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- From: rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade)
- Subject: Re: HOW TO AVOID HITTING THE WALL IN GARAGE
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.215716.15154@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- References: <1992Nov19.020843.4524@attila.weitek.COM> <1efks2INNbun@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:57:16 GMT
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- In article <1efks2INNbun@gap.caltech.edu> hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker) writes:
- >ehsan@attila.weitek.COM (Ehsan Kalami) writes:
- >
- >
- >>hi, I am sure a lot of people have a similar problem. Where can one buy
- >>blocks of cement/concrete so that we know how far to drive a car into
- >>garage. similar to one found in parking lots?
- >>thanks.
- >
- >Another solution is to tie a rubber ball on a string attached
- >to the ceiling of you garage. Align the ball so that it just hits
- >your windshield when the car is where you want it.
- >
-
- or perhaps buy 3 lidar guns and align them to triangulate at a point 3 inches
- from the wall and then buy a laser-detector and mount it on the grill of your
- car and when it goes off press on the brake!
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