They used to be available. I had an aftermarket turn signal switch on my 48 Plymouth that had a wheel that rubbed on the back of the steering wheel, which caused it to self cancel. When I installed it on the steering column, I had to do some adjusting to get it in just the right amount of contact with the steering wheel, but after that, it worked just fine. But that was more than 40 years ago, and I would guess that the market for such a device is not nearly as good as it was back in the 50"s and 60"s. My guess is that today finding a turn signal switch like the one I had would most likely be found on e-Bay, or maybe some antique auto supply place.
It sure wouldn"t be that hard to rig a signal light on the dash that would flash every time the flasher unit was in operation. It wouldn"t tell what direction turn signal was on, just that one or the other was flashing. That is what I would do.
At one time, I read that extra loud flasher units were available, but I don"t know if they still are. That would be really easy, just replacing the flasher. Or a buzzer could be wired into the system so it sounded off whenever the turn signals were on. It might be annoying, but I bet it would be effective.
To the question of who would be at fault, in my State, I would guess that most of the blame would be placed with the guy at the stop sign on the cell phone, but I bet most courts would say that signalling and not turning was also contributory and maybe as much as 25% of the cause of the accident. Just my opinion, and I am not a lawyer!
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