Florida to require driver's license exams to be given in English only

[In It to Win It]

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced Friday that all driver’s license exams will be administered exclusively in English beginning Feb. 6.

The new policy applies to all driver license classifications and includes oral examinations.

This change marks a shift from previous practices where non-commercial driver license knowledge exams were offered in multiple languages.

In Florida, the driver’s license written test has also been available in Spanish, Haitian Creole, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), and Russian.

Under the updated rules, all knowledge and skills testing must be conducted without an interpreter.

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/florida-require-drivers-license-exams-be-given-english-only/PCOWSQ3RSZDI3MR2AJS4QX467U/

[pwb]

1. Why would anyone speak Spanish in

a Spanish colony?

[sop]

2. You don't have to be a U.S. citizen to get a Florida driver's license.

You just need to provide proof of legal presence in the U.S. This new law only makes the "Why can't these damn foreigners speak English?" crowd happy. It's going to cost the state a lot of money in the long run.

[LogDog75]

3. It's amazing how Americans overseas who can't speak a foreign language expect to be treated special

while here at home we do the opposite with their people.

I was stationed in Germany twice; once in the 80s and once in the 90s. In order to drive there we had to take an on=base drivers course and pass a written road test while being able to identify approximately 40 international signs, all in English. We didn't have to know a word of German other than Auffahrt and Ausfahrt (entrance and exit).