17,000 Drivers
Posted by ConsciousAwareness69@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 277 comments
I support this decision!
Posted by ConsciousAwareness69@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 277 comments
I support this decision!
Justwanttosellmynips@reddit
I fucking hate Trump, like I do to an unhealthy degree but having this law enforced is good.
HeardwhatIsaidTone@reddit
It’s called TDS
Cultural-Key3497@reddit
It used to be. Now TDS is the people who are still MAGA after refusing to keep any of the promises that got him elected. Less people deported in 2025 than Obama deported in his first year as president. Epstein files were covered up and none of the few names we got have faced ANY consequences. And to add the icing on this cake made of shit, our president promised no new wars and look at us now. I supported trump for almost a decade but he is a liar and betrayed everyone that voted for him
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
Trump is the only president who released any Epstein files, Trump since 1990’s said Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon, democrats also agreed Iran was the biggest threat to the modern day western world, and lastly. You can’t show me ONE PIECE of EVIDENCE Trump is a “rapist”.
ohmygodbees@reddit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
Funny how that didn’t come with a criminal charge 🤔. Also from a chick who named her dog vagina and accused several other people of the same thing. Yeah, trump definitely needed to assault an old ass lady. Sure buddy
ohmygodbees@reddit
Trump is a rapist, and a child rapist.
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
Nah that’s you, and it’s well documented. And if you even think of defending yourself, that would make you a grapist defender and child diddler defender
ohmygodbees@reddit
You support a child rapist.
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
Still waiting on that proof everyone is talking about
ohmygodbees@reddit
It is in the Epstein files thousands of times. Trump molests children.
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
Nothing in the Epstein file criminally implicates Trump doing anything wrong. If so post a link. But I know you won’t
ohmygodbees@reddit
https://www.ibtimes.com/fresh-evidence-backs-teens-rape-claim-against-donald-trump-chilling-epstein-link-resurfaces-3800636
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
“These claims have not been tested in court, and no charges have been filed.” Did you also know that she legally retracted her claims btw? The lawyer stated intimidation. But did you also know your lawyer isn’t going to say that you just blatantly lied with no substantiating evidence, instead it’s just better to say you were intimidated to do so?
ohmygodbees@reddit
yeah whatever if you want to continue supporting and defending a pedophile that is on you. you need to come to terms with the fact that you fully support a child molester and there is nothing I can do to convince you otherwise even though there are thousands of documents of evidence. Either you are really lost or you are a foreign agent pushing this bullshit. Good luck.
ohmygodbees@reddit
Except for all the stuff about him raping children, yeah. Have you read any of the files?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/doj-releases-epstein-files-containing-sexual-assault-allegations-against-trump
DrJJStroganoff@reddit
He literally lost in court and is an adjudicated rapist.
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
He never lost in court, he settled. Two totally different things. Everyone knows civil lawsuits have a lower burden of proof and a simple allegation is enough to follow through with court proceedings
StonedTrucker@reddit
He did not settle. He was found liable by a jury that his own lawyers got to help select. The civil lawsuit is far from the only piece of evidence against him. The epstein files mentioning him tens of thousands of times does that too
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
Buddy, if he was found guilty of a crime he’d be criminally charged. You still have yet to prove to me he’s raped anyone. Elvis presley was in the Epstein files, being named in them doesn’t mean you raped anyone
DrJJStroganoff@reddit
Are you splitting hairs between criminal rape and civil sexual assault? Or just trying to defend some 37 count felon who's best friend was Epstein?
Either way... you may have some issues going on.
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
Last time I checked buddy. Sexual assault was a crime. Funny how any of the inflated felony charges he was charged with didn’t have anything to do with sexual assault. Maybe because there was no proof? Isn’t that weird u don’t know how the law works?
Justwanttosellmynips@reddit
Damn dude you are working real hard to defend a pedo. Maybe your hard drives need to be checked.
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
Nice deflection, still waiting for any compelling evidence he’s raped anyone. I’d proudly condemn him if it’s the case
ohmygodbees@reddit
https://www.ibtimes.com/fresh-evidence-backs-teens-rape-claim-against-donald-trump-chilling-epstein-link-resurfaces-3800636
Justwanttosellmynips@reddit
Then get your head out of the sand and actually look. You have been provided with evidence by other people but you refuse to look or acknowledge it. You say you will but the evidence points to you doing nothing but accepting it. He has driven this county into the ground, he is a warmonger, he denies any wrong doing ever, he thinks he is chosen by God, he insults and degrades anyone who questions him, he talks about how he got to freely go into children's changing rooms, he brags about sexual assault.
If you claim you would proudly condemn him for his actions actually do it like a real person and not the blind sheep you are. But you'll just find another excuse to defend him or denie what I said cause thats what you people do. Anything but admit you were wrong.
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
People only cited Wikipedia. Which everyone knows isn’t credible. Other than that, you just said a bunch of how you feel, and assertions without backing. The funniest one was a warmonger tbh. Only US President with the most peace deals amongst other nations in history. Lowest rate of inflation compared to Biden by a long shot, hard to be wrong when you’re usually right, children’s changing rooms and brags about sexual assault? Guessing you’re referencing the grabem by the snaz comment? Grow up kid, I gave ur mom backshots. Does that mean I just bragged about sexual assault? If I did I’m not sorry at all
Justwanttosellmynips@reddit
Just proved all my points. Keep that head in the sand and dig deep. Maybe one day Trump will let you taste his dick.
