Vehicles that are able to parallel park (video) themselves while drivers sit and relax behind the wheel are coming to the United States, according to a Local 6 News report.

New Toyota hybrid cars are now available in Britain with a $700 "parking assist" option. Local 6 news showed video of a driver sitting and allowing the car's steering wheel to turn on its own as it pulled into a tight parking spot on a London street. The reporter never touched the wheel as the car parked itself. With the self-parking assistant, the driver is only responsible for controlling the speed of the car, via the brake pedal. The car's computer senses when it's time to turn the car's wheel and announces when the ride is over. The computer can be heard saying, "The assist is over." So far, the new technology is only available on Toyota hybrid models in Britain with 70 percent of the car owners paying the $700 for the self-park feature. Toyota says expect to see the technology pop up in the U.S. soon, Local 6 anchor Jacqueline London said.

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I refuse to buy into this kind of technology. This kind of stuff takes off, it'll be seen as a mandate to create cars that drive themselves period.


100% agree. For example, I still prefer manual transmissions :)

I refuse to buy into this kind of technology. This kind of stuff takes off, it'll be seen as a mandate to create cars that drive themselves period. I'd rather not be a prisoner on the road thank you, I want my life in my own hands, not a robot's. I have enough forward sight to know that self driving cars is going to happen eventually, but I think it needs to be made as tough as possible.

The ONLY upside to a future like that is no more DD. otherwise I hate it.