(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, 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)
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.
ReplyDeleteIllinois definitely has the best covers. I'm going to look for more of them.
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