Trump Admin Saves Jobs, Kicks 1500 Non-English-Speaking Truckers Off the Road

[Delldude]

How well you speak English is a qualifiable measure. So there has to be a minimum standard. Which is what I was asking for.

It's in the regs mean Gene.

 

[postman]

Don't mean Dick

It means you probably have over 10,000 non-English speaking truckers on American roads every day.
And it's been that way for decades.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

I was referring to English comprehension level.

If you're going to require truckers speak English, you have to also specify at what grade level of understanding they have to have.

How well you speak English is a qualifiable measure. So there has to be a minimum standard. Which is what I was asking for.

Understanding English Language Proficiency Requirements for Drivers

Enforcement officials will begin enforcing English-language proficiency on June 25. Commercial drivers who fail a two-step assessment will be placed out of service.

www.truckinginfo.com

 

[Delldude]

It means you probably have over 10,000 non-English speaking truckers on American roads every day.

How many qualify under the regs?

And it's been that way for decades.

At least since Obama looked the other way.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

It means you probably have over 10,000 non-English speaking truckers on American roads every day.
And it's been that way for decades.

It’s a new day and that is no longer allowed.

 

[Delldude]

Mean Gene is feverishly looking up the regs.

 

[postman]

It's in the regs mean Gene.

Rather VAGUE.

Can 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;

49 CFR § 391.11(b)(2).

 

[postman]

How many qualify under the regs?

By treaty, all of them.

 

[struth]

yeah and guess what the shape of stop signs is the same in Mexico as the USA

What shape is a sign that warns of a low hanging bridge ahead?

 

[struth]

Rather VAGUE.

Can 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;

49 CFR § 391.11(b)(2).

What’s vague about that?

 

[Delldude]

Rather VAGUE.

Can 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;

49 CFR § 391.11(b)(2).

Mean Gene is feverishly looking up the regs.

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

What shape is a sign that warns of a low hanging bridge ahead?

dumb ass

 

[struth]

dumb ass

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Apparently it’s helpful to be able to read as evidence by the video

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

Apparently it’s helpful to be able to read as evidence by the video

signs are easy to miss
dumb ass

 

[struth]

signs are easy to miss
dumb ass

True, another good reason to ensure drivers of commercial trucks are as prepared as they can be

 

[postman]

What’s vague about that?

The general public?

So if you take the test in Louisiana, it's about a 4th grade level.
If you take it in Massachusetts, it's a 12th grade level.

 

[postman]

Apparently it’s helpful to be able to read as evidence by the video

I don't see any WORDS on the low bridge sign.

Do you?

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

True, another good reason to ensure drivers of commercial trucks are as prepared as they can be

that is a box truck. I can rent one of those and drive it with my regular drivers license

dumb ass

 

[struth]

The general public?

So if you take the test in Louisiana, it's about a 4th grade level.
If you take it in Massachusetts, it's a 12th grade level.

Yes the General public, not too hard

You don’t have to discuss engineering with a LSU professor nor bank robbing with a southie…but you might need to ask someone how to get to 8th street, or fill out your trucking logs properly so a state trooper can read them

 

[struth]

that is a box truck. I can rent one of those and drive it with my regular drivers license

dumb ass

And MA let that guy get a license! See the problem??