Texas institutes driver licenses; new traffic enforcement needed

history of key avenue -- part 5

  • This cartoon appeared in the local newspaper, offering commentary about some early-day drivers. lampasas leader, dec. 31, 1937
    This cartoon appeared in the local newspaper, offering commentary about some early-day drivers. lampasas leader, dec. 31, 1937
  • The Lampasas Police Department and Texas Highway Department, in cooperation with the Lampasas Independent School District, placed signs at various locations on Key Avenue to caution motorists to look out for schoolchildren crossing between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. lampasas record, Sept. 20, 1972
    The Lampasas Police Department and Texas Highway Department, in cooperation with the Lampasas Independent School District, placed signs at various locations on Key Avenue to caution motorists to look out for schoolchildren crossing between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. lampasas record, Sept. 20, 1972

    EDITOR’S NOTE :

    Lampasas historian Jeff Jackson has researched a number of local history topics. The following is part of a series on Key Avenue and the development of the highways routed through Lampasas County.

    Trivia question: When did Texas start requiring drivers on state highways to have a driver’s license? 1936.

    The issue was debated in Austin several years before an actual law was enacted. Th…