Dear Editor,
Re: “Phone line highlights fact some drivers might not read English,” News, Dec. 3.
It blows my mind that ICBC is spending $4.5 million on translation services for drivers who cannot speak English.
The rule should be, if you are not proficient in English, you cannot drive on B.C. roads.
The onus needs to be on wannabe drivers to have mastery of the language before they get to sit behind a steering wheel.
If you can’t pass an English proficiency test in B.C., you should not be driving on our roads.
How else will you read the road signs? Or are we going to just translate everything into Mandarin, Punjabi and Cantonese? That’s not a viable solution.
Lauren Kramer
Richmond
