Patent ID: 8564425

Claim:
A blind spot monitoring system and visual display for a motor vehicle, said system comprising a pair of side mounted rear view mirrors with one of said mirrors mounted on each side of said motor vehicle for a driver to monitor each side of the motor vehicle for other motor vehicles and a pair of electronic or ultrasonic detectors/sensors with one of said electronic or ultrasonic detectors/sensors mounted on an outside edge of each of said mirrors for sensing/detecting other motor vehicles in a driver's blind spot and a pair of light signals with one of said light signals mounted on the inside of each of said mirrors for warning a driver of a motor vehicle in a blind spot and means for sensing the position of a steering wheel of the motor vehicle and an audio alarm for sounding a warning when the position of the steering wheel indicates that the motor vehicle is about to change lanes and another motor vehicle is in a blind spot and that a lane change could result in an accident.