Trump Orders All Truckers to Be Proficient in Speaking, Reading English

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Existing federal law requiring that commercial drivers read and speak English has โ€˜not been enforced,โ€™ according to the White House.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 28 requiring all commercial vehicle operators in the United States to be qualified and proficient English speakers.

โ€œThereโ€™s a lot of communication problems between truckers on the road,โ€ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on April 28. โ€œWeโ€™re going to ensure that our truckers, who are the backbone of our economy, are all able to speak English.โ€

The order seeks to make English proficiency a โ€œnon-negotiable safety requirementโ€ for professional drivers, โ€œas they should be able to read and understand traffic signs; communicate with traffic safety officers, border patrol, agricultural checkpoints, and cargo weight-limit station personnel; and provide and receive feedback and directions in English,โ€ a fact sheet from the White House read.

Trumpโ€™s order directs Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to rescind agency guidance โ€œthat watered down the law requiring English proficiency.โ€ It also seeks to ensure that drivers without proficiency are placed out of service.

Existing federal law requiring that commercial drivers read and speak English has โ€œnot been enforced,โ€ according to the White House.

Therefore, Trumpโ€™s order โ€œmandates revising out-of-service criteria to ensure drivers violating English proficiency rules are placed out-of-service, enhancing roadway safety,โ€ according to a White House fact sheet.

That will involve Duffyโ€™s evaluating protocols for the authenticity verification of all commercial driverโ€™s licenses.

The order directs the transportation secretary to improve trucker working conditions with the โ€œadditional administrative, regulatory, or enforcement actionsโ€ specified in the order.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), a national trade association representing professional truck drivers, celebrated Trumpโ€™s order in a statement provided to The Epoch Times.

โ€œBasic English skills are essential for reading critical road signs, understanding emergency instructions, and interacting with law enforcement. Road signs save livesโ€”but only when theyโ€™re understood,โ€ OOIDA President Todd Spencer said. โ€œThatโ€™s why OOIDA petitioned the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance earlier this year to reinstate English proficiency as an out-of-service violation. Todayโ€™s announcement is a welcome step toward restoring a common-sense safety standard.โ€

Byย Jacob Burg

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