Checking your blind spot with a quick glance over your shoulder is routine – and one of the first things people are taught when learning to drive. A shoulder check provides visual confirmation that no ...

Many accidents could be avoided if everyone had their car side and rearview mirrors positioned correctly, eliminating blind spots and making it easier to change lanes quickly. This illustration from ...

Zercado is the name of a project aimed at delivering the first smart, self-adjusting mirrors designed with motorcycle safety in mind. The idea was rewarded with a Microsoft Imagine Cup award and we'd ...

For the past week, my younger brother has been learning how to drive. While driving with me on the passenger side and gloating about how fast he was learning, he forgot to adjust the mirrors and was ...

Q Your tips on rotating your outside rear-view mirrors to eliminate a driver’s blind spots were wonderful. I’ve been doing this for more than a week and it’s a great help in seeing other drivers in ...

The way most drivers, and car makers, keep their side mirrors doesn't actually cover the blind spot outside the driver's vision. Car and Driver illustrates a car mirror setup that, once you get used ...

Although various carmakers have started offering blind-spot detection systems with their cars' side mirrors, but this feature is still within the reach of only a few percentage of car drivers. So how ...

What you’re about to read is a short imagination-based story which could just make it into a real product one day. I am not sure whether someone has even applied for a patent on such an idea or not.