"The order gives California, New Mexico and Washington-state a month to comply. The United States Department of Transportation has threatened to withhold federal funding from three states unless they add English proficiency as a requirement for commercial truck drivers. On Tuesday, the Transportation Department made the call to potentially withhold funding from the states of California, New Mexico and Washington."
"The Transportation Department said California has conducted roughly 34,000 inspections that found at least one violation since the new language standards took effect, requiring truck drivers to be able to recognise and read road signs and communicate with authorities in English. But only one inspection involved an English language rules violation that resulted in a driver being taken out of service. And 23 drivers with violations in other states were allowed to continue driving after inspections in California."
"Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy cited similar statistics for the other states, with Washington finding more than 6,000 violations of safety rules during inspections, but only pulling four drivers out of service for English language violations. New Mexico has not placed any drivers out of service since the rules took effect. In May, Duffy outlined the requirements that would place those truck drivers who fail to meet those requirements out of service. Americans are a lot safer on roads alongside truckers who can understand and interp"
An order gives California, New Mexico and Washington one month to add English proficiency requirements for commercial truck drivers or face federal funding cuts. The Department of Transportation threatened to withhold federal funds from the three states for failing to adopt the English requirement. The administration paused issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers and issued an executive order enforcing English proficiency standards. California conducted roughly 34,000 inspections that found at least one violation since the standards took effect, but only one inspection led to a driver being taken out of service for English violations, and 23 drivers with out-of-state violations were allowed to continue driving. Washington reported more than 6,000 safety violations but removed four drivers for English violations, while New Mexico removed none. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy outlined criteria to place noncompliant drivers out of service. Americans are safer alongside truckers who can understand and interpret road signs and communicate with authorities in English.
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