The vital meeting is about to begin. You just squeeze into the last space in the multi-story building, in time to race to the boardroom.
The meeting was tense. It’s late. You’re exhausted. You fear you may not have enough change to pay for the parking. Then the realisation hits you. Where did you park? The tenth floor, or the twentieth?
When you get there the building is still packed. Do you abandon hope and take a taxi home? Who hasn’t wasted hours searching for their cars? And you remember that it used to be so easy: didn’t Roy Rogers just whistle for Trigger to come trotting
A near miracle for drivers has happened. A new device developed by former American football star, Pat Carter, is now helping drivers find their VWs and BMWs and 2CVs at - more or less - the touch of a button.
The gadget is called the Parking Caddy. It is about the size of a watch and fits on a key ring. It – somehow - synchronises with parking machines, and not only points you in the right direction, and the correct floor, but it warns you when your parking time is up.
Sounds too good to be true? The price seems almost to confirm that - $19.99. But the site where you can find it makes it look pretty convincing. And if you have Flash, it has the bells and whistles you’d expect from such innovators. - www.parkingcaddy.com
Pat, who made his name with the NFL team was reported to have said, “I wanted to create a user-friendly, small and inexpensive device that would keep people from losing their cars. Parking Caddy does that. And it has all the information you need to locate your vehicle – no matter how complex the multi-story.” He said, “It is good for safety too. Parking garages are not always the safest place to be wandering around."
“Parking Caddy tells you were the car is – exactly. So you can walk there with no hesitations. You don’t draw attention to yourself.”
It sounds like the perfect companion at the end of a holiday. It could end those gruelling searches in the long-term park when the children are tired, the suitcases weigh a ton, and divorce threatens.
There’s a way to get one for free, too. Talk the boss into using them for promotion. Pat said, “They are a compact way to propel your business into the forefront of the marketplace. I designed them so that a company's name and logo fit prominently onto the face. We silk screen the details on in a variety of colours They look really good.”
