I think it's odd since all the traffic signs are in English... :-/
2007-08-24 15:14:26 · 8 answers · asked by Clovie 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
ok, let me elaborate...lol
I am aware that the tests are in fact given in several different languages, at least in California.....and I DO NOT agree with this practice.....
Besides English, the basic Class C written driver license exam is also available in the following languages:
Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Chinese, Croatian, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Persian/Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog/Filipino, Thai, Tongan, Turkish, and Vietnamese.
and for those who aparently can't read at all....
Besides English, the basic Class C AUDIO driver license exam is also available in the following languages:
Armenian, Chinese/Mandarin, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese
2007-08-24 15:33:45 · update #1
**kolipjh126**
wouldn't not having a command of the language possibly put other people on the road at risk? I know there are multicolored signs, like 'information' signs, but even if they can recognize the color blue, how will the be able to read the information on the sign? It does no good to know there is information if you can't read it. Not to mention the being able to read street names.
2007-08-24 15:52:56 · update #2
no. learn the language or go home.
2007-08-24 15:23:02 · answer #1 · answered by okiearborist 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
good such a lot of the ones humans are immigrants who can comprehend elementary matters like Road indicators that say "Stop!". But do not you do not forget what a tremendous discomfort within the *** the ones written assessments had been? I doubt many humans who found out english as a moment language found out all the ones tricky DMV and legislation phrases.
2016-09-05 13:06:43 · answer #2 · answered by haslinger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As I recall, one of the requirements is that the person can read enough English to follow road signs. Road signs have a very limited set of vocabulary words and never contain full sentences or long pieces of prose. Therefore, the amount of English needed to read road signs is significantly less than what would be required to pass a test in English. If road signs are the minimum standard, then it makes sense to translate the test.
2007-08-24 16:42:26 · answer #3 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People ought to be able at least to recognize if not read the traffic signs.
Of course, a lot of English-speaking people don't pay any attention to them.
2007-08-24 15:25:47 · answer #4 · answered by oldsalt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! If a person can't read the test in English how do you expect a person to read the road signs?
2007-08-24 15:24:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
if english isn't their first language, they might have trouble understanding the questions.
my cousin took her driving test in spanish and she told me that the sign portion had all of the signs in english, not spanish.
also, that's why the signs are in certain pictures and colors. everyone knows that yellow signs are direction signs, blue signs are information signs, etc. and that the signs with arrows tell which way to go, the signs with people mean that there are pedestrians ahead, etc.
2007-08-24 15:47:39 · answer #6 · answered by kolipjh126 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well. I don't know where you live.
But in the U.S. most people speak English.
Simple.
2007-08-24 15:29:44 · answer #7 · answered by J.C. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are... at least in Spanish.
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2007-08-24 15:22:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