Carmakers Made Movies to Teach Hand Signals #shorts

Carmakers made movies to teach hand signals. Chevrolet even paid for a comedy, "The Other Fellow", in 1937. A 1919 Ford safety film said that if the driver had held out his hand, the driver behind could have avoided the accident. And in 1954, a Chevrolet film showed schoolchildren in Phoenix, Arizona, practicing hand signals in little cars. Full story: "How Did Drivers Signal Before Turn Signals?" on Formerly Standard.

Films: "The Other Fellow" (Jam Handy Organization for Chevrolet, 1937) and "Tomorrow's Drivers" (Jam Handy Organization for Chevrolet, 1954), Prelinger Archives, public domain; "The Only Way: The Story of Safety" (Ford Motor Company, 1919), Ford Motor Company Film Collection, U.S. National Archives, public domain. Music: "Cool Vibes" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Narration: AI voice.