Florida's English-only driver test leaves Miami immigrants facing repeated failures, longer classes and higher costs.

The changes announced last Friday by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles follow a crackdown on non-English speaking commercial truck drivers after a tragic crash last year.

Starting Friday, Florida will not offer driver's license exams in any language other than English, a change that prompted a slight surge of test‑takers at Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) offices ...

Florida is tightening the rules on driver licensing with a move that could impact tens of thousands of residents. Starting February 6, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles ...

WLRN has partnered with PolitiFact to fact-check Florida politicians. The Pulitzer Prize-winning team seeks to present the true facts, unaffected by agenda or biases. In August 2025, a tractor-trailer ...

Starting Friday, Feb. 6, all driver’s license knowledge and skills exams in Florida will be administered only in English, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The ...

The Sunshine State is leading the way with change while thousands of truckers are being removed from American roadways after failing mandatory roadside English tests. Florida follows President Donald ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Thursday is the final day people from Florida can take a driver’s license test in a different language that isn’t English. The deadline has people rushing to take the exam ...

MIAMI – All driver’s license tests in Florida are now solely being administered in English, and without translation or interpreter services. “I guess it’s good and it’s bad in many ways because a lot ...

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced Jan. 30 it would soon issue all driver license exams in English only. Previously, knowledge exams for most non-commercial driver ...