Look, don't get me wrong. I think way too many people have drivers licenses. They are handed out like pez. It's just too frigging easy. But not being able to read english isn't the issue. It's old people, dumb people, people that don't know how to drive. Those are the people we need to keep from driving. Not someone that has a problem reading our language. Most, if not all, of our street signs are universal.
What's next, Smash will want taquerias to change their names to foldyburger shops.
"I'll have one foldyburger please with carnit, er I mean pork"
foldyburger is a good name, but with pork should be referred to as a foldy-pig
if you can communicate with emergency personnel and law enforcement, can 'read' all road signs, and know the rules of the road, we don't have a problem
go ahead and rent a car / motorcycle
but i don't think you should get a license without being able to read and write english. a driver license enables you to do more than just drive a car, and without knowledge of reading / writing english you could get yourself into trouble. do bench warrant notification letters come in chinese?
Smash, it's hard to believe that you aren't racist, given your posts in this thread (not to mention other threads). "What if you pull over a Chinese?" Seriously? I suppose you get some points for not using "Oriental."
sorry i forgot to put 'chinese person' in there
were you offended when 'an american was pulled over' it should be 'an american person was pulled over' sorry damn thank you for exposing my innate racism
FTFY because it applies to every tourist who operates a car in another country - not just US citizens abroad.
I have plenty of friends that come in from the UK and rent cars. But they're not applying for a US drivers license and I'm not allowed to get one over there.
right?
Can we agree that foldyburger is a great alternative name for a taco?
yes, one foldy-pig please
It didn't appear to me that is what happened, OP came here looking for information because the car driving test IS available in Chinese, he wanted to know if the same is true for motorcycle riding test (as there is a Spanish motorcycle test taking option). He simply wanted a clarification of DMV's inconsistent testing policies. Upon getting the answer (condescendingly sarcastic to boot) that it was not, OP did not express any opinion that he felt entitled for the test to be available in Chinese.
Let's look at your behavior though:
From which point onward, you've hijacked OP's thread and turned it into a political opinion piece. That of "us versus them", how dare "they" ask for information if "they" don't even speak English hate thread. Yea, I get it, you grew up here and you feel that "foreigners" are coming here ruining your country by "changing the rules" so they don't need to assimilate.
Funny I didn't get any of that from OP's original thread?
okay fair enough,
"this is exactly what OP is asking for, except chinese for his friend in america"
should be
"this is exactly what OP
would be asking for, except chinese for his friend in america"
that was a response to brokenlink showing him what this thread was actually about rather than what he wishes it would be
to last bolded: driving here without local license but with international or similar on temporary basis is fine. establishing residency without literacy by getting a driver license can be dangerous for the person for example if they disregard important mail like a bench warrant notification since they didn't read fine print about golden gate bridge toll and getting letter in mail or other things
i have nothing against immigration and your friend sounds like a great candidate but assimilation at least to the point of being able to interact with 'natives' by reading and writing common language goes a long way
