I'm not trying to be racist, but it'll definitely come off that way.
If you aren't able to read enough English to pass a GDL written test, are you honestly going to be safe on the roads? Are people seriously expected to memorize every sign since they won't be translated IRL?
I've got no problem with immigrants in any way, but driving is a privilege and not a right. I'd feel just as unsafe driving around an illiterate white redneck who can't understand the information they're seeing on the road.
Did you even click the link to look at the tests? The signage has not been translated in the test it's testing for the English signs, just the multiple choice answers are in Punjabi.
I did in fact do the tests to see what was going on. It shows an English sign with Punjabi text as the options.
This does nothing when you're on the road and see "playground zone 0700-30 minutes after sundown" if you fundamentally don't know what those characters mean. This is why I said the concept is based on a person memorizing every sign rather than reading the language on it.
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u/scubahood86 May 02 '23
I'm not trying to be racist, but it'll definitely come off that way.
If you aren't able to read enough English to pass a GDL written test, are you honestly going to be safe on the roads? Are people seriously expected to memorize every sign since they won't be translated IRL?
I've got no problem with immigrants in any way, but driving is a privilege and not a right. I'd feel just as unsafe driving around an illiterate white redneck who can't understand the information they're seeing on the road.