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
Already have, tastes yummy
ohmygodbees@reddit
you are not a trucker. You are a bot.
DrJJStroganoff@reddit
What I do know is he found liable for sexual assault... by a jury... in a court room... where his appeal was denied...
Not sure how else me and the other folks here can spell it out for you. And its amazing how i can grasp this simple concept not knowing how the law works.... weird.
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
If he was found liable then why wasn’t he imprisoned for rape. Possibly because the lack of evidence wouldn’t even pass probably cause in a criminal case?
StonedTrucker@reddit
The statute of limitations had passed for a criminal trial. He intimidated the women he raped so they wouldnt sue him criminally back when it happened. At least one of his accusers mysteriously died after trying get criminal charges placed on him and others accepted settlements
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
Right so just a bunch of nonsense. Got it. Btw a settlement when you got money is way cheaper than dragin it through court. Most people would know that but I figured I’d have to spell it out for you
ohmygodbees@reddit
B o t
DrJJStroganoff@reddit
Your comment is pure speculation, why it didnt go to criminal trial is anyone's guess. Key word being guess, as we do not know.
What we do know is the fact remains he was found liable for sexual assault in a civil court.
Cultural-Key3497@reddit
I bet Elvis wasn’t named thousands of times
Odd-Bullfrog-9125@reddit
He could be named 1 million times. That doesn’t mean a crime was committed. Period
Sharp_Requirement_50@reddit
If you think he did that over “nuclear weapons” you been drinkin too much kool-aid son.
Molten_Baco@reddit
Iran was compliant with the nuclear deal Obama had in place. Trump pulled out of it, then after Iran sent a new deal which was basically what was in place before hand the trump administration was too fucking retarded to understand it and just bombed them. Trump is a beta cuk bitch
Far-Orange-3047@reddit
gawk gawk
You’ve got some Cheeto dust on your lips sir.
HeardwhatIsaidTone@reddit
Remember when yall licked BLM boots? Like actually licked them 😆😆😆
HeardwhatIsaidTone@reddit
Wow you gave TDS too. Have another booster
Kind_Interview_2366@reddit
Damn, you people are really something else.
HeardwhatIsaidTone@reddit
You believe men can get pregnant so😂
SummerBoi20XX@reddit
You are a pedophile defender. You love pedophiles. You are in league with Satan. There's nothing you've said to anyone here that is worse than what you are and what you represent.
Kind_Interview_2366@reddit
Gotta be a bot, no one is that stupid.
phosgene_frog@reddit
Have you seen your average maga? Plenty of them are THAT stupid or worse.
HeardwhatIsaidTone@reddit
-Bot
Cultural-Key3497@reddit
Hey asshole, not everyone who is mad at trump is a commie leftist. I’m probably further right-wing than you. Your president gave illegals a de facto amnesty.. you cool with that? We are fighting wars to weaken America for a foreign nation. You are a clown if you still support him
DonBoy30@reddit
It’s called having some semblance of self awareness and intellect.
RedlineM5@reddit
TDS
DrJJStroganoff@reddit
Not liking a guy who who is a adjudicated rapist, says he won't release the Epstein files because "his friends will get hurt", placed illegal tariffs on the American consumer, and stated a war with Iran... is no longer considered TDS, it's just called common sense.
HeardwhatIsaidTone@reddit
TDS
Ur_Fav_Step-Redditor@reddit
The only actual TDS is in whatever cult members that are still pretending like he’s a great president
DrJJStroganoff@reddit
They are too stupid, or too proud to admit they got conned at this point
thtamthrfckr@reddit
Tricked again but still makes them too uncomfy to admit it. Wish they’d be uncomfy with pedophilia, inflation and dead soldiers
Chuuby_Gringo@reddit
If having TDS is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
Turbulent-Pay1150@reddit
So have you had an English literacy test administered to you? If not, why do you believe the post may be true?
No-Subject-6378@reddit
Don't forget that it the companies paying slave wages that enable this. Now those drivers are off the roaf and they can wipe their hands clean, how nice for them.
hithazel@reddit
These megacarriers and the companies that hire unsafe drivers would cut any corner no matter how unsafe for another nickel. Until they are punished and it hits the bottom line they will continue cutting corners and putting our lives at risk.
Justwanttosellmynips@reddit
Oh trust me, I know. Its because these corporations have too much say in how we run our country.
They are all in the pockets of the politicians.
ConsciousAwareness69@reddit (OP)
It’s called Trump Derangement Syndrome.
B17bomber@reddit
Trump is a child rapist. I think it's normal to hate somebody like that
PupusaSlut@reddit
The derangement is not realizing Trump is a garbage president.
azrckcrwler@reddit
Correct, you are experiencing Trump Derangement Syndrome.
DrJJStroganoff@reddit
Not liking a guy who who is a adjudicated rapist, says he won't release the Epstein files because "his friends will get hurt", placed illegal tariffs on the American consumer, and stated a war with Iran... is no longer considered TDS, it's just called common sense.
ZLUCremisi@reddit
He is protecting pedophiles. Espiten list is not being released and the pedophiles on it won't be prosecuted.
He has mental health problems that literally is worse than Biden. Talking about nuking Iran, so flip floppy on issues that literally the last person who talk to him is his position.
He started a war so unpopular that killed at least 13 American service members injured hundreds more.
Promoting a viters bill that will make everyone re-register to vote that needs multiple documents that take months as a SS card, birth certificate both are not acceptable documents according to the bill.
