Democrat policies cost lives. Trucker that killed 3 in FL failed English proficiency...

[Missourian]

What does this have to do with Democrats you may ask?

This driver was pulled over and cited for speeding in New Mexico a little over a month before his decision to make an illegal u-turn on the Florida Turnpike cost three lives.

President Trump signed the Executive Order requiring the enforcement of the English proficiency requirements of all active CDL licensed drivers on April 28, 2025.

New Mexico has failed to enforce the English proficiency requirement, in violation of federal law. When this truck driver was pulled over for speeding in New Mexico, the officer conducted a DOT inspection. Part of that inspection should have included English proficiency.

It did not.

Officials with the US DOT, as part of the investigation into the collision in Florida administered the English Proficiency examination that should have been conducted during the New Mexico DOT inspection.

The driver failed the proficiency examination, with only two correct responses to 12 question.

Further, the driver could only identify ONE of four highway traffic signs.

Had New Mexico implemented the requirement for English Proficiency in a timely manner, these tragic and senseless deaths could have been avoided.

But the Governor and leadership of the State Police put politics before common sense safety by ignoring directives to enforce English proficiency, and instead of putting this driver out of service when they had the opportunity, allowed him to continue to be a menace to the driving public.

This is unacceptable!

This isn't political. This is common sense. If ANY driver can only identify one out of four highway signs, that's a huge failure. But when that driver is behind the wheel of a 75 foot long, 80,000 pound vehicle, 10 hours a day, that is orders of magnitude worse.

We need to put partisan politics aside and make safety on our roads the priority.

USDOT says driver in Florida Turnpike crash failed English Language Proficiency assessment, other FMCSA findings released

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced the launch of a major investigation into the driver and carrier involved in last

cdllife.com

 

[jackflash]

What does this have to do with Democrats you may ask?

This driver was pulled over and cited for speeding in New Mexico a little over a month before his decision to make an illegal u-turn on the Florida Turnpike cost three lives.

President Trump signed the Executive Order requiring the enforcement of the English proficiency requirements of all active CDL licensed drivers on April 28, 2025.

New Mexico has failed to enforce the English proficiency requirement, in violation of federal law. When this truck driver was pulled over for speeding in New Mexico, the officer conducted a DOT inspection. Part of that inspection should have included English proficiency.

It did not.

Officials with the US DOT, as part of the investigation into the collision in Florida administered the English Proficiency examination that should have been conducted during the New Mexico DOT inspection.

The driver failed the proficiency examination, with only two correct responses to 12 question.

Further, the driver could only identify ONE of four highway traffic signs.

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Had New Mexico implemented the requirement for English Proficiency in a timely manner, these tragic and senseless deaths could have been avoided.

But the Governor and leadership of the State Police put politics before common sense safety by ignoring directives to enforce English proficiency, and instead of putting this driver out of service when they had the opportunity, allowed him to continue to be a menace to the driving public.

This is unacceptable!

This isn't political. This is common sense. If ANY driver can only identify one out of four highway signs, that's a huge failure. But when that driver is behind the wheel of a 75 foot long, 80,000 pound vehicle, 10 hours a day, that is orders of magnitude worse.

We need to put partisan politics aside and make safety on our roads the priority.

USDOT says driver in Florida Turnpike crash failed English Language Proficiency assessment, other FMCSA findings released

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced the launch of a major investigation into the driver and carrier involved in last

cdllife.com

The statist left are so locked into their religion of "One World Without Borders"(OWWB) that they have completely lost contact with reality.

 

[j-mac]

I thought the illegals were only here to pick strawberries, and clean hotel rooms?

 

[Frankenstein]

What does this have to do with Democrats you may ask?

This driver was pulled over and cited for speeding in New Mexico a little over a month before his decision to make an illegal u-turn on the Florida Turnpike cost three lives.

President Trump signed the Executive Order requiring the enforcement of the English proficiency requirements of all active CDL licensed drivers on April 28, 2025.

New Mexico has failed to enforce the English proficiency requirement, in violation of federal law. When this truck driver was pulled over for speeding in New Mexico, the officer conducted a DOT inspection. Part of that inspection should have included English proficiency.

It did not.

