Smart Windshields

General Motors has been developing a new windshield technology that uses lasers, infrared sensors and cameras to enhance features of the road.¹

The technology is designed to help aging drivers and drivers with vision impairments better identify obstacles in order to avoid accidents.¹

Fast Facts

1. Under development from General Motors¹
2. Uses lasers, infrared sensors and cameras¹
3. Intended to aid aging drivers and those with vision impairments¹
4. Does not enhance all obstacles or road features
5. Instead, focuses on immediate and critical upcoming dangers
6. Attempts to be helpful but not distracting¹
7. 12.4 percent of the population is 65 or older¹
8. By 2030, 20 percent of the population will be 65 or older¹
9. Chrysler is also working on a similar technology

Quotes

"They say, 'That would be very frustrating or confusing, to have things on my windshield. I need to see the world...I'm enhancing the world. I'll take a feature that should be important to you, like the edge of the road, and paint a line over the real edge."—Thomas Seder, Researcher for General Motors¹

"The boomer population has grown up with technology and is comfortable with technology...our research shows a willingness to adopt technology to make life easier. It seems like a logical extension of the boomer lifestyle to include technology that makes them safer on the road."—Nancy Thompson, AARP spokeswoman¹

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