Keep from between parked cars
Two-panel traffic-safety sheet: the upper panel shows a tank driver at his hatch with a second tank behind under the heading 'Tank drivers avoid traps'; the lower panel shows two children at the kerb between parked cars with a 'Danger' arrow and the text 'Keep from between parked cars'. Pairing the soldier with a road-safety rule borrows the military's prestige for the message (transfer); the arrow marks the hazard (fear-appeal).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- American Automobile Association, Safety & Traffic Engineering Dept. ("Victory Heroes" series, S.S.P. No. 143)
- 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. ("Victory Heroes" series, S.S.P. No. 143). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1185 (NAID 514783).
Text on the object
TANK DRIVERS AVOID TRAPS KEEP FROM BETWEEN PARKED CARS DANGER [imprint:] © AAA S. S. P. No. 143 Copyright 1942 American Automobile Association Safety & Traffic Engineering Dept. "VICTORY HEROES" SERIES Accidents Are Avoidable Alertness Avoids Accidents
