UNIFORM SIGNALS.

Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20270, 24 March 1938, Page 7

UNIFORM SIGNALS.

CODE FOR MOTORISTS

AN APPARENT NEED

SYSTEM IN ENGLAND

The need for some accepted and uniform method of communication between drivers of motor vehicles has been apparent when, for instance, luggage — or load —is observed to be working loose, a wheel shows signs of becoming detached, a door has swung open unknown to the driver, or a rear light has failed. To meet this need the Automobile Association of Great Britain, after consultation with the Ministry of Transport, suggests the following experimental signals:— When it is desired to attract the attention of a driver who has been overtaken, hold the forearm vertically with the palm to the rear, fingers and thumb close together and bend the hand horizontally to the rear, or, when driving with an internally illuminated saloon, switch the inside light off and on three times at rapid intervass. When behind a car and it is necessary to communicate with the driver, switch the headlights on and off whether after dark »r during the hours of daylight.

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