Drivers License Exams to Be Offered In Multiple Languages

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The state Department of Transportation, the City & County of Honolulu and along Maui, Hawaii and Kauai Counties announced Friday that, beginning March 17, the state driver license exam will be available in a variety of languages.

“In addition to English, 12 languages are being offered to better serve our diverse communities. The languages include the following: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tongan, Samoan, Tagalog, Ilocano, Hawaiian, Spanish, Chuukese and Marshallese,” according to a press release.

The DOT’s action appears to be in response to complaints from community groups that said the exams should be offered in more languages.

Read Does Hawaii’s Drivers Test Still Disenfranchise Immigrants?

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Photo: Marshallese and Chuukese women petition the Maui DOT, April 30, 2013. (FACE)

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