This Clever Billboard From Fiat Actually Helps Drivers Parallel Park

Distance sensor guides digitized helpers

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How easy would it be to parallel park if you always had a friend to help you—even when you were driving alone?

A new Fiat billboard created by Leo Burnett Germany invites viewers to imagine just that. The agency hooked up a digital screen with special software and sensors to measure how far a driver's rear bumper was from the car behind it, and then projected synchronized images of human helpers guiding the driver's parking job—just like a passenger might get out and do.

It's a simple, clever concept, appropriate to promote Fiat's Parking Assist technology, an alarm system that warns drivers in reverse of objects behind them.

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