Patent ID: 7965197

Claim:
A warning system to detect vehicles in a driver's blind spot, said warning system including: a vehicle having a front end, a rear end, a first lateral side and a second lateral side, a first rear view mirror being mounted on said first lateral side, a second rear view mirror being mounted on said second lateral side; a pair of heat detecting sensors, each of said first and second lateral sides having one of said heat detecting sensors attached thereto, each of said heat detecting sensors being positioned adjacent to said rear end, said heat detecting sensors detecting heat from vehicles positioned at least within 30 feet laterally and rearwardly of said first and second lateral sides; and a first light emitter being in communication with a first sensor of said pair of heat detecting sensors and emitting light when said first sensor detects heat, a second light emitter being in communication with a second sensor of said pair of heat detecting sensors and emitting light when said second sensor detects heat, said first light emitter being mounted on said first rear view mirror, said second light emitter being mounted on said second rear view mirror.