Thegrandestpoo@reddit
Agreed. I’m your spirit animal.
Sharp_Requirement_50@reddit
As I am yours.
Armchair-Attorney@reddit
Worth remembering that English language proficiency for commercial drivers has been the law for nearly 💯 years in the US.
Infuryous@reddit
Agree They should have never gotten a CDL if they couldn't speak fluent English in the first place. It purely safety.
But just wait, the mega carriers will talk about how this is pushing a "sever shortage of drivers" (which we know there isn't), and the "cure" will be a push for driverless trucks on the interstates between hubs nationwide... just like they have already started in Texas.
Vulcan_Jedi@reddit
I can’t wait for that to happen and then Truck Piracy starts becoming a thing. It’s way more tempting to run a robot off the road and steal the cargo is there’s no risk of a driver fighting back or getting hurt.
supernova-juice@reddit
Don't you think by that point the vehicle will have 8000 cameras? Ever seen a cybertruck up close? Cameras everywhere. I figure it'll be the same with rigs.
Parking-Signature867@reddit
Now the thing to remember is a large majority of these CDLs are from California where you dont need anything to get CDL no test no requirements nothing just a body and you get it. Idk about other mega carriers but the one I work for denied someone for not understanding English enough to understand the signs
FellFellCooke@reddit
You think there aren't any tests for CDLs in calafornia?
Parking-Signature867@reddit
Unless they recently changed it there was no test
Tricky_Big_8774@reddit
Didn't the Texas test trucks have an avoidable accident not that long ago? I haven't been following it closely, so I could be misremembering.
MtAnal@reddit
I don't remember seeing that. I'm in Central TX at the epicenter of this shit. I can tell you that both Tesla and Waymos self driving cars are an issue. They would run tests where they would constantly not stop and hit a "kid" exiting a bus, but somehow got approved to run through the city of Austin where there's almost daily videos of them doing dumb shit. Just a few weeks ago there was bad shooting downtown at a bar, and a Waymo was blocking the ambulance. The tech isn't there but they might just push this on us anyway.
BigDickMadera@reddit
Thank you, MtAnal
MtAnal@reddit
You're very welcome, BigDickMadera
cammysays@reddit
You just gotta love seeing a big dick getting along with an ass
RectumRavager69@reddit
It's always a good time
robexib@reddit
Agreed, RectumRavager69
Specialist-Bee8060@reddit
There was a recent cyber truck with a soccer mom and kids in the car and it ran into a concrete wall on a bridge over pass.
CrackTheCoke@reddit
So what? How is this relevant?
LethalRex75@reddit
How do you know she was a soccer mom
Specialist-Bee8060@reddit
I think the news said that
kwtransporter66@reddit
Well technically any woman in a mini van with kids is classified as a soccer mom.
Specialist-Bee8060@reddit
I figured it was the news way of smearing tesla my throwing in the soccer mom bit. I saw the video and could clearly see the car heading into the wall. Pretty sure the autonomous vehicle is not 100 percent self driving yet.
Tricky_Big_8774@reddit
I saw that. Even disregarding the "supervised" restriction, I'd be willing to bet the terms of use say not to use it in areas with construction.
NFLTG_71@reddit
It was more than an avoidable accident. I thought it had broke down in the middle of a lane and then there was one a couple of weeks later that stopped in the middle of the lane and caught fire. Which caused a big old mess. I know that Berkshire Hathaway, which was the main investor in that Kodiak driverless truck company but someone said they pulled their funding after the truck caught fire so I really don’t know. I just would never trust my cargo in a truck that didn’t have a human behind it. Can you imagine what those trucks would do if they had to go through say the Rockies in Colorado or had to drive I 80 in Wyoming during the winter
Covered_in_Love@reddit
Well driverless trucks are coming whether you like that truth or not. It’s not “if” but “when.” In many ways, it’s needed also. It’s just the reality of things. Long term, it will be more efficient, safer, and reduce many of the problems with unsafe drivers overall. I would start gaining and developing other skill sets if i was all of you. My guess is we are 10 years away. You can hate it all you want, but it’s inevitable. It’s,the same with AI…you can hate it all you want, but it’s not wise to not think outside the box, adapt, and use what you can towards your advantage.
NFLTG_71@reddit
I thought Texas started to crack down on those because too many of them were breaking down in the middle of a lane. I know there was one that caught fire. What was it about four or five months ago honestly, would you trust your cargo in a truck that did not have a person behind the wheel.
Infuryous@reddit
Texas just approved an increase in the number of driverless trucks.
NFLTG_71@reddit
Yeah, I just looked it up on Google. I don’t know if you noticed this or not, but most of those stories are from beginning of last year.
Infuryous@reddit
Here is one that was just announced:
https://www.kxan.com/traffic/transportation/sh-130-to-become-test-route-for-new-driverless-freight-trucks/
GarrisonWhite2@reddit
That’s honestly probably part of the plan.
Keepup863@reddit
Alot of people learn enough to pass the tests and just dont keep up with it
NFLTG_71@reddit
I pulled into the waystation as you enter Wyoming. This was about a month or two after they started cracking down on the English language for drivers and immigration was there they had four Mexican kids hooked up and putting them in the back of cars the guy on the inside of the building said there were four drivers in the truck and not one of them had a CDL from the United States
Huzul34@reddit
Weigh station *
NFLTG_71@reddit
I know I said it I have big hands and I have to do speech to text. I should’ve edited it sorry.
