You know the scene: the pretty young woman
walks into the parking garage late at night. The music gets scary and the tempo
faster. There’s no one else in the garage and the only sounds are her footsteps
echoing on the concrete. Shadows flash by as she walks past parked cars. Your
brain is screaming, Don’t go there!” She makes it into her car…and only then
sees the villain appear in her rearview mirror from the back seat.
Fortunately, it’s only a movie. But, why
are parking garages the location of so many scary scenes in the movies? If it’s
not the bad guy in the back seat, it’s the car that runs down someone in the
parking garage. Or, it’s the gang that appears from the shadows. There are
plenty of variations on the parking garage nightmare.
The answer to the question is as simple as
it is obvious: parking garages are simply not comfortable places for many
people. That’s why they make such a popular setting to play on the viewers’
fears.
Parking garages, by their nature, don’t
provide a sense of warmth or security. No matter how well lighted; there are
always many shadows. There are the unidentifiable echoing sounds and often a coolness.
Row-after-row of cars and columns and the lack of visual references create a
sense of disorientation. Add claustrophobia to this list. In many ways parking
garages can induce the same feelings as going into a cave...not what most
people care to do.
Compare all of this to a well lighted,
street-level waiting area with windows and comfortable seats. Access is limited
only to those with the right ticket. There’s the sound of humming machinery. However,
that simply means your car is on its way to you. You’re waiting for your car in
a facility with an automated parking system (APS) - like robotic valet parking.
With the APS, there are no shadows or dark
corners. No searching for your car in an unfamiliar place. No strange echoes or
uncomfortable feelings. And, no one has had access to your car, except you.
Look for moviemakers to stick with parking
garages for their scary scenes. APS are apparently more suitable for heroes and
villains to fight among the machinery (such as in Mission Impossible: Ghost
Protocol) while drivers and passengers wait safely and comfortably for their
cars.
To learn more about the safety and security
advantages of automated parking systems, contact your Skyline parking
representative.
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