Side-mounted direction indicator for vehicles having a plurality of light sources disposed on a common carrier and an optical unit associated with the plurality of light sources

A side-mounted direction indicator for vehicles comprising:

• a first lighting unit having a first light source for generating a side-mounted direction indicating function;
• a second lighting unit having a second light source for generating an additional lighting function;
• and
• an optical unit associated with and assigned to both of the first light source and the second light source, such that the optical unit is a same optical unit shared by the first light source and the second light source,
• wherein the first light source and the second light source are arranged on a common carrier,
• wherein the second lighting unit is configured as a visual light-emitting informational lighting device, and
• wherein the second light source is adapted to be switched on or switched off as a function of a signal of the vehicle that triggers a non-lighting function of the vehicle.