LANGUAGES * Australia - Bus drivers who can't read signs
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -The Daily Telegraph, by Heath Aston -March 13, 2008: -- Motorists are sharing the road with foreign bus drivers who can't read even the simplest of traffic signs in English... Currently, foreign drivers can sit RTA tests in whatever language they choose... The absurdity of the system was highlighted by the death of three Taiwanese tourists in 2005 when their mini-van driver, Hua Chen, lost control on a steep hill at Jamberoo, near Wollongong... Chen, a Chinese national who had been in Australia less than two months, could not read a sign warning that the road was too steep for buses...
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