This 1931 handheld turn signal was a bad invention with good intentions

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Cyriaque Lamar
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This device from a 1931 issue of Modern Mechanics seems comically impractical nowadays, but back then such circumspection was warranted. After all, the automobile was (gasp!) "the most dangerous article in America" back then. [Modern Mechanix]

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