Driver’s license tests in Florida will be administered only in English starting Feb. 6, the state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced Friday.
“This change applies to all driver license classifications, including exams administered orally,” a news release said.
Currently, exams for most non-commercial driver classifications are offered in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. The department has updated its driver’s license testing system statewide, and language-translation services won’t be allowed for knowledge or skills examinations, the release said.
The change comes as the Florida Senate has started moving forward with a proposal (SB 86) that, in part, would require law-enforcement officers to take into custody truck drivers who are determined to be undocumented immigrants and help transfer them to federal immigration officials. Also, it would require impounding trucks driven by undocumented immigrants who are taken into custody and imposing $50,000 fines on the vehicles’ owners.
The bill is a response to semi-tractor trailer driver Harjinder Singh, a native of India, being arrested in August following a crash that allegedly stemmed from him attempting a U-turn on the turnpike in St. Lucie County. Three people died in the crash.
Does MADD stand for Make America Dumb & Dumber? It seems so based on that comment.
aMADDdriver,
I can't help but notice you didn't post your response in anything other than English.
just be mindful that when normality returns, the DOJ will again require language access for all. Both in courts and in any other legal setting. If Florida decides to buck the requirement, the DOJ will sanction by withholding federal funding. You can agree to deprive people of communication but be prepared for higher taxes as a result. You see, it costs very little to translate a form, but it will cost much much more to run our state without fed money. If you think we won't be returning to normality, then why would this even matter? Who needs a drivers license when we now live in the wild wild west? Just pay off LEOs and drive on if you have the cash. Money matters, not safe driving, right? Make DuhmeriKKKa great again.
Agreed
Good.