In 1938 Buick introduced this new safety feature to its cars.
- Disc Brakes
- Electric turn signals
- Seatbelts
- Windshield wipers
Electric turn signals. The device was advertised as the “Flash-Way Directional Signal”. Before this drivers had to use arm and hand signals to tell drivers in other cars what they were intending.
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