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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

You don't need to know any English at all, to recognize a stop sign and its meaning. Or a yield sign, flashing blinker signs, or even street signs.

If someone tells you in Spanish, "Gire a la izquierda en la calle William" you just have to look for the sign that says "William (street)" and take a left there. In the case of street signs, the words are English, and the shapes and colors are Universal. It might be confusing if there's a William Street, a William Avenue, and a William Lane all in the same neighborhood. But if not, the word "William" is recognizable in any Latin language and people will know to take a left there. The No U-Turn sign is also universal because in that case, the "U" is presented as a symbol depicting a 180° turn, not a letter of the alphabet.

Most over road truck driver only have to deal with numbers like I70, I10, I40, I80, plus the have GPS that tells them exactly where to. They don’t even have speak just pass who ever test.