Drivers need to be extra careful when backing up in parking lots or driveways because people--especially children--are so hard to see. Consumer Reports did a test using a 28-inch-high traffic cone and ...

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 ...

Still, even on Volvos, parking and blind-spot sensors remain on the outside of the vehicle, where they can be affected by weather, he says.

As vehicles have grown in size, so have the blind zones around them. “There’s already so many of these large vehicles on the roads that awareness has to be part of it,” said Stockburger.

We test new cars all the time. Some of them have large, bright warning lights on the A-pillar or inside the side-view mirror that really grab your attention when a car is approaching from behind.