There are a lot of lame upgrades you can get for your new car, but sometimes there are one or two really killer ones that you wished all manufacturers had and I think this will be one of those.

GM is testing a new technology that warns you of cars in your blind spot or even if they are around the corner! It uses GPS as its method of locating other vehicles and of course, this is where the problem of adoption will come from. All cars will need to have GPS and the GM communication module installed in order for this to work. Fortunately, with GM being the number one car company in the world, I don’t see minor adoption a problem. Just don’t rely on this as a sure-thing when driving; you may crash into a Ford. :)

Stuart Waterman of Autoblog writes:

Earlier this week, GM demonstrated cars that can “see” other cars. Adding vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication capability to cars already equipped with GPS allows GM’s test cars to know where other cars are - whether in your blind spot, in a hidden driveway or around a blind corner.

[Read GM demos cars that “see”]

[tags]gps,gm,vehicle-to-vehicle,v2v,blind spot[/tags]