Law abiding people in their own country should not have to face deadly consequences of illegal migrants with poor driving skills or attitudes towards law. Illegal immigrants might fail to stop and render assistance in case of an accident, just to save their own skin since they were there illegally. It puts lives at risk. I can relate to this kind of issue coming from India. Fortunately, I learned to drive a car and got my license while I was in the USA legally. I went back to India and had to unlearn most of the road rules, respect for the laws and courtesy in driving just to survive in the mad chaos that was and is still India's road culture, despite having improved a great deal.
I think it works both ways, when people move with a legitimate driving license from countries like India where the traffic culture is 'different' and chaotic. There should be no automatic allowing of people to drive legally in organized countries like the USA on an 'international' license. There needs to be clear evidence of their having 'unlearned' their old driving habits and attitudes AND passing the stringent driving tests in countries like the USA before allowing them to drive, even for LEGAL immigrants.
It is simply not worth putting random law-abiding lives at risk on the roads.
Of course, for the safety of the general public and themselves, drivers from the USA and other developed countries also should be banned from driving in India until they learn to break the rules and drive safely.. ;-)
Of course, for the safety of the general public and themselves, drivers from the USA and other developed countries also should be banned from driving in India until they learn to break the rules and drive safely.. ;-)
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