With insurance companies tightening up on paying out on claims it pays to be extra careful with your pride and joy, even with this in mind accidents still happen. ABTEC can now say we have a dedicated driver safety range with the Parkmate brand in store!
I thought I’d take a moment to take a description from Parkmate’s own site since I couldn’t of put it any better.
Protect Your Family and Your Investment
Even confident drivers can be betrayed by what they can’t see from the drivers’ seat. In the driveway and on the road, avoidable driver blind spots are the cause of a high number of accidents and deaths.
Parkmate’s driver safety solutions expose your blind spots and significantly reduce your risk of accident or incident.
We all see the reports on the news/internet of children being reversed into due to blindspot’s on modern cars.
Below are some statistics of driveway run over accidents and as a parent of two children this is a scary thought but one we need to be aware of!
- Nationwide, a child is admitted to hospital every two weeks because of driveway run overs. A further five children are killed annually.
- Death usually happens at the scene, and children that do survive often have severe permanent disabilities.
- Driveway run overs are more likely to occur at busy times, when people are going to work, heading out to do the shopping or catching up with family and friends
- Most often the driver involved is the father, mother, another family member, a friend or a neighbour.
We all have those times driving when you are either involved in a accident or witness one and in some case’s it ends up in court due to lack of evidence from both parties, now with the Parkmate RVM-043DVR you can have an eye witness that can not only save you time but also the cost and emotional trauma of a court date.
The RVM-043DVR is an OEM replacement anti-glare mirror monitor with a digital video recorder embedded into its HD 4.3” display and an inbuilt 120° front camera. The RVM-043DVR includes automatic start up and shut down capability to continuously record and date stamp, protecting you from fraudulent accident claims and road rage. The 4.3” monitor is automatically activated upon selection of reverse gear whilst recording front and rear real time motion simultaneously.
A lot of us have owned or driven a car with reversing sensors and know handy they are on a daily basis, however Blind Spot Sensors are something that is very new in NZ and after a couple of close calls myself and also having my partner damage our family car due to bad blind spots in said car I will be investing in some of these in the near future.
Parkmate’s PTS440BSD front and rear blind spot detection system features visual and audible indicators that assist in monitoring areas not visible through side view mirrors. Every vehicle has blind spots, and they can be a significant factor in road accidents. Parkmate’s blind spot detection system significantly improves your driving safety by automatically detecting other vehicles that are in your blind spot areas and warning you, making changing lanes in all weather and lighting conditions much safer for you, your passengers and other road users.
All of us at ABTEC are quite excited to have the Parkmate brand onboard here in NZ, at our ABTEC Petone Branch and also installed in your cars in the near future!
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Lance ‘Captain Z’ Wilson