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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- American Automobile Association, Safety & Traffic Engineering Dept.
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
American Automobile Association, Safety & Traffic Engineering Dept.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-455 (NAID 513925).
Text on the object
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]
