February 1, 2025 at 4:49 pm

Driver’s Car Was Sending Warning Alarms About a Pole, But Literally Wouldn’t Let Him Move Away From It

by Ben Auxier

Source: tiktok.com/@kyster58

Seems like true self-driving cars have been “just around the corner” for decades now.

And while the technology has come a long a way, it’s clear there are still some glaring problems.

The more decisions you leave up to the machine, the fewer are being made by the driver. A driver who – most likely – knows better.

That’s the kind of frustration that TikTok user and automotive technician @Kyster58 was feeling over a simple parking sensor.

“This **** is why I hate new cars,” he says, as he tries to shift the car into reverse.

SOURCE: tiktok.com/@kyster58/

“I go to reverse,” he continues, when suddenly an alarm starts beeping.

“Warning, warning, warning, shift to park! Cause there’s a pole in front of me ’cause the car’s as close to the pole as possible,” he vents as the heads up display shows just that.

SOURCE: tiktok.com/@kyster58/

“Look what it does when I go to put it in reverse,” he says, “it automatically parks itself!”

SOURCE: tiktok.com/@kyster58/

“I can’t move my car ’cause it’s parking itself ’cause of the light pole!”

Guess he’s stuck forever?

@kyster58

#cars #mechanic #technician #automotivetechnician #sensor #newcars #nissan

♬ original sound – Kyster58

A lot of people were baffled by the mere physics of it all:

https://www.tiktok.com/@kyster58

Some shared in the woes:

Source: tiktok.com/@kyster58

Maybe these cars are just feeling a little overprotective:

Source: tiktok.com/@kyster58

Who reads the manual anyway?

Source: tiktok.com/@kyster58

Of course, maybe it’s #NotAllCars:

Source: tiktok.com/@kyster58

I guess the moral of the story is that cars are changing quickly.

Make sure you know what yours expects.

If you liked that story, check out this one about a delivery driver who gave two weeks notice… so his employer disabled his truck when he was 300 miles from home!