US EditionFederal Government to Withhold $40M From California for Not Enforcing Trucker English Requirements
The U.S. Department of Transportation demands California enforce English proficiency to restore $40 million in federal funds amid safety concerns after a fatal truck crash.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers.
- An investigation found that California had conducted thousands of trucker inspections but only one involved an English violation resulting in a driver being taken out of service.
- To get the funding reinstated, California must adopt regulations to enforce the English rules and test truck drivers' English skills during inspections, pulling anyone who fails out of service.
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Feds to withhold $40M from California for not enforcing trucker English
By Josh Funk, AP Transportation Writer Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Aug. 12 found what Duffy called significant failures in the way California is enforcing rules th…
Federal authorities say California is the only state in the country that does not meet the standards of competition in English for commercial truckers
Trump Admin Withholds $40 Million From California For Failing To Enforce Truck Driver English Standards
Picture a Tower of Babel on wheels—eighteen-wheelers barreling down American highways where drivers and law enforcement speak different languages, where critical safety instructions become deadly... The post Trump Admin Withholds $40 Million From California For Failing To Enforce Truck Driver English Standards appeared first on Patriot Journal.
'Subjective standard': Truckers slam new Trump policy that took 6,000 drivers off roads
Nearly 6,000 commercial truck drivers have been taken off the road since June for failing to meet new federal English-language requirements, according to a Washington Post analysis of government data.A report published in the Post Thursday noted that the policy — which was implemented in May by the Department of Transportation — requires truckers to demonstrate basic English proficiency during roadside inspections. Transportation Secretary Sean …
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