Early on in Drivers' Ed, you were taught to look over your shoulder before changing lanes because side view mirrors don’t see everything. What you may miss in a quick glance is what blind spot ...
A new study from the experts at the IIHS and the USDOT’s Volpe Center gave a new insight into auto safety. Today’s new cars offer a litany of cool, groundbreaking technology, whether it’s smartphone ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Anyone who has driven long enough understands the dangers of blind spots in a car. Most of us have experienced that sickening, ...
Modern vehicles might be safer for their occupants than ever before, but they're objectively worse at providing forward visibility to their operators. A new U.S. Department of Transportation study ...
Over 840,000 of the car crashes that occur on U.S. roadways each year can be traced back to a problem area with which all drivers have experience: the blind spots caused by the A-frame of a car's ...
Mirrors weren't always mandatory on cars, and now, they're not only required, but power-folding, heated, and come packed with smart safety tech. Having first appeared in 2003 on the Volvo XC90, blind ...
New research from Consumer Reports finds that it can cost over $1,000 extra to get the popular and potentially lifesaving blind spot warning (BSW) safety feature when buying one of today’s ...
The 5-Star Safety Ratings program of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or NHTSA is getting an update, with blind spot monitoring and pedestrian detection added to the safety tech ...
Ever since Tesla began selling cars, a popular safety feature found on much cheaper vehicles has been absent; blind-spot indicators. That has changed with the facelifted Model 3. While most cars house ...
Modern vehicles might be safer for their occupants than ever before, but they’re objectively worse at providing forward visibility to their operators. A new U.S. Department of Transportation study ...