For modern Americans, their late teen years are marked with many rites of passage: a first job, high school prom and graduation, and taking their driver’s test in order to earn their driver’s license. But while this is now seen as a necessary step to move from childhood to adulthood, for older generations this was not the case. Motor vehicle registration actually predates driver licensing in the United States; New York was the first state to register vehicles in 1901
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