Do they require the drivers of Mexico trucks running in this country to have a US license? Unless the law has changed I think they drive with a Mexico license or maybe none at all. I use to talk to some of these Mexico drivers and they know very few English words. So I guess we are picking on the ones that live in this country.
Just like commercial aircraft pilots having to speak and understand English, at least all commercial truckers in America should have the same requirement -- and that would put the brakes on most Mexican truckers coming into America.
This guy was interviewed in spanish. He’s been here for 20 years and he’s still more comfortable speaking in spanish, THIS is the problem. This is most definitely a safety issue. DOT regs require they are able to speak and read the english language, if they have a usa issued cdl it shouldn’t be a problem. My husband told me a while back that some states were shutting down some of these drivers because they couldn’t carry on a conversation in english, and more power to them.
It scares the hell out of me that there’s so many middle-eastern truck drivers out there, oh my bad, that was so very politically incorrect. I question alot of truck drivers out there and their supposed cdl. It’s not hard to get one. My husband had a student who lived in Danville, CA but his cdl was issued out of Michigan, and yeah, the hair on the back of my neck tweaks sometimes. You’d be scared too if you knew alot of those with cdl’s shouldn’t have them in the first place.
you call it ‘picking’ to require that someone driving a load, of what might be, hazardous material to speak english?
Then I am proud to be that picky.