Cross traffic alert
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The same radar array is used to power the rear proximity sensor, which detects obstructions behind the vehicle when reversing and sounds an audible alert as the distance closes, and the cross traffic alert, which scans the road to the left and right of the vehicle when reversing out of a parking spot to alert the driver to oncoming vehicles.
September 3, 2009 12:00 AM PDT
Photo by: Josh P. Miller/CNET