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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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MAGA fans are rejoicing on social media in favor of President Donald Trump's plan to sign an executive order requiring commercial truck drivers to speak English.

Breitbart News reported that Trump would sign the order Monday evening because "President Trump believes that English is a non-negotiable safety requirement for professional drivers." Last month, Trump designated English as "the official language of the United States."

"This is such a big deal! So grateful for this, the roads will be much safer. Like many, I have seen many accidents or near accidents from unqualified drivers," posted @coffeegirlvegas.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This is already a Commercial Driver's License requirement. What is the specific issue here?

"Interpreters are prohibited during the administration of skills tests. Applicants must be able to understand and respond to verbal commands and instructions in English by a skills test examiner." CDL Standards

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago

Can't pull someone for "driving while brown", but you can pull someone over for "driving while not speaking English, which I just concluded from you being brown"

[–] MDCCCLV -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You don't need to speak English to know turn left and stop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're right. You just need to be able to read, write, and understand instructions. Wait that sounds like knowing the language

[–] MDCCCLV -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just like reddit to downvote someone who actually knows what the fuck they're talking about because it doesn't sound right to you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

You're being down voted by others. Mostly cause what you said is stupid

[–] MDCCCLV 0 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

And yet I know more than you and am correct. Maybe because you are just guessing and don't have actual first hand knowledge.

It is quite common to have CDL drivers that only speak Spanish whether or not they're supposed to be able to speak English.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

They still understood enough English to pass the test in the first place. I'm assuming with your first hand knowledge you knew that. Or are you just guessing there's a lot of Spanish speaking people that got interpreters? This is about there already being a rule to speak English to get your license. It's not about what language they primarily speak. This is just political theater to make magats happy. You're just stuck on this "I have to be right or my online persona will be ruined". Chill man. You don't even sound smart online