Cenk Uygur
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Driver Fined For Speaking Spanish
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June 22, 2017
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5:19Now PlayingAn Uber driver got a ticket for not speaking English to the police. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“An Uber driver in Florida was recently fined $250 for not being able to speak English, according to a report in the Miami Herald.
Carmen Hechevarría was just dropping off her passengers at Miami International Airport last Sunday when a traffic officer stopped her to engage in conversation.
Hechevarría apparently didn’t understand. Then after a Spanish-speaking officer was brought over to translate, she was issued the citation.
Part of the exchange with one of the officers was caught by Hechevarría on her smartphone, who told the local Telemundo affiliate: “I felt discriminated against.”
Miami law requires all ride-hailing drivers to be able to communicate in English under the terms of a local ordinance passed in May 2016 which allowed Uber, Lyft and other similar companies to legally compete with taxi companies. The Herald notes that local taxi drivers have long been mandated to communicate in English as well.”
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