We earn commissions from purchases you make using links in our articles. Learn more. It’s one of the most basic driving lessons you first learn when you get behind the wheel: check your blind spot.

The rear-view mirror, which sits at the center of the windshield and looks through the vehicle and its back window, hasn’t changed much since first being introduced. They've remained essentially ...

Craig brought 15 years of automotive journalism experience to the Cars team. A lifelong resident of Michigan, he's as happy with a wrench or welding gun in hand as he is in front of the camera or ...

The App-Tronics SmartNav 5 rear-view mirror, winner of a Best in Show award at SEMA, combines navigation, video recording, camera, police radar detector and the simple ability to see what's behind ...

Rear Camera Mirror is a General Motors safety technology that replaces the traditional rear-view mirror with high-resolution video streaming to a display in the rear-view mirror, thereby improving on ...

Though not always actively thought of as such, mirrors are some of the most important components of a car. Side mirrors and the center rear view mirror -- the longtime home of the weird ...

There's no getting around the fact that modern cars are more sophisticated and tech-laden than ever. Even the most basic, entry-level new cars now come standard with tech features that were hardly ...

Of all the low-tech pieces of safety equipment that don’t get enough respect, perhaps none suffers quite as much from the Rodney Dangerfield treatment as the rear view mirror. This humble hunk of ...