Continental's Rear Cross Traffic Alert Wins Toyota's Technology & Devel

RCTA alerts the driver to rear cross traffic when backing out of a parking spot. Continued development of a system for monitoring the blind spot: when reversing out of a parking space, a new generation of sensors warns the driver of a potential collision with vehicles passing behind. Toyota has awarded Continental its Technology & Development Award in recognition of the company?s R&D of a new generation of radar based sensors for a ?Rear Cross Traffic Alert? (RCTA) system. The award is another in a long line of automobile components that the manufacturers and in turn, car owners expectations.