On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:17:33 -0500, "johnny@." wrote:
>Bjorn wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:28:19 -0700, Studemania
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sep 7, 11:49 am, Bjorn wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:40:50 -0000, Piero Giorgi
>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On Sep 6, 7:20 pm, Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Like a big letter "M" 3 feet high sitting on the front of the semi and
>>>>>> the back of the trailer? Let other drivers know that there is a drunken
>>>>>> non-citizen controlling this 60,000 pound vehicle. Someone who loves
>>>>>> running over gringos.
>>>>> Well, I've seen far more drunken American drivers, than Mexicans.
>>>>> You point of view seems to be "slightly" biased.
>>>> Your point of view seems perfectly ignorant. Drunk driving is endemic
>>>> behavior among illegal Mexicans in this country. Whereas Americans are
>>>> pretty strict about it, you get in big trouble for driving with drink
>>>> in you, even a little bit. It dissuades people effectively.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> And, from an European point of view, USA people are REALLY, REALLY
>>>>> lousy drivers.
>>>> You mean from your biased, anti-American point of view, don't you?
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> To get a licence in GB:
>>> (Assume a vision check somewhere along thee line - reading a plaate
>>>from 67 feet under normal conditions. This was you can keep check on
>>> part of your vision.)
>>> 1) Read the book and take a video-tape test on the theory.
>>> 2) Watch the screen and hit button when you spot a danger on a tpyical
>>> through drive city and countryside. This might include a stationary
>>> car with turned wheels and exhaust smoke.
>>> 3) Take the ddrive. This includes backing around a city corner getting
>>> no more than 3 feet from the kerb. You are asked if you know where a
>>> certain landmark in a city is. When you do pick one, you are directed
>>> to drive to there by any route you want. Tjis m,ay include a lane
>>> trning into a required tur lane, which you must take. Anyway you
>>> handle common probems and get there safely is OK.
>>> 4) Demonstrate how you check the veicle for loose/worn/glazed rubber
>>> belts, tyre inflation, fluid levels, all ligts working. (How do you
>>> test brake light alone?) etc. There may be more.
>>> I left california a fair, but above-average driver. I got to GB and
>>> found that I was a poor and below average driver.
>>
>> Oh, we're talking California... Well hell, why would anyone bother
>> actually gettting a license in CA? The hispanic legislators want to
>> make sure no one is even inconvenienced by having their vehicle taken
>> or towed. Drive with Confidence.
>>
>> In actual fact, you're probably right. It's a smaller country over
>> there with high population density, some weird skinny roads, the
>> petrol cost is outrageous... the least you could do is go through the
>> testing you mention.
>>
>> It's been a while, but the written tests in the western states are
>> actually a lot harder than what they were, you can't fail as many
>> questions as in the good old days, back when a man was a man and a car
>> was his mobile steel dick of destruction.
>
>I wonder how the Mexicans, that can't speak English, pass the test in
>Tennessee? The driver's manual is getting thicker each year.
They probably do something like what they did at this place I worked
at in East LA. The cafeteria was designed that you couldn't see the
people putting hot food on your plate. The Mexican ahead of you in
line would yell "Raza" over the barrier. He got a double helping of
good food. |