School will soon be out for summer, and that means that annual rite is just around the corner: the summer road trip. Make your car time survivable, and even enjoyable, with these cool in-car gadgets.

1. Cool in-car tech for your summer
road trip
School will soon be out for summer, which means one thing: summer road trip
season. Make your car time survivable, and even enjoyable, with these cool in-car
gadgets.
By Jeff Jedras
Image courtesy of debspoons at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

2. Automotive Night Vision
Delayed on your way to Walley World and need to drive at night? Hopefully your
car is equipped with a night vision monitor to find things that go bump in the
night. A growing number of car companies offer it as an option on select models.

3. In-Car Television
While there’s now the trusty iPad or tablet as a handy portable option, the in-car
video screen, whether attached to a media server, DVD player or, back in the day, a
VHS VCR, is the classic road trip child distraction device.

4. iPhone Mount and Transmitter
Stay safe by going hands free. This mount from Naztech sends your music from
your iPhone or iPod to your car stereo wirelessly via your FM radio, and charges
the device as well. It’s one of many Apple-related car accessories.

5. Kensington Proximo
Trying to find your car in a ginormous Walley World parking lot after a long day? If
you’ve left one of the Proximo fobs in your car, you can quickly find your way back
using the related iPhone app. No more excuses, Seinfeld.

6. In-car GPS
Yes, your smartphone has Google Maps. If your data service drops on your cross-
country trip though, it’s useless. Get a dedicated in-car GPS device and you’ll make
it there safely. You can even pay a little more for celebrity voices – I pity the fool
that don’t turn right in 50 metres.