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

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…