UPDATE: Here’s a second type of Warn-A-Larm brochure. It is a single page, form #AC1166-20 (maybe 11/1966?).
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Originally published Feb 20, 2023:
This is a product I didn’t know existed at one time. According to this four-page brochure, the Warn-A-Larm is a backup alarm device to warn folks when a vehicle is backing. It appears the brochure is from June 1969.
I have one.
[img]https://www.beamingpix.com/images/2020/12/26/IMG_4228.jpg[/img]
I had heard one time that a local construction worker, who was backed over on a job site and died, was part of a large push for warning devices on construction equipment. I know he died whether the rest is true I’m not sure. Probably would have been late 60’s?
Jim: thanks for the pic.That looks bigger than I thought it would. What’s the diameter?
Dave: I can easily imagine multiple workers have died/been injured due to backing issues….. I just did a quick google search, “210 people are killed in backover accidents each year” according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.