Turbulent-Pay1150@reddit
Basic fail of a literacy test?
NFLTG_71@reddit
No shitty AutoCorrect
Huzul34@reddit
Just helping out man
NomadFire@reddit
After doing some skimming this post might not be true. What I found was California revoked 17k CDLs from drivers that had stayed past their visas. Last I heard was all commercial truck drivers had to retake the drivers test in English. I don't think that has happened yet. Also he seemed to be most interested in enforcing it on 3 states, not all 50.
ear_cheese@reddit
You mean the government LIED?!?!
Turbulent-Pay1150@reddit
The shocking part is not that they lied. The shocking part is that people in here believed them. How naive are we, and is that on the test to be a trucker, basic competency in analytical reasoning?
PS: Drivers, if you have not been retested then why do you believe that 17k drivers were and had their CDL’s pulled?
Western-Willow-9496@reddit
The federal guide lines have only been around since 1986. Before that it was up to the states.
RectumRavager69@reddit
49 CFR §391.11(b)(2) has been part of the requirement to have a cdl since 1937. In 2016 they allowed translation tools to aid in speaking with law enforcement effectively nullifying it. That exemption was removed in 2025.
TebFord@reddit
1937? Where’d you hear that CDL’s didn’t began until 1992.
RectumRavager69@reddit
Even if you didn't literally have to have a cdl you still had to follow the regulation for operating a commercial vehicle on public roads and were still held to a higher standard legally. Being proficient in English has been part of that since 1937. It just wasn't enforced from 2016 to 2025.
Signal-Perspective65@reddit
110%. It's a law in other western countries too but you guys are the only one that's decided to properly enforce it so far. Great stuff
ohmygodbees@reddit
since 1970 at best
RectumRavager69@reddit
1936, went into law in 1937
DukeBradford2@reddit
How dare you bring facts in here you close minded so and so.
Popliteal-@reddit
Some states waive that requirement for intrastate drivers according to my 2026 facts for drivers book my company gave me. That was news to me
Lumpy-Macaron4512@reddit
Now start paying the English speaking drivers an actual livable wage
homucifer666@reddit
LoL, no. There's enough CDL mills pulling in fast food and warehouse workers to make up for the ones that got canned.
Just look at all the posts in this sub about people either thinking about leaving their current line of work to come to trucking or already in the process.
goshjosh189@reddit
No? You don't think truckers deserve a livable wage?
homucifer666@reddit
The enemy of the living wage isn't other workers; it's the capitalist class. Things will never change as long as the system of exploitation remains as it is. You guys are mad at the wrong people.
lonelydude19@reddit
Serious question, how do you think the exploitation will stop or can be stopped?
goshjosh189@reddit
Amendment #2: electric boogaloo
homucifer666@reddit
I will get banned from Reddit if I say it, but I think you know the answer anyway.
lonelydude19@reddit
I don’t know the answer that’s why I’m asking lol, can you send a private message or something ?
goshjosh189@reddit
The only people I'm mad at is rich people
Ok_Victory_231@reddit
Anything going to happen to the companies that hired them to begin with?
Octopus_Juice@reddit
This right here. Company owners and board members need to be sat down or heavily fined.
LazarusOtter@reddit
They need to be locked up. Throw a couple of these cocksuckers in federal prison and see how quickly the rest of them shape up.
greedybanker3@reddit
no. that takes alot more work and will get more powerful push back. i mean look at the chicken plant in Mississippi. hundreds of employees and something like 90% were illegal. you cant say you didnt know. but nothing happened. because if you try to do something the companies will put their money into stopping you from interfering with their slave labor.
Dicktures@reddit
Illegal =/= illiterate in English
phosgene_frog@reddit
Legal doesn't necessary mean literate, either. Plenty of the comments I'm reading here demonstrate that.
tvieno@reddit
With this administration it's "open mouth, insert lie."
Some_Victory_5499@reddit
It has always been law, quit blaming Trump for justice.
Turbulent-Pay1150@reddit
Ummm. no one blamed Trump for Justice. Ever. Not and still be considered an intelligent person. Cruelty, yes. Corruption, yes. Rape, certainly. Child rape, most likely (Epstein fun). Sexism, on brand. Bribed, yes. Incompetency, yes. Bankruptcy, yep multiple times. Racism, absolutely.
Justice, nope, no evidence to support that.
Some_Victory_5499@reddit
You can't see what's coming, and you're going to be left behind. And if you don't understand that statement, you need to do some serious research. Racism only comes from racist
Turbulent-Pay1150@reddit
Technically, Racism is a symptom that helps shows who is a racist. A subtle difference. If your acts are racist, you are probably a racist, by your works you are known, as are we all.
Silent-Room-4987@reddit
I voted for this.
Turbulent-Pay1150@reddit
To accept half truths and lies and swallow them whole? Proud of that voting record, are you?
Silent-Room-4987@reddit
Why are you in a trucking sub reddit? You're not a truck driver. Go back to your ev, healthcare, and law subs.
Turbulent-Pay1150@reddit
Glad I inspired you to review my post history! It shows you care.
TheCanukNomads@reddit
I am a 30 year old driver with 30 years experience, a flawless driving record, a CDL and speak perfect English.
