So what do you think?

[Marilyn]

I'm kind of torn on this issue...
The Tennessee legislature has a bill before them to pass a law requiring that all Tennessee driver's license test be given in English only. The hispanic legal group opposes this, and propenents say that since all road signs are in English it is a matter of public safety that one should be able to read English in order to get a license.

What do you say?

[blugiant]

Re: So what do you think?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Marilyn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm kind of torn on this issue...
The Tennessee legislature has a bill before them to pass a law requiring that all Tennessee driver's license test be given in English only. The hispanic legal group opposes this, and propenents say that since all road signs are in English it is a matter of public safety that one should be able to read English in order to get a license.

What do you say? </div></div>

soo ar dem peeps goinn to ban awl tourists dat doan speak iinglish fram drivinn inn tennessee. dat wood violate federal interstate laws nuh. usinn pretext fii justifii profiling cah nexx cum checkinn awl dem latino drivers

[Emperah]

Re: So what do you think?

a tell yuh amerikkka a show dem true colours more an more every day.

Maybe dat was Obama's real job, fi show an unmask de reality ova deh

[Marilyn]

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I don't really know what to say. If someone is out there driving, I'd kind of like for them to understand stop, yield, one way, no right turn on red.....however.... with that being said, here in Memphis, most merrikan folks drive like they nuh ovastand them either

[Yuriatin]

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Test should be in English only - imho.

Why shouldn't a driver be required to read the road signs ...?

[Yuriatin]

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Mek smaddi run inna yuh back ah mashup yuh cyar ar cripple you sayka demma struggle fi read wha sign - sio fass you jump up fi sue di smaddi an di state an di dmv an ...

[diabolical_Tanya]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Yuri_</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Test should be in English only - imho.

Why shouldn't a driver be required to read the road signs ...?



</div></div>signs are universal no?

anyways up here they offer it in 10 languages

http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Con...inlanguages.pdf

an if you need in a language other than the 10 you can supply you own translator and pay a bit extra

[kia027]

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I think in the other language versions of the test the signs themselves are in english but the words asking the questions are in the other languages.

By requiring the tests in 'English only' TN plans to require anyone taking the test to be fluent in spoken &amp; written English.

[Seveen]

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red means stop green means go - worldwide

and the solid line in the middle means don't pass

sounds like your state is heading toward: if they don't speak english when they're driving - arrest them -

the new SCOTUS gonna have work for life

just noticed no USA flag on this site

[foolya]

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then tourist shouldn't rent car in country no of them language.

[Yuriatin]

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<span style="font-style: italic">... and no - I'm not a member of the tea party </span>...

<span style="font-weight: bold">More laws have been enacted to help illegal immigrants than restrict them</span>

By Tara Bahrampour
Tuesday, May 11, 2010; B03

Despite recent national attention on such laws as the Arizona measure aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants, a study released Monday by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars shows that across the country, more laws expanding immigrants' rights are enacted than those contracting them.

The study, &quot;Context Matters: Latino Immigrant Civic Engagement in Nine U.S. Cities,&quot; found that areas long accustomed to an influx of immigrants, including close-in jurisdictions of the Washington region, tend to focus more on trying to accommodate them rather than restrict them.

&quot;The reality is that they're here already, so most cities and counties are trying to figure out how they can best incorporate these immigrants,&quot; said Andrew Selee, director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute and a co-author of the report. In states including Texas, California and Illinois, he said, &quot;There is a sense that immigrants are a productive part of society.&quot;

An analysis of 1,059 immigration-related bills in 50 state legislatures in 2007 found that 19 percent of 313 bills expanding immigrant rights were enacted, while 11 percent of 263 bills contracting rights were enacted, the report says.

Bills contracting immigrant rights included those such as one approved that year in Prince William County allowing police officers to check people's immigration status if there was probable cause to believe that they were in the United States illegally. The bill was later amended to require a status check for all arrestees.

Bills expanding immigrant rights included a measure in New York that eliminated citizenship requirements for such occupations as police officer, firefighter and teacher; a Texas bill that made it an offense to obtain labor or services by threatening to report someone to immigration; and a Nevada bill that designated new crimes and penalties around involuntary servitude and human trafficking, said Xochitl Bada, an assistant professor in the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago and one of the report's authors.

The number of immigrant-related bills introduced overall has soared in recent years, she added, from 300 in 2005 to 1,500 last year.

The Washington region, one of the nine metropolitan areas that was studied, takes a broad range of approaches to immigrants, from more-restrictive ordinances in Prince William and Loudoun counties to more-accommodating laws in Arlington and Montgomery counties.

The Washington pattern reflects the study's findings that areas with longer histories of immigration are more accommodating and that the same metropolitan area can have vastly divergent approaches to immigrants.

Often, a city's suburban areas have seen immigrants move in more recently and are more inclined to introduce restrictive laws, while the center of a city may be more accustomed to them and have an infrastructure and social services designed to accommodate them, Selee said.

&quot;Places like Prince William and Herndon have seen a fast upsurge in the number of immigrants, whereas the near-in areas, Montgomery County, Prince George's, and Arlington and Alexandria have had a long tradition of immigration,&quot; he said.

Over time, he said, communities' views on immigration tend to shift. &quot;What today seems so controversial, tomorrow may become much less so. Very soon, communities learn how to take advantage of immigration.&quot;

The study also found that immigrants tend to become more civically engaged in the face of a threat, such as a harsh immigration law, and that Latinos have become increasingly involved politically in recent years, with their voter registration surging 24.7 percent between 2004 and 2008.

In Washington, where the Latino population has grown rapidly over two decades, Latino immigrants are more likely to be citizens and have higher rates of education, workforce participation and homeownership than the national average, the report says.

They also tend to be better-organized politically, said Robert Donnelly, also of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute and a co-author of the report.

&quot;The fact that the nation's capital is here makes the D.C. area especially relevant in terms of immigrant political participation,&quot; he said, noting that Latinos in the Washington area have access to national media and visible sites for demonstrations.

[Yuriatin]

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Are road signs only symbols?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: diabolical_Tanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Yuri_</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Test should be in English only - imho.

Why shouldn't a driver be required to read the road signs ...?



</div></div>signs are universal no?

anyways up here they offer it in 10 languages

http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Con...inlanguages.pdf

an if you need in a language other than the 10 you can supply you own translator and pay a bit extra </div></div>

[Emperah]

Re: So what do you think?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: diabolical_Tanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Yuri_</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Test should be in English only - imho.

Why shouldn't a driver be required to read the road signs ...?



</div></div>signs are universal no?

</div></div>

maybe only de canadians cyan si dat

[Emperah]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Yuri_</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mek smaddi run inna yuh back ah mashup yuh cyar ar cripple you sayka demma struggle fi read wha sign - sio fass you jump up fi sue di smaddi an di state an di dmv an ... </div></div>

what does a stop sign ar yeild sign look like inna nex language?

[Yuriatin]

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What's the symbol for NO TURN ON RED, TURNPIKE ENDS HERE, EXPRESS BUS LANE ONLY, THRU TRAFFIC, ROAD WORK NEXT FIVE MILES, etc ...

Yes, I think drivers should be able to read the signs on the roads they're driving.