Transportation Secretary Duffy cites safety concerns, reversing Obama-era policy that relaxed enforcement
The Trump administration on Tuesday took steps to begin enforcing a law that requires truck drivers to speak English.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was in Austin, Texas, where he signed an order to direct the Department of Transportation to enforce the law.
Duffy framed the move as a safety issue for America’s roadways.
“For too long, misguided policies have prioritized political correctness over safety of the American people,” Duffy said.
Under federal law, a driver must “read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.”
The move came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 28 directing the Department of Transportation to include English literacy tests for our truckers.
” a driver must “read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, ”
This should be done with ANYONE applying for a drivers license……. PERIOD !!!!!!
C’mon man, why do professional truck drivers need to know how to read signs printed in the English language? Wouldn’t it be much easier and cheaper to just change all signs to another language (maybe spanish) and teach American truck drivers how to read that?
That is the most ridiculous statement I have ever ever seen!!!! If you can’t read and write and speak English, then you have no right to have an American driver’s license……………….especially a CDL!!!!
You funny 9:00
I hear your sarcasm…
I am what you would call a libtard, but even I agree with this
It’s for the same reason that pilots have to communicate in English. Safety.
But all an illegal has to do to get a Maryland license is take a 3 hour alcohol class. No requirement for English.
QUOTE “The Maryland 3-hour alcohol and drug education program is a course required by the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) for individuals holding a driver’s license from another country who want to obtain a Maryland license.”
That’s exactly right!!! It’s downright ridiculous.