Si habla español?

 

Did you know that U.S. federal law requires that anone with a commercial driver's license speak English well enough to talk with police? I didn't. Manuel Castillo did, though. And he was upset when an Alabama trooper ticketed him for not speaking English.

 

Manuel says he speaks English at about a third grade level, and that he can communicate anything about his business very well. Incidentally, he spoke Spanish when he told his story to the reporter who wrote this article.

 

"Trucker fined over speech." The Dallas Morning News. July 18, 2008; p. 8A.