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		DigitalJack on July 24, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ray, the self-driving forklift that is parking car... The sound waves from my motorcycle sets them off pretty routinely in parking lots or cars on parked on the street. humorous and oddly satisfying.

hyperliner on July 24, 2014 [–]

This is interesting (never had an annoying alarm)! Seems sound waves create more disturbance for the sensor than an actual blunt impact which is localized to a point on the body and possibly not transferred through the chassis to the sensor.

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