Dear Car Talk: Being an octogenarian, I am all into the safety features of the new cars, especially the blind spot monitoring. Without it, it is not as easy to change lanes as it was when I was young ...

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 ...

Visibility out of the vehicle is becoming a problem in new cars, and SUVs and crossovers in particular have been hit hard by a huge increase in the size of blind spots. Thanks to a new study from the ...

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 ...

Question: How do you properly adjust your side mirrors? I think most people adjust them so they can see the side of their own car, but I read something years ago where you should adjust your mirrors ...

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 ...

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 ...