Officials with the US DOT, as part of the investigation into the collision in Florida administered the English Proficiency examination that should have been conducted during the New Mexico DOT inspection.

The driver failed the proficiency examination, with only two correct responses to 12 question.

Further, the driver could only identify ONE of four highway traffic signs.

View attachment 1151727

Had New Mexico implemented the requirement for English Proficiency in a timely manner, these tragic and senseless deaths could have been avoided.

But the Governor and leadership of the State Police put politics before common sense safety by ignoring directives to enforce English proficiency, and instead of putting this driver out of service when they had the opportunity, allowed him to continue to be a menace to the driving public.

This is unacceptable!

This isn't political. This is common sense. If ANY driver can only identify one out of four highway signs, that's a huge failure. But when that driver is behind the wheel of a 75 foot long, 80,000 pound vehicle, 10 hours a day, that is orders of magnitude worse.

We need to put partisan politics aside and make safety on our roads the priority.

USDOT says driver in Florida Turnpike crash failed English Language Proficiency assessment, other FMCSA findings released

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced the launch of a major investigation into the driver and carrier involved in last

cdllife.com

We have drivers deliver to our factory in Ohio all the time that have no English they point at the invoice and throw their hands up!

 

[petro]

 

[ColonelAngus]

Not one person on the left cares that an illegal murdered 3 people.

NOT ONE.

You will not see it here.

 

[Zincwarrior]

I like that the company that hired him is of course perfectly safe from criminal prosecution.

 

[imawhosure]

Not one person on the left cares that an illegal murdered 3 people.

NOT ONE.

You will not see it here.

Californication issued the license, then Gavin Newscum exports DEATH to the other states. Good job LEFTISTS, you are all really a piece of work!

 

[Mac-7]

We have drivers deliver to our factory in Ohio all the time that have no English they point at the invoice and throw their hands up!

They work cheaper than Americans can

 

[ColonelAngus]

Californication issued the license, then Gavin Newscum exports DEATH to the other states. Good job LEFTISTS, you are all really a piece of work!

Lefties just want votes to get power to fleece the treasury.

USING MINORITIES TO STEP ON.

 

[Moonglow]

I have seen old white men do this on the highway
Research on highway accidents indicates that human factors are the primary cause, contributing to over 90% of all accidents. While the provided information includes statistics on crash involvement and rates across various demographics, it does suggest that older white men are a disproportionately large cause of crashes on highways.

Older drivers

Information from IIHS-HLDI on older drivers

www.iihs.org

 

[Frankenstein]

They work cheaper than Americans can

will

 

[Mac-7]

will

There is a break point for many where earning a little more takes them out of the bleeding heart wipe every nose lib welfare system

 

[my2¢]

This accident killed 3 and in late June a truck accident in Texas killed 5. Certainly a sad situation. States issuing CDL and trucking companies employing drivers not up to standards need to be held accountable, although no amount of justice will replace the damage done to lives of the departed and their families.

Regarding the Florida accident, American Trucking Associations Chief Operating Officer Dan Horvath issued this statement.

This is a horrific tragedy that should never have happened. While an investigation is underway, this driver's blatant disregard for highway safety and the rules of the road makes clear he should never have been behind the wheel to begin with. Initial reports from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles that the driver was in the U.S. illegally only raise more questions about how and why he was able to obtain a commercial driver's license in the first place -- questions that the state of California must answer for.

“This incident underscores the importance and urgency of the work that the Trump Administration is doing to audit CDL issuances nationwide, in addition to its enhanced enforcement of English language proficiency -- a fundamental requirement for operating commercial vehicles in interstate commerce. ATA believes robust entry-level driver training standards are critically important to preventing accidents like this one, but we remain concerned that fraudulent and non-compliant entities continue to fast-track CDL applicants with minimal, if any, training -- as emphasized in ATA’s April letter to FMCSA. Greater enforcement is needed, and we call on FMCSA to ensure unlicensed and unqualified entities are immediately removed from the training provider registry.”

 

[Missourian]

I have seen old white men do this on the highway
Research on highway accidents indicates that human factors are the primary cause, contributing to over 90% of all accidents. While the provided information includes statistics on crash involvement and rates across various demographics, it does suggest that older white men are a disproportionately large cause of crashes on highways.

