Toyota Australia has added more optional Toyota Genuine safety accessories to the range available on Camry, Aurion and Corolla.

Toyota Genuine ParkAssist clearance parking sensors are mounted left and right on the front bumper of the vehicle, with a similar set of four ParkAssistrear parking sensors mounted across the rear bumper.

The sensors can help make drivers more aware of obstacles out of their range of vision when parking and reversing.

Matthew Callachor, divisional manager of Toyota Australia’s Customer Service Division, says Toyota’s ParkAssist technology could help prevent small accidents.

“ParkAssist is designed to help increase driver awareness of what is around the vehicle when attempting to park and reverse.”

The ParkAssist sensors scan outwards from the vehicle using ultrasonic technology. “They detect obstacles in the vicinity of the front corners and rear of the vehicle, and alert drivers to them,” says Callachor.

“These obstacles may include other cars, pillars, kerbs and children’s toys such as tricycles.”

The front and rear sensors help driver awareness by triggering an alert tone inside the vehicle when an obstacle is identified as being too close.

The rear parking sensors are designed to work in conjunction with the Toyota Genuine rear-view camera, another new accessory for Camry and Aurion, although they operate totally independently of the camera system.

The rear-view camera is located under the lip of the rear tailgate. It projects the view from the rear of the vehicle onto an electro-chromatic rear-view mirror, or satellite navigation and audio unit screen, both of which are available as Toyota Genuine Accessories for Camry and Aurion.

“When drivers combine ParkAssist with the rear-view camera, they can see while looking forward a visualisation of what would usually be out of line-of-sight and behind them,” says Callachor.

“This can ease some of the stress associated with parking and reversing, as the technologies work in parallel to help drivers avoid hitting objects while they are concentrating on tricky manoeuvres.”

The Toyota Genuine electro-chromatic mirror, when activated, features a 50mm x 38mm colour LCD screen with images provided by the rear-view camera.

When not in use, the LCD screen is invisible to the eye, and the entire area of the electro-chromatic mirror works as a regular mirror.

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