LOL... can't believe I had questions like THIS for my driver's education online class.

With the way some people drive, I'm not surprised.

Is it a requirement to be literate to drive? (I'm seriously unsure of this, and it'd be an intersting tidbit to know)

Supposedly, you have to pass a written test. My permit test had qeustions like that, but it was just the shape of the sign without the words.

See: State of California, The for details

No kidding. It's scary on some of our roads and freeways. My mom and I were talking about some of our experiences with bad drivers from just today.

Reminds me of one question on my test, which I am sure was made by a person with a sense of humor:

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A. A 3-way intersection is ahead.

B. A person died at this spot.

C. A church is ahead.

I swear, that was the question exactly

*shrug* written driving tests are easy.

Yes driving tests are easy... TOO EASY. I passed my G2 test (which allows me to drive without a adult) in under 10 minutes... What did I do you ask?

Went to an intersection, turned right, when to another intersection, turned left, turned right then straight through a intersection and reversed into a parking spot. Done. I'm not joking...:eek:

All truth here.

And that test looks awesome, were alot of questions like that?

AFAIK in Germany you can take vocal (please correct me if that is not the right word) or partly vocal tests, where every question is read and, if their German is not so good, explained to them.

Not really sure if that is a positive thing but you should be able to recognize a sign without reading what's written on it. The only difficulty should be speed-signs but I think most iliterate people just have difficulty with long words and sentences.

Paraphrasing of two questions from our driver's test. My sister had a friend who answered B to the second question because she was so nervous.

A basic eye chart exam ('read the bottom line') was part of my driving test. That would be a little hard for the illiterate.

Shouldn't they test what a Yield sign is? Some people don't know.

I don't know what a Yield sign is...

I've never seen a yield sign before.

My last written test that I took here in Utah a few years ago had questions like "What does law A, paragraph C, section 3 say about insurance payments in a motor vehicle accident?" They gave me the law, paragraph, and section number, and expect me to know what the heck the law is talking about. Good thing the test was open book. I was looking through the stupid thing for 20 minutes trying to find the answer.

could it perhaps be a Give Way sign?

all i know is that our tests seem 100x tougher.

theres still loads of idiots on the roads though....

i saw a few yield signs... they were later either replaced with stop signs or removed

I see yeild signs everywhere. Look for them at intersections, and, yes, if you live in Canada, it may be a give way sign (I don't know...), but if you live in the US your are just inobservant...

Yeah, you really have to be someone special not to pass drivers ed (in Washngton, at least)...

my permit test annoyed me. i answered the question correctly and it was somehow wrong.. i hate when that happens. would've had 100% too

I had to take a written test which I passed (I don't recall anything funny on it, I could have been nervous and just trying to find the correct answers tho).

Then I did the road test. First time I failed because a) I got nervous and forgot to look back as I backed up (I used the side mirror) and b) parallel parking. ugh. I will never need it, and yet I had to master it. I tapped the back cones so I failed that bit.

Immediately afterwards the place where I took the test closed down (NOT MY FAULT I SWEAR IT :o) and I went somewhere else (easier) for the 2nd test. No backups, but there was a parallel parking bit which I did perfectly (my mom made me practice endlessly before the test. :().

And then I got my license. Whoop de doo. :p

Ironically, I AM a Californian. Probably not the best place to learn how to drive, LOL

Yea, as am I.