Older drivers

Information from IIHS-HLDI on older drivers

www.iihs.org

Your link person's to passenger vehicle drivers.

When it comes to Semi-Truck accidents with passenger vehicles, according to previous government studies like the one cited below, the truck driver was only solely at fault in 16% of collisions.

Passenger vehicles are solely at fault in 73% of collusions.

In 10% of collisions they shared fault.

That's the way it should be. Professional driver's should make far less mistakes than the average passenger car driver.

I seriously doubt a study in 2025 would reproduce this result.

 

[Missourian]

I like that the company that hired him is of course perfectly safe from criminal prosecution.

The company that hired him is also under investigation.

White Hawk Carriers out of... you guessed it... California.

Multiple CDL violations uncovered in Florida truck crash

FMCSA investigation into last week’s Florida Turnpike crash that killed three people will focus on the driver and his trucking company.

www.freightwaves.com

 

[Missourian]

 

[berg80]

What does this have to do with Democrats you may ask?

This driver was pulled over and cited for speeding in New Mexico a little over a month before his decision to make an illegal u-turn on the Florida Turnpike cost three lives.

President Trump signed the Executive Order requiring the enforcement of the English proficiency requirements of all active CDL licensed drivers on April 28, 2025.

New Mexico has failed to enforce the English proficiency requirement, in violation of federal law. When this truck driver was pulled over for speeding in New Mexico, the officer conducted a DOT inspection. Part of that inspection should have included English proficiency.

It did not.

Officials with the US DOT, as part of the investigation into the collision in Florida administered the English Proficiency examination that should have been conducted during the New Mexico DOT inspection.

The driver failed the proficiency examination, with only two correct responses to 12 question.

Further, the driver could only identify ONE of four highway traffic signs.

View attachment 1151727

Had New Mexico implemented the requirement for English Proficiency in a timely manner, these tragic and senseless deaths could have been avoided.

But the Governor and leadership of the State Police put politics before common sense safety by ignoring directives to enforce English proficiency, and instead of putting this driver out of service when they had the opportunity, allowed him to continue to be a menace to the driving public.

This is unacceptable!

This isn't political. This is common sense. If ANY driver can only identify one out of four highway signs, that's a huge failure. But when that driver is behind the wheel of a 75 foot long, 80,000 pound vehicle, 10 hours a day, that is orders of magnitude worse.

We need to put partisan politics aside and make safety on our roads the priority.

USDOT says driver in Florida Turnpike crash failed English Language Proficiency assessment, other FMCSA findings released

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced the launch of a major investigation into the driver and carrier involved in last

cdllife.com

I was in a place where Faux was on the TV the other day. Dana Perino was flogging this issue to death. I guess Faux is still supplying the rubes with daily talking points in the constant quest to get the public to stop talking about the Epstein files.

 

[Missourian]

I was in a place where Faux was on the TV the other day. Dana Perino was flogging this issue to death. I guess Faux is still supplying the rubes with daily talking points in the constant quest to get the public to stop talking about the Epstein files.

I have you on ignore, you being a dunce of the highest magnitude... but even the dumbest most partisan shitbird on the planet has to care, at least a little, that illegal immigrants and people that can't speak of read English, are operating 40 ton 75 foot long, 70 mph vehicles whose stopping distance is measured in football fields.

This isn't the first incident like this I can point to off the top of my head.

There was another under qualified non-english proficient truck driver that killed more than 3 people in Colorado...

The driver, Rogel Lazaro Aguilera Mederos, couldn't speak or read English, had no idea how to brake an 80,000 lbs truck loaded with lumber (and yeah, lumber is ALWAYS as close to 80,000 pounds as the loaders h can get it.

He burned up his brakes due to his lack of training. He was in the wrong gear for descending and had no experience with braking strategies on long downgrades.

That was bad enough, but catastrophe could have still been averted. There was a runaway truck ramps placed and designed for just such an emergency. Madaeros careened right by the runaway truck ramps BECAUSE HE COULDN'T READ THE ******* SIGNS!!!


Instead he crashed into a backup at the bottom of the mountain at over 100 mph.

2019 Lakewood semi-truck crash - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Missourian]

But thanks for the heads up about Fox News. I received these updates via trade magazine articles, but video is a faster means of transmitting the facts of this thread.