Why do some Japanese cars have a bumper antenna?

The Japanese are very strange people, and the same can be said to a large extent about their cars. For example, some cars created in the Land of the Rising Sun, for some reason, have a small antenna on the front bumper. Most often located in the corner. Not everyone can guess what its purpose is.

Today it will be very difficult to find a Japanese car with an antenna sticking out of the bumper, because these are no longer produced. They were produced in the 1990s when the Japanese auto industry exploded again. In addition, the need to install special equipment was dictated by the authorities. The reason was that there was a car boom in the country at that time and it was mainly "big" cars that were in vogue.

This has led to a sharp increase in the number of accidents, especially when parking. Not only was there not always enough space for everyone, but in most cases it was quite difficult to park. To somehow improve the situation, car companies have developed a special system that allows drivers to better "feel" the distance during this "such a difficult maneuver."

In fact, this accessory was the first parking radar, or one might say a parking sensor, with mass use. Already in the early years of the new century, fancy devices went out of fashion, giving way to more modern designs. In addition, the Japanese themselves were faced with the fact that hooligans in big cities simply began to tear off the antennas sticking out of cars. In those years, there were no surveillance cameras at every step.