# Drive by wheel alignment (automotive)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 15, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-by-wheel-alignment-automotive/1019674 "2025-06-15T22:17:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-by-wheel-alignment-automotive/1019674/1 "2025-06-15T22:17:29Z")

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I was at the Toyota dealer to get an oil change and tire rotation. At the scheduling desk the manager showed me a diagram of my car and said the left front wheel toe-in was out of spec. Turns out you drive past some sensors that can read the tire alignment as you drive past without stopping. I looked at them later and they just looked like a box about 2’ square. Pretty neat.

The actual alignment on the machine was pretty close to the drive by quick check.

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**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-by-wheel-alignment-automotive/1019674/2 "2025-06-16T13:04:22Z")

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> [@mixdenny](#):
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> sensors that can read the tire alignment as you drive past

Here is a video from a firm that makes them:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/d4HeoAwSRNM/maxresdefault.jpg "Quick Check Drive® – Touchless Alignment Inspection") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4HeoAwSRNM)