Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Don't Read This While Driving!

1940s
(via flickr Christian Montone)


Driver’s manuals are probably the only official booklet a teenager will gladly study. For along with a successful parallel parking job, passing a written exam is required for a driver’s license. The manuals, of course, are available online now, with some states even charging for a printed version. Here’s a selection, most from a time before “texting” was a word.

Illinois, 1958


Illinois, 1965


Illinois, 1969


New York, 1962


U.S. Army, 1942


Code Rousseau, France, 1972


Australia, 1950s


General Motors, 1953


Virginia, 2002-2003


Florida, 1950s

Top, Iowa and Arizona. Bottom New York, 1959,60,61.


Missouri, early 1960s


Oklahoma, 2010


Rules of the Road, 2003
(Interactive driver's ed course)

2 comments:

  1. Fun! I actually remember reading the very same 1965 Illinois "Rules of the Road", though not when I was four years old. I think it got thrown in with in the pile magazines that were intended to be read someday but, of course, never were.

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  2. Illinois definitely has the best covers. I'm going to look for more of them.

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