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Trump plans to sign an executive order requiring commercial truck drivers to speak English.
(www.rawstory.com)
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Well, it's fact. Some truckers and trucker's groups have theorized that the increase in CDL involved accidents since the relaxing of this rule are caused instead of simply correlated.
I actually agree with enforcing rules like this so even though trump's an asshole, this one might improve safety.
I think it would be great if you can list some credible source before asserting a fact.
Also I have a question, why do truck drivers speaking English makes the road more safe? As long as they understand the required knowledge, I don't see the language they speak matters in terms of safety, but that could just be my lack of understanding in this area.
It's in the news?
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-rolling-back-obama-era-english-language-requirement-truck-drivers-2065172
Quickest example I can come up with:
"Winter conditions ahead, reduce speed now."
You know what also happened in 2016? They revised the definition of "large truck" to include 329 more vehicles. By increasing the sample size you're going to see more accidents. Common cause of accidents is fatigue from drivers working too many hours. That gets better if there's less drivers and they have to know English though right?