I am a single, Canadian/Swiss and want to work and live in the USA 🇺🇸
Any suggestions as to what companies might be interested in helping me?
alanhawley@icloud.com
DukeBradford2@reddit
i heard the english test is an officer holding up a Dr. Seuss book and asks you to read the kid rhymes
Turbulent-Pay1150@reddit
Heard it, but haven’t seen the test? If you haven’t been tested why would you believe that others have been?
LastMongoose7448@reddit
Watch Pepe’s Towing Channel on YouTube and tell me if you pick-up the common denominator among the drivers making all the messes around the Los Angeles area.
This has come along way too late…
Turbulent-Pay1150@reddit
Were they driving trucks?
Admirable-Cookie2888@reddit
This is cool but honestly this is a drop in a bucket compared to what's really going on in the industry I will hip hip hooray when they decide to pay worth your time worth your health healthier food options etc. 17,000 new drivers will replace these guys and get exploited for cents on the dollar.
Busy-Masterpiece-479@reddit
Love it.
Club_Penguin_Legend_@reddit
Rare Trump W
hotdog11inch@reddit
It not the trump administration rule it is this rule has been a rule way before Trump was president and it just now getting enforced
COUNTRYCOWBOY01@reddit
Can y'all come up here and do canada next? Please!
Kowliq@reddit
No CDL unless fluent in French! /s
sicksixgamer@reddit
Yes! Great work!
lankyevilme@reddit
The non truckers of reddit will be on here soon talking about how terrible and racist this is. I read English and it's still tough to figure out construction and detours sometimes. Thank goodness these non speakers are off of the roads.
hithazel@reddit
Lefty here and the root of the problem is just like the border. As long as the incentive is there, there will be people poor and desperate enough to come. If we don't punish the companies paying for this it will happen again. Basic economics.
Not against foreign truckers- hell I have known plenty of idiots who couldn't pre-trip or stay off their cell phone born here as well, but the standard has to be enforced across the board or lives are at risk.
foreverlost1nsea@reddit
Simply put, the English language proficiency is a federal requirement so nothing racist in that. What I find racist though is categorizing all non speaking drivers as "dangerous foreign drivers" like they are killers on the run. Not just the careless and stupid people. And judging by what I saw on the road, many Americans are incapable of reading signs on the road, not just the "dangerous foreign drivers".
I'm a foreigner myself and I do speak english well enough. But I also know non speaking drivers with perfect driving records, they are not dangerous. But again, speaking english is a requirement so he either learns english or give up his CDL.
truth-informant@reddit
I bet you love ICE.
foreverlost1nsea@reddit
Also, quick question because it's been bugging me... What in my message makes you believe I love ICE? lol fr it was a level headed comments that doesn't even talk about immigration.
foreverlost1nsea@reddit
Ice, I love it dead cold :)
Taco_Hurricane@reddit
There's a huge difference between 'these drivers are unsafe since they can't read' and 'i hate brown people'. In this case it's simply enforcing the rules of having a CDL. If anything, the license should be suspended until they've successfully completed a basic English course and show they are able to read and speak it to a sufficient level.
Personally though I think the companies that hired these people should also receive a massive fine.
username_unnamed@reddit
Why are you even bringing up 'i hate brown people'? Are all foreigners brown people to you? My assumption on how OOS works, basing it on English proficiency is effectively a suspension until they learn.
Wahree_77@reddit
This‼️ None of them are speaking about white undocumented immigrants at all….always black and brown ones!! 🤦🏽♂️😅
goshjosh189@reddit
Do you really think the white passing immigrants are getting language checked 😂
DaHick@reddit
Worldwide, you have to speak English to pilot a plane. I wouldn't care what language was the basis (well, it would take me a long time for Chinese or Arabic) but having standards work.
If we are going to let me stay on my soapbox, can we standardize paint and sign markings - worldwide?
Responsible-Baby-551@reddit
I would like to see the companies that hired non English speakers to be required to setup basic English classes and pay for these lessons
Critical_Opening_526@reddit
That's more my issue.
And yes; I have a cdl.
I was an examiner. I failed individuals for inability to speak English. I got called racist and then they went somewhere else that someone passed them.
Go after the people accepting bribes, hiring them, etc and the issue will take care of itself.
I've met first generation foreigners, I'm engaged to someone who was born here, but even her older brother wasn't. They're not bad people, they're trying to survive.
But there's hundreds of bullshit companies willing to endanger my life to save 20k a year by hiring safe, competent drivers. They're rushing towards autonomous vehicles before paying a better wage.
ArdenJaguar@reddit
I’m a Democrat and an ex-Trucker and I hate racism. This is not racist. If they can’t read a highway sign I don’t want to be in a car on a road with them. It’s a matter of safety.
ohmygodbees@reddit
Trouble is the way these "proficiency tests" are being administered is all subjective. Someone may understand the signs just fine but they might have an accent the person doing the check doesn't like.
StonedTrucker@reddit
If thats the case then the person could bring it to court and have the issue examined. They could probably sue for lost wages if its found that they do speak english
goshjosh189@reddit
It doesn't work like that and it never has
Redsoxdragon@reddit
It's not even nontruckers because normies 4wheelers are tired of their shit.
It's these weirdos with no social awareness who think that putting their blinders on and act like politics are the end all be all. I'm starting to question if they're even real still
king_rootin_tootin@reddit
How can it be racist if it's just about language proficiency? I've met plenty of immigrants from non-white countries who speak nearly perfect English
I just hope they'll do something about some of those southern guys. Sorry, but some of them speak about as clearly as Boomhauer.
ohmygodbees@reddit
It is the way these tests are being administered. If they don't like your accent that is plenty enough.
