New York probably didn’t have a distracted driving law in 1941, and the August 1941 issue of Radio Craft proudly proclaimed that “Car Television is Here!”  The first commercial TV broadcasts took place on July 1, 1941, and according to the cover photo, the gentleman shown here was able to tune them in, even though he was driving around the city.

But upon closer examination, it appears that the motoring public wasn’t in any danger when TV hit the airwaves.  According to the magazine, the cover photo is a “composite illustration,” and car TV was a coming thing.  The magazine promised, however, that a future issue would show how to build one.

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