Foreign Language Driver’s Tests Threaten Public Safety
Would You Know What to Do if You Could Not
Read English?
Common Signs in Construction Zone
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Foreign Language Driver’s Tests
Only 9 states offer driver’s license exams exclusively in English, and only one state (Oklahoma) has a law requiring English proficiency in order to obtain a driver’s license.
Governments shouldn’t need a translation department for everything.
Standardizing on English reduces translation overhead, streamlines services, and saves taxpayer dollars.
In a pluralistic nation such as ours, the function of government should be to foster and support the similarities that unite us, rather than institutionalize the differences that divide us.
English first.
Today, misguided public officials sometimes conduct naturalization ceremonies in languages other than English. This sends a false message that new immigrants do not need to know English in order to participate fully in American public life.
It's time for a change.