ChoomBurner@reddit
People on this subreddit view it as truckers being racist because it only took a couple minutes for some clown to leave a racist comment like they already did on this thread.
Thismechanictrucks@reddit
Can't be racist if you go after everyone. But in all seriousness, I know their accent makes it difficult to understand their english; you got folks that can speak at a 3rd grade level, understand signs, basically meet the criteria; but are they being mistakenly being Out of service as to someone who literally cant and solely relies on Google translate to get by?
Thismechanictrucks@reddit
Heynowwhatdoyoumeantheyspeaklikeboomhaueridonthearitgudnumbit.
lankyevilme@reddit
If previous threads are any indication , they will be here soon to tell you how it's racist.
Redsoxdragon@reddit
It's not even nontruckers because even normies 4wheelers are tired of their shit.
It's these weirdos with no social awareness who think put their blinders on and act like politics are the end all be all. I'm starting to question if they're even real still
dicethevice@reddit
Unpopular? Maybe but we all need to be speaking and reading the same language to be safe out here
SteppenAxolotl@reddit
Worth remembering the 6th generation Waymo Driver is very proficient with most languages.
Sea-Count-5298@reddit
Too bad the 17,000 jobs are not really decent jobs. Let's see if they can replace the 17, 000 drivers with 17,000 jobs paying a living wage. That would be something to get excited about. In California you can take a commercial license test at the DMV in any language you want that needs to change too.
GronGrinder@reddit
Can someone tell me why there are actually so many fresh immigrant drivers who barely speak fluent English? How are they being thrown in on such a large scale?!
Socketz11@reddit
Its one of the only jobs that pays a living wage without a education and getting lucky landing a 6 figure job. These non-english speakers get/got trained at a trucking school that speaks their native language and they get hired instantly from a company that also only speaks their native language. They use usually have some scam at the DMV that issues their licenses for $500+, its like a immigrant driver mill. They haul cheap freight, they keep rates down, they work for cheap. Many of them are undertrained, they cant read road signs, and some of them are a real danger to the public and other drivers. Plus getting them all off the road is good for rates, better pay, and better working conditions for people who are doing it legally.
goshjosh189@reddit
It is not good for rates, pay or working conditions unless we actually demand it. Plenty of people are going to be fine with stopping at just kicking the immigrants off of roads and not demanding any of the benefits that it may bring (Benefits that we could have had without kicking the immigrants off the road). Plenty of people are fine with their quality of life slowly declining as long as they have a jobless immigrant to laugh at and that's a real problem
Socketz11@reddit
Less trucks mean better rates
goshjosh189@reddit
That may be what would happen if we actually had a functioning free market. What we actually have is a market that is run by monopolys that use their money to make laws.
DathBlah@reddit
17000 Drivers is the name of my next album
DANO8503@reddit
I would not go to any other country and attempt to drive a commercial vehicle without being fluent in that country’s language. Why is it ok here? Even if your using a translated version of GPS there’s still the construction signs in English that aren’t on there, new signs or changed speeds that aren’t updated, these two things alone could lead to catastrophic results
PoemDependent3001@reddit
Drivers in general need to be taught how to properly driver. From going below the speed limit in the passing lane, blocking all lanes of the highway so vehicles can't pass. Cutting other vehicles off, etc honestly the list is too long. This is just a show.
musicalmadness1@reddit
You realize most megas are governed by the company to 65. Reason for the "65mph elephant race." When they try to pass each other. Those of us not governed to 65 hate them too. Most drivers I know I use signal. If someone's not paying attention and think I cut them off. I keep signal on for 5 seconds before I change lanes. 70ft takes a bit to change lane.
PoemDependent3001@reddit
All drivers. I don't care how many years you've driven or if its governed. All drivers have or pull some risky maneuvers at times.
musicalmadness1@reddit
Sometimes there's no option. If driver infront of us jumps over last second because someone infront of them did because police or whatever on side of road now we all trying to get over. (Your supposed to move over for any vehicle with hazards not just emergency.)
LockportTrans@reddit
No more $0.98/mile freight
BoringJuiceBox@reddit
Don’t get me wrong the man is worse than garbage but this should be good for both safety and driver pay
UOLZEPHYR@reddit
10 bucks says pay will stay the same
BoringJuiceBox@reddit
I’d take that bet if I had 10 bucks
BRICH999@reddit
there are about 3.5m cdl holders in america. 17,000 represents about 0.05% of cdl holders. so if their pay distributed evenly, you should see an extra 5 cents for every $100... or an extra dollar for every $2000 you make.
123ImNobody@reddit
What about “dangerous CITIZEN drivers”?
Difficult_Chemical_6@reddit
They will never get the local drivers that don’t speak English tho
Huzul34@reddit
The problem is the foreigner companies hiring anyone who can drive a truck and only caring about filling those seats.
BlackSC2us@reddit
They need to crack down on these shell companies protecting bad drivers and bad companies. Literally dozens of shells for when drivers get in wrecks. They throw the info of a shell on, blocking the main company's info so it doesn't take the hit like it should for hiring shitty drivers. They do it for insurance and regulatory reasons. If half your drivers destroy their trucks in stupid accidents, it raises red flags. Eventually, if it gets bad enough, DOT will suspend, or even revoke, the company's authority.
