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Trump plans to sign an executive order requiring commercial truck drivers to speak English. (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 1 day ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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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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[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Doesn't the US have a shitton of unstandardized road signs which are just words?

I feel like you have to have some English proficiency to understand them.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If all those signs were in Chinese, it would take a commercial truck driver about a week to memorize the writing for each and learn what it means.
You don't need to speak the language for that.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

and if they were in Spanish, you may not even need a whole day.

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

But the inconsistency is the problem.

Take a look at the top signs about driving on the shoulder. Who is to say there aren't twenty more variations?

Maybe a couple of

"Driving on shoulder mandatory"

"Trucks on shoulder only"

"Passing on shoulder permitted"

"$100 fine for driving on shoulder"

"Keep shoulder clear"

"No trucks allowed on shoulder"

There doesn't seem to be any standard. It's just text.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

none of this calls for an executive order which only tries to legitimize ICE pulling over truck drivers and kidnapping them if they don't have their long form birth certificate on them.

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 16 hours ago

Fully agree. Just wanted to provide an argument why having commercial truck drivers have some English proficiency could be beneficial for safety. Requiring a 3 month English course for those unfamiliar with the language as part of getting a CDL would do the trick. But that wouldn't hand money to private prisons, would it?