[CARTOUCHE]

You are correct. In many places in the US licences are being granted to those who have to take the Commercial Driver's License exam with an interpreter inspite of the Federal Regs that say a driver must be able to communicate in English. But until there is wholesale carnage caused by tired truckers of whatever native tongue there will be little change because everyone wants their consummables at the lowest possible price in the fastest posssible way. Right now our society will tolerate the occasional horrific accident if it means getting their stuff. I introduced the union aspect into the conversation because it has frequently been suggested by many of my fellow truckers as the solution to all our problems. Stiffling competition and innovation through unionism is hardly the corrrect solution regardless of what Ford and the UAW claim to the contrary.

[CARTOUCHE]

As for the KC Star article and the reporter. She could have saved the Star a bundle of expense money by writing the article from memory. She had already been a driver at one time. Visiting any truckstop in the Kansas City area would have given her ample quotes from drivers on their perception of the problem of fatigued driving practices.