Silver_Material_7249@reddit
Hell yeah that’s what I’m talking about and rates have skyrocketed right right?
goshjosh189@reddit
Who said anything about improved rates, Your only reward is not having to interact with immigrants at truck stops. Be happy with what you get.
Silver_Material_7249@reddit
Oh sorry I’m not racist enough to not want to deal with people only because they are different than me. If that’s why you’re doing it great I’m happy this worked out for you. At least now we can blame truckers like you happy with low rates
ColtNickel@reddit
I don’t really like to make political comments but here I go with a fun fact, since it’s primarily the democrat party that are the ones complaining about this the most, the english proficiency requirement was established in 1937 when the democrats had the trifecta, in 2016 under Obama the regulations were relaxed and out of service was removed as a penalty, in 2025 Trump merely reinforced what was already in place and shouldn’t have been relaxed in the first place.
goshjosh189@reddit
A large majority of the people that vote Democrat hate the Democrat party. No one really gives a fuck about what they do.
thetruckerswallofsha@reddit
Just so everyone knows that eliminating 200,000 unsafe drivers from trucking will increase profits for safe drivers and trucking companies by as much as &40,000 per year per truck over 3 years in increasing freight rates
goshjosh189@reddit
Yeah increase profits for trucking companies, O/O may get a slight increase IF the numbers are actually true which is all going to get eaten up by the awful gas prices anyway. Most normal drivers will not see any benefit from this whatsoever (besides the joy some drivers might get not seeing as many immigrants on the road)
Relevant quote: "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
daemonescanem@reddit
This post will get the racists, I mean MAGA excited.
Consistent-Shake-744@reddit
Who gets tested ? I haven’t heard of this or seen it in my neck of the woods yet
polarjunkie@reddit
This is happening everywhere and it's been a requirement of a level 1 to level 3 for months now generally though, how you say hello is good enough. If you can't communicate though they make you read road signs and tell them what those signs mean in English
goshjosh189@reddit
I'm sure that's exactly how it's happening, and it's 100% foolproof. Just like poll taxes this is working exactly the way it's intended to.
ThrottleItOut@reddit
I hate that POS, but this is 100% spot on.
HeardwhatIsaidTone@reddit
TDS
Wahree_77@reddit
That shit does not exist, made up by white people 🙄
HeardwhatIsaidTone@reddit
Racist and you also have TDS
Wahree_77@reddit
Not racist one bit, you know damn well white people made that up, and you’re still lying. Not one doctor has diagnosed me or anyone else with that bullshit‼️🙄
HeardwhatIsaidTone@reddit
TDS and racism on full display
Wahree_77@reddit
Still lying like a mf’er ‼️
HotShallot7400@reddit
Hell he can't complete a sentence lol . Pedophile molester Taco Clown
Difficult_Ladder369@reddit
Last time I heard i a bunch of them are mad bc they were born in the US but did not go to school bc they lived in the south.
Wahree_77@reddit
So now what about all the dangerous, barely can read, bad habit having ass, non driving American drivers⁉️🤷🏾♂️🙄
ApprehensivePin258@reddit
Fake news these were from ca the had a march 6 due date not because they didn't speak english
Worried_Play_8446@reddit
So a lot of folks from the south are about to get sent back to live with mom/sister
ONE-EYE-OPTIC@reddit
What does speaking English have to do with driving?
Lloyd_Fiddle@reddit
Everyone agrees drivers have to read signs. But why is there a steady drumbeat of these posts on this sub, all highlighting English proficiency and immigrants as if this is the biggest problem in trucking safety?
We can pretend this sub isn't political, but really these constant posts are just a more subtle dog-whistle way to be political.
Where's the constant posts about truckers being rampantly underpaid, and how many more accidents are caused by exhausted overworked drivers trying to make ends meet? Where's any action on that?
And I love the "it can't be racist because it's just a safety issue for everyone." Come on, let's at least be real. How are we gonna ignore the context of how wildly racist this administration is and pretend that they're actually concerned with safety? They're out here openly saying "white solidarity is the only way to survive" and "we need more islamaphobia" and dragging immigrants to concentration camps.
So naw, this isn't about road safety, it's another slam against immigrants with some plausible deniability sprinkled in. And we all know it's also probably a fuckin lie and they're pullin numbers out of their ass anyway like usual.
Sharp_Requirement_50@reddit
Or about the shotty food they have for us at these damn truck stops.
NFLTG_71@reddit
Good that’s the only thing the administration has done that I agree with. Now I hope I don’t have to hear anymore about how we don’t have enough truckers on the road. We have plenty of truckers. We just don’t have any good fucking loads.
mrh231111@reddit
How can they let them drive without knowing how to read road signs? Crazy...
WontSwerve@reddit
Please do this in Canada.
imadestarwars@reddit
Trump should take the English proficiency test. And a cognitive test. And a literacy test. And a blood test.
MoistDevelopment@reddit
Fake news.
RevolutionaryDebt365@reddit
Stupid repost bot
Strict-Paper-8450@reddit
English proficiency has always been a requirement. My grandfather licensed from Mexico and USA, told it’s always been a thing.. they are just enforcing it.
porkmyass@reddit
Durka durka Mohammed jihad
SashaDabinsky@reddit
Enjoy your coming week ban.
porkmyass@reddit
I literally couldn’t care less dude. It’s fucking reddit. lol
Mrfoojoe@reddit
This is the way 🫡
Summer-feels44@reddit
Pussy
Thismechanictrucks@reddit
Jihad a cdl, aaaand its gone
Connect_Mortgage7011@reddit
I got a chauffeurs license when I was 18 drove trucks for 30 years then went into management I’m 62 and still have no idea how you can get a cdl when you can’t speak English?? I’m guessing small truck driving schools??
