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| 2015. november 4., szerda 10:56 |
BORGWARD pioneered direction indicators: In 1949 the Bremen-based company introduced this beacon of modern safety systems as standard equipment |
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| Stuttgart, 4 November, 2015 (APA/OTS) - Many technical features that are taken for granted in today's automobiles were only introduced as standard equipment because of the determined efforts of valiant pioneers. Carl F. W. Borgward (1890-1963) was one of them. The direction indicator was one of the trendsetting technical innovations that made the post-war BORGWARD Hansa 1500 a milestone of automotive history. That's because this 1949 model was the first German automobile to feature a direction indicator system as standard equipment. |
Although Carl F. W. Borgward practically devoured almost all the
automotive technology magazines he could get his hands on and was
virtually unmatched in his efforts to successfully bring together
all of the new research findings in the automotive sector, he got
his idea for the direction indicator simply from his close
observation of the army vehicles of the U.S. forces that occupied
Bremen after World War II. He noticed that almost all of these
vehicles were equipped with advanced direction indicator systems.
This fired the imagination of the automobile developers at BORGWARD.
Electro-mechanical trafficators had been introduced in Germany in
1928. These systems were attached to the sides of vehicles, where
they were supposed to clearly indicate the direction in which a
driver wished to turn by extending a signal arm. Because it changed
a vehicle's silhouette, an extended trafficator was clearly visible
in good light. However, this technology was very fragile from a
mechanical standpoint and it greatly restricted the possibilities of
body design. Moreover, whenever a vehicle travelled at high speeds
the increased air resistance prevented the signal arms, which were
operated by electromagnets, from extending. As a result,
trafficators were no longer state-of-the-art for advanced
automobiles after World War II.
The better is the enemy of the good. BORGWARD immediately
recognised the advantages of the new technology, which was already
being successfully used in the USA. With its typical determination,
the German carmaker spared no effort to introduce direction
indicators as standard equipment. Several German supplier companies
such as Bosch also began to experiment with direction indicators
during this time. The suppliers used a bimetal element to ensure
that the lights would flash reliably.
When Carl F. W. Borgward surprised the automotive world in 1949
with Germany's first newly designed post-war car, the Hansa 1500 not
only boasted a breath taking pontoon shape but also served as a
shining example of progress, thanks to its standard-fitted direction
indicator system.
BORGWARD introduced this innovation much earlier than required, as
legislators didn't "see the light" until some years later. The
German government made direction indicators mandatory for all
vehicles in 1961, as traffic continued to increase in the country as
a result of Germany's "economic miracle".
- Cross reference: Picture is available at AP Images
(http://www.apimages.com) and http://www.presseportal.de/nr/115998 -
Further information
BORGWARD Group AG
Kriegsbergstrasse 11
70174 Stuttgart, Germany
Marco Dalan
Head of Global Communications
Telephone +49 711 7941851000
e-mail media@borgward.com
www.borgward.com
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