[PLUG-TALK] Re: [PLUG] Sounds good to me ;)
Miller, Jeremy
JMILLER at ci.albany.or.us
Tue Jun 18 00:14:50 UTC 2002
> >You said:
> >"We print DMV manuals in 27 languages.
> >We print Stop signs in English"
> >
> >My question:
> >
> >So? What's your point?
>
> It isn't so obvious that it hits you? If you can't read
> English, you can't
> read the road signs. Perhaps people that can't can't read
> the signs are a
> danger to ME.
>
Before I start, let me say I agree that immigrants should learn English...
But I can't pass this up. :)
As for those that are in the country (illegally) and driving (probably
illegally) and can't read the English signs:
- I'd rather they DID have access to a Driver's Manual that explains it all
in their own language and what the signs mean
Rather than
- NOT having anything like that, so they just drive anyway without knowing.
FWIW, I spent 1 1/2 years living in Japan while in the USMC. I had a
drivers license and a car, drove all the time, and understood all of the
rules of the road. I knew what all of the signs meant... but I sure as hell
couldn't tell you what they said. That was because I was TAUGHT what they
meant, and I was given a drivers manual in English that told me what the
hell I was supposed to do. (Not to mention what side of the road to do it
on.)
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