Of course, one can pass the test by reading a DMV booklet. That's not the issue. Lets take a DMV test paper, and remove questions that deal with numbers (speed

Of course, one can pass the test by reading a DMV booklet. That's not the issue. Lets take a DMV test paper, and remove questions that deal with numbers (speed limits, alcohol contents, etc), and just give a subset of questions that are focussed on safety. Any experienced driver can answer these questions correctly, not because these drivers memorize by rote learning, but because they would have figured the reasons behind rules (similar to ratio legis in law). Don't over take vehicles at turns. That's illegal, says the booklet. Why this rule is there? You can't see the oncoming traffic. Similarly, don't over take vehicles on uphill. Same reason: you can't see vehicles coming from the other direction. Every Indian driver in India violates this basic rule. One such driver went to visit a national park in Alaska, thereby killing four people in his vehicle and paralyzing a couple of guys in the oncoming vehicle.