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English-only trucker license tests proposed

WCBE 90.5FM
Published January 17, 2008 at 12:55 AM EST

Columbus, OH – One Ohio legislator says the state's highways may not be as safe as they used to be, because a growing number of truckers cannot read highway signs written in English. He's proposing a new law that would require written drivers license exams for truckers be given only IN English, without the help of interpreters. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.
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