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Oklahoma driver's license exam problems in need of solutions

The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: July 24, 2012 Comment on this article

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When debate broke out in 2000 on whether the state should supply driving manuals and written exams in Spanish, the argument was made that it was better to pay for those rather than risk having Spanish-only speakers break the law because they couldn't read English. The same can be said today: If it's so hard to get a driver's license exam, how many will drive without a license?

The Oklahoman's Zeke Campfield reported on the disgrace that the state driver's licensing system has become. Applicants are arriving at exam stations in the middle of the night to camp out for a coveted place in line. They can't reserve a time with a phone call. This isn't a Black Friday doorbuster sale on the day after Thanksgiving. It's every day that the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety offers exams.

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