1. The alarm is turned on by pressing a push-button switch mounted in the central part of the car's instrument panel and usually equipped with a signal lamp with a pictogram depicting two triangles inscribed in each other.
2. Turning on the alarm leads to the simultaneous operation of all four direction indicators (and their control lamps on the dashboard of the car). The alarm system is designed to warn other road users about the forced stop of the car and is also used in other dangerous situations provided for by traffic rules.