America’s Most Wanted

By: Lora Crouch

How many times have you found yourself driving down the road and while switching lanes you here, it that loud honking noise, which can only mean one thing… that’s right you almost hit someone. Those nasty Blind Spots are everywhere it seems! This is why the most wanted feature people are searching for these days in a vehicle is Blind Spot Detection! You may think your mirror catches everything but you would be surprised what it misses!

What, you didn’t even know that was a thing? Well it is, and I am here to tell you it can save you from one of the most common accidents. Blind Spot Detection basically co-pilots your car for you! It provides the driver with 360 degrees of information that you wouldn’t other wise have. It’s like a bubble of safety so to speak!

There are two different Monitoring devices you can use:

• Active Blind Spot Monitoring:
  • This uses some kind of electronic detection device that is mounted on the sides of your car. You can usually find them on the exterior mirror or near the rear bumper. It will send out either electromagnetic waves or take a computer processed image with a camera to analyze. When a detector senses a car getting to cuddly with your car it will tell you either by flashing lights or an audible sound.

• Passive Blind Spot Monitoring:
  • This involves a mirror. A special convex mirror in the corner of your current external mirror. It see’s where the normal mirror cannot.

I feel every vehicle should have one of these devices on them! It can not only save lives from accidents but it will also save on your insurance when those accidents no longer happen! Double Wammy! You can contact the Parts Department here at Woody’s Automotive Groupto get your new device ordered!It never hurts to upgrade on your safety!