The president of the United States, Donald Trump, will sign an executive order that requires truck drivers who speak English and approve literacy tests to improve road safety.
The White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, explained that the order would lead to the Department of Transportation to enforce English domain requirements for commercial drivers.
This movement aims to address communication problems between truckers and federal or local officials.
Leavitt emphasized that communication barriers represent a public security risk. “This is a big problem in the truck community.
“You may not know, but there are also many communication problems between truckers on the road with federal officials and local officials, which is obviously a risk of public security,” he said.
The order will also instruct the Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to terminate the guidance that weakened the application of English domain laws. In addition, it will cause more actions to improve working conditions for truck drivers.
A White House official said: “President Trump believes that English is a non -negotiable security requirement for professional drivers, since they should be able to read and understand the traffic signs; communicate with traffic security officers, the border patrol, the agricultural control points and the personnel of the weight of the load; and provide and receive comments and addresses in English.”
Truckers who cannot demonstrate the mastery of English will be “out of service”, improving road safety.
The order follows a report by Will Cain in Fox News, which highlighted an increase in truckers born abroad. Cain said the Obama administration in 2016 had suspended the application of English domain requirements. The 2024 Biden administration initiative has also increased training for trucks for refugees, which leads more truck drivers born abroad on the roads.
Trump's expected executive order is based on his previous praise for truck drivers during the Pondemia of Coronavirus 2020. “US truckers are the soldiers of the feet that really lead us to victory. They have done incredible job. We have not had problems. It has been alone, it has been great. Thank God for the truckers,” Trump said.
This marks at least the second executive order related to the English language since Trump's return to the office in January.
In March, he signed an order that declared English the official language of the United States, stating that “a national -designated language is in the center of a unified and cohesive society.”
The Order reversed a 2000 directive by President Bill Clinton, which required that federal agencies provide linguistic assistance to those who do not speak English.
(Fox News)
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