quote:Originally posted by Carol None:
If giving the drivers test in a foreign language enables more who are going to be on the road anyway to get a drivers license and insurance, then I'm for it. Having been hit by an illegal immigrant, I understand how much easier it would have been if they could have had the opportunity to buy insurance.
Not to get off on a tangent, but I believe the problem is not them not having the ability. The test is now given in Spanish, so why would someone who wanted to get their license and insurance not do it? Because they are not here legally, so they probably cant provide the documentation they need to get their license / insurance. They dont have a reason to get a license / insurance (the illegals you are talking about). Heck, we cant keep them out of our country, why would they think we could keep them off of our roads? How much luck did you have collecting from the guy (if you sued)? Probably not much, and if you did get a judgement, chances are he would say 'Im not a citizen' and run off to Mexico, just to cross back over and go somewhere else in the country. After all, you cant squeeze blood from a turnip.
So, truth be told, if you want to prevent others from going through what you did you have two choices: send them home or grant them citizenship. The way I look at it, if you grant them citizenship, you are just rewarding their illegally coming here. So why on earth would they ever follow any of the other laws we have (like our joke of a mandatory insurance law)? I guess that leaves only one option:
SEND THEM HOME!
Jeepin'