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Turn, Turn, Turn: A History of Turn Signals

Ridiculous History

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Turn Signals

Florence Lawrence was one of several people who were working on these concepts in 1909. A few years before, a British guy named Percy Douglas Hamilton patented a literal set of hands that were attached to each side of the car and they would light up when you were moving. So it's wild. These are pretty brilliant people.

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