the vehicle up along the target path alternatively the alignment of the representations 34 and 40 a visually on the display 16 may itself be considered notification to the driver that the projected path suitably matches the target path referring to fig7 a 7 b 7 c and 7 d as the driver backs the vehicle up progressively along the target path segment a distal portion 42 of the target path representation 40 a change from one color to another shortening the length of the proximal portion 44 of the representation 40 a that remains in the first color this gives the driver an indication of how much of the target path segment remains to be driven before another phase of the parking maneuver is to be made once the vehicle has driven the entire target path segment the parking assist system 10 selects the next segment of the target path for the vehicle to follow and represents it on the display 16 as the representation 40 b shown in fig8 a the second target path segment representation 40 b guides the driver in the turn in phase of the parking maneuver at the point in time shown in fig8 a the vehicle 39 s steering wheels are still pointed straight since the first target path segment which was just completed was a straight segment thus at the point in time shown in fig8 a the driver 39 s projected path represented at 34 is misaligned with the second target path segment represented at 40 b as the.