English Proficiency Rules Spark Concern Among Foreign-Born Truckers

What goes down in an English proficiency inspection?

Questions and concerns still swirl around what enforcement of the English-proficiency regulations looks like on the roadside. Well ahead of noncompliance with the regulation becoming an out-of-service violation once again, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration attempted to lay the groundwork. Issuing an enforcement policy memo on May 20, the agency laid out what inspectors should do to determine English proficiency. The English-profici…

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Announces 1,500 Trucks Taken Off the Road Because Drivers Didn’t Speak English

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English proficiency rules spark concern among foreign-born truckers

ATLANTA — Khadar Hassan sat down at a Clarkston restaurant for his favorite meal of rice and goat meat, recouping his energy before an overnight drive to Baltimore.

GOLD: Record trucking-related carnage is no accident

After a fatal accident caused by a non-English-speaking trucker with a commercial drivers’ license (CDL), President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Transportation to review the nondomiciled CDLs issued by each state over the past four years. This is a massive victory for highway safety

English Proficiency in Trucking – Crackdown, Context, and the Questions No One Wants to Ask

Since June 25, more than 1,500 truck drivers have been put out of service for failing English-language proficiency tests during roadside inspections. The

First Non-English Speaking Truck Drivers Removed From The Road - AutoSpies Auto News

First Non-English Speaking Truck Drivers Removed From The Road