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Thames Star, Volume LIX, Issue 16627, 24 October 1925, Page 5

Tho red triangle, formerly the accepted symbol of the Y.M.C.A., has acquired a new meaning. It is now painted on the rear of many English and Continental makes of cars to warn vehicles that the marked car has four wheel-brakes, and is liable to stop suddenly. Several cars distinguished by the red symbol have been seen about Timaru. It is related that the first man to use the sign painted the words “Too close” in the form of a triangle. He reasoned that if a followirfw 1 motorist was close enough to read the lettering he was too near. Ultimately, however, the red triangle alone became the accepted sign.