Outlaw11091@reddit
I got my CDL from a mega carrier (Knight) about a decade ago.
1 week of "course work" (memorizing the items on a pre-trip and watching a buttload of videos I can't remember); 1 week of driving in a parking lot.
At the end of which, a Knight employee rode along with me for about a 5 minute ride around Phoenix. I was given a sealed envelope that was for my local DMV.
I gave the envelope to a lady at the DMV and she gave me a paper copy of my CDL.
There was 2 guys in my class that very obviously didn't speak or understand English....and the only time they really had issues was when they were calling out part names for their pre-trip exam. They still got their CDL's.
Apmaddock@reddit
I work for a tow company. Rollovers and other accidents have been down. Coincidence?
Thegrandestpoo@reddit
As much as I can’t wait until this administration burns to the ground, I do support this.
ecstadtic@reddit
I feel the same, I agree basic communication skills are absolutely necessary for safety. I just hate the WHY this was done, and it’s not for safety.
Thegrandestpoo@reddit
This is also true. It’s not about Saftey, they could give a shit about that.
FigmentBus89@reddit
Fuck Trump and everything about this administration. But this is undoubtedly a good thing.
ohmygodbees@reddit
I don't trust their numbers one iota.
n0funeral@reddit
crash diet, can't even enjoy being in demand with fuel going up
AesirReddit@reddit
While I agree with this as I am a driver. You can’t help but laugh at the irony that they misspelt proficiency 🤣
aacawe@reddit
It’s hilarious how truckers will sit and cry about the mainstream media, then gobble down anything that Trump administration says. Notice it doesn’t say anything about canceling their licenses. It simply says they were put out of service.
I’m 100% for removing non-English speaking or reading drivers off the road, commercial and non-commercial. But this just comes off as double speak to tweak the administration’s core supporters.
Impress me by clearly saying they have completely revoked their licenses, and they will have to go through all the testing again, that includes a language proficiency test!
errie_tholluxe@reddit
Fuck that. Impress me by telling me you're going to change the law and start making me actually get paid a living wage instead of this goddamn nightmare of mileage. Shit everywhere.
If they really want to help out truck drivers that would be a definite but it isn't about that. It's simply about getting rid of people that they don't like.
And I know there's a lot of racist ass wipes in this thread and on this entire forum who just consider - Oh my God, they said they don't speak English - when that could mean anything or nothing.
Haven't seen my wages go up. Haven't seen prices come down. Haven't seen anything making America greater.
So this just comes across as one more fucking lie to me, a way to continue to be the same racist assholes They've been since the first time they were in office, just now with public approval.
polarjunkie@reddit
They're put out of service until they remedy the problem. If you're put out of service for bad tire you have to put a new tire on. If you're put out of service for failing the English language proficiency, you have to pass the English language proficiency to be put back into service.
SoggyPopp@reddit
Always ask the question who hired them. They are responsible for the problem.
jjvsjeff@reddit
A breath of fresh air
subiedoo96@reddit
Profiency!
SuperChaos002@reddit
Enjoy your loss of products and service!
Have the day you voted for.
madd-martiggan@reddit
Good
greedybanker3@reddit
trumps racist policy looks inside a completely normal 100 year old law that has not been enforced enough.
polarjunkie@reddit
But think of the mega carriers, what are they going to do when they can't hire someone to come and work 70 hours a week plus live in a truck for $40,000 a year .
cleevethagreat@reddit
When theres noone left on the roads.. ahhh bananas are $22 dollars! $49 for an avacado? Sí Juan Manuel got fed up and went trafficking…Josh want .97 a mile cause diesel $12.99 a gallon and his kid formula $40
Captain_Wag@reddit
Brain rot this one
Gonzotrucker1@reddit
Kllm Jackson trains at least new dummies each week, and that’s just one school.
tvieno@reddit
The truck stops are gonna run out of toilet paper with the collective orgasm this post caused.
Honch777@reddit
I hear they are going to hammer big time on foreign-based brokers as well as part of the Dalilah's Law in addition to this English only testing.
banevader699@reddit
Should be less trucks making U turns on the freeway now anyway
Radiant_Swan187@reddit
Not trumps test really.
FileCareless@reddit
Not saying this is a bad thing but wasn’t it 100,000 like a month ago. I know fs this isn’t the 1st time some random numbers were thrown out about this exact topic.
thxby@reddit
Tbh I don't believe any number they put out for anything whether it is job data or money coming in from tariffs.
SashaDabinsky@reddit
I'm 100% for this.
up3r@reddit
That is awesome news.
luvsumbiggirls@reddit
Got to love it when the half -truths is being posted
Striking_Present_736@reddit
I have no issue with drivers that don't have english proficiency being taken off the road, but I don't believe a word out of Duffy's mouth. I would like to see a report with the acutal names of the people pulled and the reason why. Also, what is pn the proficiency test that is being given? Is it for all drivers or just those with darker skin?
possibly_lost45@reddit
Oh well
Midzotics@reddit
All kinds of races speak perfect English. This is just common sense
groovytunesman@reddit
Keep it up, those are rookie numbers
descencionofsolace@reddit
They should add an extra 0