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US: Sikh Truckers Face Backlash After Deadly Florida Crash | WION
WION ^ | September 5, 2025 | WION

Posted on 09/06/2025 1:46:59 AM PDT by xxqqzz

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1 posted on 09/06/2025 1:46:59 AM PDT by xxqqzz
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They’ve got nothing to worry about, if they can meet the conditions all truckers are supposed to meet.


2 posted on 09/06/2025 2:04:17 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Pornography feeds abortion. Abortion is Satan's ultimate effort to hurt God. )
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Ever get lost in a country where you can’t read the road signs? It sucks.


3 posted on 09/06/2025 2:12:49 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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“A lot of people are throwing hate for no reason at the Sikh community just because we wear the turban which is not right.”

Investigations of the truck killings by an Indian national has fueled conflict with Florida’s ever-vigilant Governor, Ron DeSantis.


4 posted on 09/06/2025 2:15:07 AM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil kno ws you're dead (Irish blessing))
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FTA——The deadly crash in Florida involving Harendir Singh, an illegal Indian immigrant..... a licensed non-English speaking truck driver originally from India..... has stirred tensions throughout the state.

Members of the Sikh community now say the incident is being “exploited to single out” Sikh truck drivers and to spread negative sentiments against Sikhs who apparently colluded as to how get illegal truck licenses without speaking English.


5 posted on 09/06/2025 2:22:32 AM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil kno ws you're dead (Irish blessing))
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To: Jonty30

Exactly.


6 posted on 09/06/2025 2:34:12 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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No question in my mind, these illegal Indians colluded as to how to get lucrative truck-driving
jobs requiring licenses without even knowing enough English to be able to read road signs.


7 posted on 09/06/2025 2:38:00 AM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil kno ws you're dead (Irish blessing))
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I don’t mind Sikhs. I mind illegal aliens invading our country and stealing jobs from Americans. I mind it even more when they are unqualified to do those jobs and endanger everybody else all so their greedy employers can make a few extra bucks.

I go nuclear when - like this guy - they are also illegally registered to vote.


8 posted on 09/06/2025 2:43:38 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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It’s important that we cast those illegal invaders as victims.


9 posted on 09/06/2025 2:44:21 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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Spokeshave ..who in a former existence was an actual TRUCK DRIVER and drive all roads west of I35 in all weathers.

1..The rules are very strict...monitor time during the day in 15 minute intervals

2..Account for mandatory breaks and meal times.

3..Find appropriate parking for sleep time.

4..If there are two drivers the sleep time of second driver log book must fit in with first driver.

Highway patrol makes inspection of log book and can go back ( I think it was 5 days).

5. Penalties can be $1000 per infraction.

Spokeshave quit when regulations changed....It was necessary to log ALL time in ANY moving vehicle...bicycle...skate board...taxi....train....bus...etc.

For example Spokeshave ferried a new Carrier refrigerated truck from the factory in LA to the depo in northern CA....then taking overnight greyhound bus from Oakland to LA to pick up another...(sleeping on the bus).

Note ..The truck was manufactured in Mexico...and the Carrier cooling system was installed in LA.

10 posted on 09/06/2025 2:49:10 AM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads & Curmudgeons)
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I have a friend who is an owner-operator. This is a huge issue. Lots of these guys are on the road with bought CDLs who cannot speak English (a basic requirement for a CDL) and cannot maneuver a truck effectively/appropriately. They’re a danger on the road. They need to be found out and deported.

Friend has been tagging ICE on social media telling them to start checking guys at weigh stations, which appears to be happening a little.


11 posted on 09/06/2025 2:49:17 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Learn the f’n language towel head! If you’re here illegally GTF out! Watch the news and you’ll see we’re come and get you eventually.


12 posted on 09/06/2025 2:50:12 AM PDT by albie
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If I snuck into India illegally and caused a fatal crash, I’m pretty sure they would throw the book at me.


13 posted on 09/06/2025 2:56:41 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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This is a huge issue. Lots of these Indian guys are on the road with “bought” and bribed CDLs who cannot speak English (a basic requirement for a CDL)...... and cannot even maneuver a truck effectively/appropriately........ They’re a danger on the road. They need to be found out and deported......checking guys at weigh stations appears to be happening a little.


Trump is taking this on bigtime.


14 posted on 09/06/2025 2:59:45 AM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil kno ws you're dead (Irish blessing))
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The trucking rules are very strict.........................


Yeah sure.....but “the rules” apply only to Americans .......obviously.


15 posted on 09/06/2025 3:03:50 AM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil kno ws you're dead (Irish blessing))
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As they should. Besides, America already has more truckers than you can shake an Indian at.


16 posted on 09/06/2025 3:09:27 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Is this damn country so hard up for Judges that we have to hire Sparkle Sookananan from Trinidad?)
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An interesting thing about this fatal crash is that the fatalities appear to have been Haitians. Immigration status unclear. And we may never know.


17 posted on 09/06/2025 3:09:31 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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What did the turban do to cause the accident? I understood the turban couldn’t read or speak English and didn’t know what the traffic signs meant. Now that the left has convinced the blooming idiots in this country that it is the guns who kill people, it’s not the murderers, they ready’re to be convinced that turbans cause semi-trucks to kill Haitians while committing an illegal U-turn.


18 posted on 09/06/2025 3:18:44 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Is this damn country so hard up for Judges that we have to hire Sparkle Sookananan from Trinidad?)
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Alex Lockie
Aug 21, 2025Updated Aug 22, 2025
White Hawk Carriers Inc., the carrier that employed Department of Homeland Security-dubbed “illegal alien” driver Harjinder Singh at the time of his triple-fatal Florida turnpike crash, has been shut down after a national media firestorm.

As of Wednesday, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s SAFER system snapshot for the company showed its operating authority as “Not Authorized.”

The move follows Department of Transportation and DHS leadership bashing state licensing and enforcement practices, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ work with the feds, and longtime anti-freight fraud vigilante Dale Prax’s direct communications with FMCSA.

White Hawk was already flagged as “pending cancellation,” as it was 30 days before the end date on the company’s insurance policy, according to Prax. Prax regularly researches companies with motor carrier and broker authority in his work at FreightValidate.

“Just coincidentally, Great West was about to cancel the policy on August 19,” as that was the renewal date, he said. “Great West decided not to renew” White Hawk’s policy after the deadly crash on August 12.

But sometimes things like insurance renewals get lost in the mail, and for that reason FMCSA waits three days after the renewal date before shutting off authority if it doesn’t receive confirmation of renewal.

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19 posted on 09/06/2025 3:23:07 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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Singh’s fatalities appear to have been Haitians........


Those Indians are sly dogs....truing to lessen the
Indian impact by dragging out antipathy against Haitians.


20 posted on 09/06/2025 3:28:07 AM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil kno ws you're dead (Irish blessing))
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