Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Illiteracy = No txting

There is a bill working its way through the Georgia Legislature that changes the language status of driver's license tests. Currently, the test can be taken in 13 different languages. Believe it or not, if you are illiterate, they will read it to you aloud and let you say the answer! Opponents of the bill say it discriminates against immigrants and anyone holding temporary visas, like foreign exchange students. I say bullcrap!! We speak English here in the good 'ol USA and should stop pandering to the special interests trying to please everyone. If you move to (insert foreign country here), you will have to learn the language. English has become somewhat of an international language so foreigners traveling to the US should already be learning it. What's going to happened when there is an accident and nobody speaks Sanskrit? It is easy to recognize stop signs and stuff like that but what is the non-English speaking driver going to do in Atlanta when they have to read one of the many portable highway construction signs that are flashing up constantly changing instructions on what's being worked on or what lanes are closed? I guess if there was anything good about an illiterate person having a driver's license, it would be that you probably wouldn't catch him texting while driving!

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