Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
What's next? Spanish speaking people not allowed in stores? They need to stich a sombrero patch on their clothes? We've seen this in 1930/40 nazi Germany.
This is just another example of DiSantis and the Florida MAGAs being assholes because they think it's funny.
This just results in more unlicensed drivers. And that results in more uninsured drivers. Nice self-own.
Who can then be thrown in prison, and then leased out as slave labor.
Welcome to America's future business model.
... who will be pulled over for Minor Violations Driving While Brown, and summarily deported
Florida is a no-fault state. Good luck even if they are insured.
If a Yank goes to Panama and wants to rent a car should they need to show proficiency in Español?
AFAIK, you can get the exam in English in Spain. Not sure about the practical diving test.
This was...ohmugodimold years ago, it might have changed
Si
Access to a driver’s license is not a luxury; it is essential for everyday life, including getting to work, taking children to school, attending medical appointments and safely meeting basic family needs.
This is an argument for public transit, not cars.
FREE public transit.
If we're talking about the way it should be maybe.
But the reality is that in many/most places in the US you need a car, period. Or you'll be reliant on someone who does.
And most of Florida, even the major cities, are extremely car dependent and sprawling. It'll take decades to fix when they finally decide they need to.
They tried this shit in Oklahoma years ago and it got overturned by the courts.
And then logistics companies will complain that they have no drivers and then blame Obama or some shit.
I wonder how the Latinos for Trump feel about this. I know the Latinas for Mangione would be against it.
pretty sure Florida needs more unregulated drivers
Usha, could you please explain to your husband how the world's largest democracy handles multiple languages? While you're at it, be sure to mention how many languages are officially supported
How well would any English first people do when going to Germany and try to drive and navigate. I can see the point as our road signage is 99% English. But allowing the non road signage questions in other languages should be allowed like questions about turn signal use etc.
In most of the world they rely far less on written language in their road signage, for exactly this reason. It's just North America that does it different really.
I drove in Austria and Germany for work a few times. After a day or two, you pick up enough words on signs to understand "Entrance" and "Exit" and "One way", but between the symbols and the English on everything, it is probably much easier for us to drive there than for a non-English speaker to drive here. I bet most immigrants learn "No turn on red" faster than "No Parking Enforced on Alternating Wednesdays and Saturdays except on Holidays from 6:00 PM to 12:45 AM".
In any case, speaking English is not required of citizens. Tests were offered in Spanish because of a need for it. It's not that they cannot learn to read a few signs, it's that the written portion of the test needs to be clearly communicated. The ADA requires that illiterate adults be provided with an audio test or interpreter, because it's more important for people to understand the test than it is for the government to bully immigrants to score political points with bigots.
I've done fine driving all across the world often speaking none of the local lingo.