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| | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 | in wa are turn signals a must or can you use hand signals my 52 never had them also it never had seat belts are they a must | | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | Check your local laws, Though it may be legal ...BARELY anyone I KNOW UNDER THE AGE OF 30 ...even has a clue to what hand signals mean, the kids today would say ..LOOK AT THAT DING DONG IN FRONT OF US WAVIN HIS ARM AROUND!...right up to where they run up the backside of your truck.
Installing working turn signals isnt that hard to do and with todays drivers I suggest ya have em ...but it is your choice.
Heck I went the xtra mile an installed turn signals in my bed rolls with brake lights also ...to keep the not so BRIGHT folks behind me in check.
Just my 2 pennies.
Tim | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | | | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,254 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,254 | When I bought my trucks (53 & 55 2nd) - neither had two tail lights. Which included blinkers (turn signals). I understand these trucks were built in the 50s when these features were not required. Times were different. Now I drive them in the 21st century and want to be safe.
I have added another tail light, turn signals, and back-up lights. This is to protect the passengers and conform with what todays people see and mentally register. I also have seat belts. Currently, they are lap belts but would like to switch the driver's and passenger's out for three point.
People have asked about hand signals. I am from Michigan and the ones I learned were - left arm straight out for a left hand turn and left arm turned up for a right hand turn.
I would not have it any other way.
Last edited by oldbluetruck; 01/21/2009 7:19 PM.
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My 54 pickup did not have signals a few years ago. The owner of the shop where I took the truck for the annual NYS inspection would put the youngest worker on it. The kid would ask me to do the signals. While he was looking at the front parking lamps, I would give the hand signals. This made for good laughs in the shop.
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 | thanks was just wondering it used to be the way the vehicle left the factory was legal for the road that may have changed one that suprised me was now you can drive with no fenders in wa on an older vehicle that used to be a ticket but not in the rain | | |
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