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title: Be alert for turning cars
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/be-alert-for-turning-cars-aaa-1942/
description: Traffic-safety sheet in two panels. Above, a helmeted soldier with binoculars on a mounted instrument and the headline 'Alert for every danger'; below.
section: Collection
---

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# Be alert for turning cars

Traffic-safety sheet in two panels. Above, a helmeted soldier with binoculars on a mounted instrument and the headline 'Alert for every danger'; below, a circular drawing of two schoolchildren at a curb as a car turns toward them. The technique is transfer: the soldier's wartime vigilance is lent to the everyday task of watching for turning cars.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ALERT
FOR
EVERY
DANGER
BE
ALERT
FOR
TURNING CARS
[imprint: AAA logo]
S. S. P. No. 145
Copyright 1942
American Automobile Association
Safety & Traffic Engineering Dept.
"VICTORY HEROES" SERIES
Accidents Are Avoidable
Alertness Avoids Accidents
[on uniform collar: US]
```

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