A blind spot monitor is a vehicle-based sensor device that detects other vehicles located to the driver’s side and rear. Warnings can be visual or audible. Increased warnings indicate potentially hazardous lane changes.[1]
Volvo was the first to introduce blind spot monitors to production automobiles, their Blind Spot Information System (BLIS) used a camera to visually detect vehicles.[2] Some newer and more costly systems use side radar offering better performance and also warn of fast approaching vehicles entering the blind spot.
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In 2010 the Nissan Fuga/Infiniti M will for the first time counter steer the vehicle to keep it from colliding.[3]