouldn't be allowed to drive!

Pritty sure that was before power steering. Ever try to parallel park without it? Super fun.

/drove with a dead pump for months.
//abs of steel.
///I think steering racks before PS were geared differently.


I learned how to parallel park in a 1967 Chevrolet Impala Station Wagon with no power steering. It was part of the driving exam too. I passed the first time.

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TwowheelinTim [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 2:36:29 AM  

jso2897: Cars are already good enough.
We don't need better cars, we need fewer cars, and less dependence on them.
F**k cars.


I couldn't agree more.
 
Mindlock
2023-01-27 2:48:39 AM  

Toxophil: chitownmike: If you can't figure out parallel parking you shouldn't be allowed to drive!

Pritty sure that was before power steering. Ever try to parallel park without it? Super fun.

/drove with a dead pump for months.
//abs of steel.
///I think steering racks before PS were geared differently.


You're right about manual and power steering racks being geared differently; they typically are.  Manual gearing is generally a balance between reasonable effort for the driver and effective steering.  Once driver effort is removed from the equation, you might as well make steering the most effective.

And I only say typically to defend myself against a pendant showing up saying the 1974 Ulru Peokba in Fulshu XL trim had the same gearing regardless if you chose power or manual steering.
 
Sonnuvah
2023-01-27 10:07:24 AM  

SpocksEars: Boy, when it comes time to leave the parking space, I would love to see someone swing their rear-end out into  oncoming traffic like that on Santa Monica Blvd. at 3pm on a Wednesday.

The LULs would be EPIC.


Presumably the driver would just pull out into traffic with normal steering.

No one ever jokes about getting outof parallel parking.
 
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