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    Thumbs down Dallas cops fine drivers for 'not speaking English'

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10...nguage_police/

    it was revealed that his officers had fined 38 drivers for the novel offence of having an inadequate command of the English language.
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sp/us/6683523.html

    The Houston Chronicle notes that "latinos" make up 44 per cent of Dallas's million-plus inhabitants,
    Awfully friendly those Texans, even to their own citizens.

    So, which of the usual suspects is going to find a way to say that this is the right way? Go ahead, use as many words as you need.

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    Whoa, thats weird, thats for the link.

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    I heard about this situation this morning on the radio...Personally I think its quite funny. Good thing I know English!
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    When I am driving I often think to myself: "gosh I hope I know enough English to drive this car."

    Now I would like to see an IQ test administered and fines handed out to drivers, cause when I am driving there sure seems to be a quite a few dumb4$$'s on the road. - jk
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    I haven't read the article yet but personally if you're here in America and driving (as a resident) you should at least be able to speak decent english.
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    like they always say `Only in America`

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    it's pretty much a requirement to live in this country to know at least some sort of English. Seeing as they're a boarder state though, you'd think they carry translators on them so they can translate / communicate with each other.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ricky Smith View Post
    if you're here in America and driving (as a resident) you should at least be able to speak decent english.
    How about:
    if you're here in America and driving (as a resident) you should at least be able to speak decent American

    or how about:
    if you're here in America and are a servant of the people, you should at least be able to speak some of the language used by more than 40% of your population !
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    What's so bad about that?

    If you're living in my country, you should learn to speak my language.
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    WEll... They passed the driving test both written and road. As fas as I know the written is in English only.(if the written is in spanish then we can't have a reasonable expectation of them speaking or reading English now can we?)

    While I agree you should be able to understand and read English to the limit of the task at hand. Like stop, pedXing, Yield,Speed limit 55, etc.. Speaking english isnt really a requirment.

    I grew up in the Restaurant Industry and it was funny how many guys didn't habla Englese until I said.. "You understand no check on Friday?" Oh yes I now understand English Chef. But I too adapted and speak Spanish well enoguh to get my job done which was getting them to do thiers.

    EDIT.. My grandparents were from Italy, Straight off the boat and never spoke a word of English till the day they died. However I don't really speak Italian either although if Grandma yelled at me I knew exactly what she was saying..
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    Hmm, seems like a string of bad tickets. Glad to hear that it is being resolved.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clay - Limestone View Post
    I heard about this situation this morning on the radio...Personally I think its quite funny. Good thing I know English!
    I had not heard about this story, but I also am glad I can speak fluent English

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