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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adria R Walker

‘A harmful barrier’: new Florida law mandates all driving tests to be offered in English only

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Before the change, exams for non-commercial driver’s licenses were offered in multiple languages. Photograph: Rafa Fernandez Torres/Getty Images

As of 6 February, people in Florida are no longer able to take driver’s license examinations in any language other than English, the Florida department of highway safety and motor vehicles (DMV) said in a statement.

Before the change, exams for noncommercial driver’s licenses were offered in multiple languages, including Spanish, Haitian Creole and Portuguese, while the commercial learner’s permit and commercial driver’s license knowledge exams were both offered in English and Spanish. Now all driver’s license knowledge and skills testing will be conducted in English.

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