The entire point of literacy tests was to prevent POC from voting. They were explicitly designed to be virtually impossible to complete successfully, and white

The entire point of literacy tests was to prevent POC from voting. They were explicitly designed to be virtually impossible to complete successfully, and white people were exempted from them via "grandfather" clauses: if your grandfather was allowed to vote, so were you. Driving tests are completely different. Right now some states basically give licenses away at age 14 for a dollar and a handshake. If you're going to let someone operate a 26.000 pound vehicle in public, shouldn't they at the very least demonstrate that they a) understand the traffic laws, and b) are able to operate the vehicle safely? If you move to a European country, you'll be required to re-take your driver's test, and it isn't without reason. They simply don't trust the USA to do it properly and that's not entirely unfounded.