Seems like a reasonable idea to me!
From the Journal Gazette in Ft. Wayne:
INDIANAPOLIS – Visitors’ complaints about not being able to understand the heavily accented speech of some taxi drivers has prompted Indianapolis to consider testing the English skills of people applying for city taxi licenses.
The proposal follows complaints by hotel managers that many travelers – particularly those in town for conventions – report they can’t understand the city’s taxi drivers.
Indianapolis’ Department of Code Enforcement is now considering giving cabdrivers an oral English test as part of a larger effort to better regulate the city’s taxis.
“If someone is unable to comprehend or communicate, no matter how great their qualifications are, they cannot perform the essential functions of a taxi driver,” said Adam Collins, a lawyer who is the city code department’s licensing administrator.
Currently, the code department has no standard English test for taxi applicants.
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