A car that parks itself. (Technology).

Women drivers are hailing it as the greatest invention of the 20th century he car that parks itself. BMW has invented a car that not only detects an ideal parking space, but reverses into it as well. All the driver has to do is keep a gentle pressure on the accelerator pedal. The breakthrough is thanks to BMW's experimental system Parking Assistant. Explained a company spokesman: "When you are driving down a street, the car uses its radar and sensors to 'look' sideways for a space it can put itself into. It then gives the driver a signal." The driver puts the car into reverse, presses a button, takes his or her hands off the steering wheel, and the car neatly parks itself. British motor insurers Esure estimates that [pounds sterling]151m worth of damage is caused each year by misjudged parking, and that's convinced them to endorse another parking problem solver. It's a formula devised by a female doctor of mathematics and entails five steps that perform the perfect S-shaped parking manoeuvre and result in the car's wheels being flush with the pavement.