Connecticut becomes the first state to pass a law limiting motor vehicles speed. The law passed on May 21, 1901 set the maximum speed to 12 mph in cities and 15 mph on country roads.
A little more than two years later, on October 30, 1903, New York City officially adopted the world´s first comprehensive traffic code. titled the "Rules for Driving and the Regulation of Street Traffic". As of the late 1930, a dozen states still had no speed limit, and 28 states did not required a driver's license to operate a motor vehicle.
