When The Department of Motor Vehicles was conceptualized for a number of states in the United States of America, the idea behind it was to provide the public with the highest order or highway safety through the application of innovative services. In conjunction with that, they also had the responsibility to collect revenue and use the money in transport related matters. Another additional function was to maintain all sorts of motor vehicle related records.
And it has continued to perform the same functions with additional ones over several decades. In this article we focus on the major DMV milestones that happened in California, to understand how DMV was shaped to what it is now, a highly efficient, functional and professional organization dedicated to serve the people of the US in matters of motor vehicle safety.
It was in the second decade of the previous century when the first of many DMV milestones occurred. This law gave the Division of Motor Vehicles authority to appoint state inspectors and traffic officers.
This system continued for two years more until DMV was again declared an independent state department. The DMV revenues were deposited to this fund. This was followed by rapid growth in responsibilities in the subsequent years. It spewed smoke and stirred giant clouds of dust. It thrilled youngsters of the day and frightened animals. It was to have a more profound and greater impact upon the state than any other single invention. It would eventually intrude into all California life causing deep and lasting changes.
Initially, the automobile was an instrument of adventure. Several California counties passed ordinances requiring motorists to pull to the side of the road and remain standing when horse drawn vehicles approached.
Ordinances prohibited operations of the horseless carriage at night. It was not long before restrictive legislation, designed to protect horse and mule traffic from the noisy horseless carriage, faded into the past. Speedy and convenient individual transit was welcomed as a benefit to mankind. Soon the muffled throb of the family auto and the rumble of the heavy duty truck lost their novelty.
Elegant, stylish motor car advertisements soon dominated periodicals. Evidence abounds of legislation by intuition, of false starts and shifting emphasis, of experiments and of progress.
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