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To: DoughtyOne
...when it comes to time to get an official state motor vehicle operator’s license, proficiency in English should be required.

Mutes? Illiterates? Dyslexics?

11 posted on 10/23/2009 3:31:06 PM PDT by Grut
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To: Grut

The blind?


15 posted on 10/23/2009 3:31:50 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Grut

If a person is illiterate, how do they take the test in the first place.

If they’re a mute, I do believe that could be problematic at times. I don’t believe it should preclude someone from driving. Not knowing a language is something someone can overcome. Being mute isn’t.

When it comes to visual mental perceptions I’m just not sure. If we’re talking about a high functioned person who has been diagnosed with Dyslexia, I don’t see it as a problem. If we’re talking about a person who has a tough time and problems enter into the equation then it might be a precluding condition.

I don’t know much about Dyslexia. Frankly I’m not sure if that alone causes someone enough problems that they wouldn’t be safe under certain conditions, where something unexpected was taking place in the roadway.

That level of dysfunction may not be reached by those with dyslexia, and I wouldn’t want to impugn them by suggesting that in fact it could. So on the subject of dyslexia I honestly don’t know.


24 posted on 10/23/2009 3:41:09 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Deficit spending, trade deficits, unsecure mortages, worthless paper... ... not a problem. Oh yeah?)
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To: Grut

If they can pass the written test....and the driving test... they’re good to go.


28 posted on 10/23/2009 3:46:50 PM PDT by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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