Before the blinkers we know today, drivers needed to use hand signals to show which way they were turning. This was the case across countries around the world.

If you could choose only two things as a staple of any war movie, they'd probably be military jargon (like "roger" in military aviation) and hand signals. Whether it's Easy Company deep behind enemy ...

How did you learn to drive and safely operate an automobile? It may have been from taking driver’s education in school, a driver’s training program for which your parents paid or from the assistance ...

Turn signals are one of the earliest automotive safety features. In the early 1900s, some cars came with mechanical arm "trafficators" that would pop out of either side of the car to indicate a turn.