Actually, I agree with him completely about cutting the driving exams down to one language.
What language are our road signs?
The test should be in the same language as the signs on the road.
you've obviously never driven in another country. Also, in order to get your license, you need to be able to recognise all road signs. That's a part of the exam. you don't need to be able to read the signs in order to recognise what they mean.
you've obviously never driven in another country. Also, in order to get your license, you need to be able to recognise all road signs. That's a part of the exam. you don't need to be able to read the signs in order to recognise what they mean.
You're right, I have never driven in another country. I understand that most road signs are recognizable without words. However, they are technically in English. It's not a law I would specifically care to see, but it's not a law I wouldn't want to see either.
If worst comes to worst, someone who couldn't speak English would have to learn enough to take the test.
I wouldn't mind if they were all in english. I mean, you don't really read a STOP sign. You just see the red sign. and One way is pretty universal. >.> Sometimes it would be a bit confusing, but if there was a set shape and color to all signs it wouldn't be as confusing.. and to contradict myself.. what about color blind people....
I believe that one of the major reasons they would want it to be only in English, is to save money. It costs a lot of money to have things reprinted in other languages.
Who cares about other countries anyway? This is the U.S.
You realize that not every single person on this forum is from the US? If you do and you still said that, your username fits you perfectly. For some reason Google won't open the links for me, but I think I have the gist of the topic from the comments. The United States main language is english, if you're going to live here, you should have at the very least a rudimentary control of the language. As for the tests, as far as I know most tests are down on the computer now days so that shouldn't be an issue, for those tests that are on paper, I can see the problem because having taken my learners test I can honestly say that one would need a pretty good grasp of english to properly understand the questions.
Actually, I agree with him completely about cutting the driving exams down to one language. What language are our road signs? The test should be in the same language as the signs on the road.
I have hated this commercial since it came out due to the stereotypical ignorance signified in it, but you do have a good point. If they can't read the signs, then they shouldn't be able to drive.
Besides the basic road signs that just have arrows pointing with various objects involved, there are also signs that point to specific events going on, such as "construction in progress". If there was information on one of the signs that drivers needed to know about, those that couldn't read the primary language of the USA (English), then they would not know, and could suffer to whatever degree because of it.
Now don't get me wrong; a great majority of the total road signs really does not need a language to get what's required of the driver. You see a sign that conveys a sharp turn to the right. You turn right (or follow the bloody road, genius). It's just those that post information that people need to know about that would be the problem for those that can't read English.
