But trafficators were so fragile that they easily broke off and had a tendency to stick to the closed position. |
My grandfather owned a 1960 Morris Minor with stick-out trafficators and as soon I showed an interest, at the age of six, I was under the bonnet. |
The semaphore arms, or trafficators, disappeared as the new winkers were gradually fitted to the fleet. |
Nowadays many early cars have had their old trafficators removed and replaced with more modern indicators. |