Sir,
Do you know how fast you were going back there?

Que?

Sir,
You were speeding in a work zone. Don't you know that fines double.

Domo.

Sir,
License and registration please.

Das Vadanya.

Sir,
Step out of the car.

Sallam alaykum.

Sir,
Do you know what a tazer is?

Vas es lost.

Screw it, here's a citation. Get lost.
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Nah.
That's a load of garbage.
If you want to live here you need to learn English.
Every other country on the planet expects a rudimentary degree of assimilation and common sense to include being able to function in society without being 'special'. We should too.

Of course people who live in US and are its citizens have to know (or at least make an effort to learn) the language. But come on! American tourist who hired car in ,say, Brazil would be fined if he cannot speak Portuguese? This is ridiculous. Person should be punished by police for behaving against the laws only. And laws are not set by police.

Well, first of all, I don't care for law enforcement, second of all, I don't care for adults in the u.s. that can't speak english properly, third of all...no wait, I'm done.

Every ethnic group which moved here in the past learned the language. What's different now? Are people who choose to move here from another country too stupid to learn the language, or simply too lazy? This country was known as a "melting pot" because the various nationalities that chose to adopt the United States as their country learned the language so they could become an integral part of our society.

If I moved to Mexico - which I've considered in the past - or any other country I'd certainly want to learn the native language even if I wasn't required to, if for no other reason than it wouldn't be quite so easy to take me to the cleaners. And I think it would be in one's self-preservation interest to be able to read road signs. To move to another country and expect the citizens there to learn your language is incredibly arrogant. Or, as I said earlier, lazy.

[edit on 23-10-2009 by Cohen the Barbarian]

[edit on 23-10-2009 by Cohen the Barbarian]

Originally posted by ZeroKnowledge
Of course people who live in US and are its citizens have to know (or at least make an effort to learn) the language. But come on! American tourist who hired car in ,say, Brazil would be fined if he cannot speak Portuguese? This is ridiculous. Person should be punished by police for behaving against the laws only. And laws are not set by police.

No one expects a tourist or new arrival to speak english. All they have to do is show an id or passport and the officer will attempt to communicate with a language book or call for a translator.

This is common in all countries. It is common sense and normal people in most countries can work through the language barrier.

The concept of a citation for not speaking english is an expedient used to deal with people who rely on not speaking english along with not carrying ID to get away with not cooperating with the police...almost always done because they are suspected of a crime.

The fact is that there are people who have been born and raised in the US or lived in the US for 5-10-15 years and can't or won't speak english but expect Americans to speak their language so that they can function here. This is not accepted in any other country and shouldn't be accepted in the US either.

It comes down to common sense.

If you live in a country for an extended period of time, learn the language.

I applaud the Dallas police, if this is even true. It is too bad that we do not have a law to kick you out if you don't learn the language of this nation (English) within a few years of being here.

So how can someone that cannot speak, or read English possibly know the road rules, or read road signs ?

How did they even get a driving license in the first place ?

I agree with the majority so far in here. Learn the damned language, its that simple. If not fine, risk it, then take your ticket like a man and go about your day. Im sure after getting several tickets for the same crime, that would make you atleast try to learn the language. I think this is a grand idea!

Ignorance is a terrible thing...

All first generation immigrants who ever step foot in this country, had a language problem, in fact, outside of a little broken English, they did not speak the language.

Second generation immigrants had a chance to learn when they were young and they could absorb it from school, etc.

Third generation descendants are often confused as "Americans" because they speak and go about their lives speaking it perfectly.

The moral of this story is: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONSISTS OF THESE THREE TYPES OF PEOPLE ONLY.

There aint no one else.

you know???

We are all immigrants.

I hope one of those giving tickets to Mexicans for descrimination, realize this little tidbit of information and knock the (bleep) off.