Driver’s Licenses

The first driver’s license came fairly early in the life of the automobile, with Karl Benz requesting a document of permission from the German government to drive his car on public roads in 1888. The United States followed suit in the 1910s as auto-related fatalities spiraled out of control. At first, a driver’s license was a simple document, but through the years that have grown more and more technologically advanced. Modern driver’s licenses feature a huge array of anti-fraud features, including embedded holograms, laser-etched photographs and more. Some states even offer upgraded licenses that include RFID chips that store biographic and biometric data.