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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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[–] Disaster@sh.itjust.works 55 points 21 hours ago (15 children)
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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 22 hours ago

yet another thing that has no legal standing and only exists to make the idiots think trump is accomplishing something

[–] DBT@lemmy.world 199 points 1 day ago (3 children)

"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.

Oh yea? You and many others have witnessed many accidents that were due to a truck driver’s inability to speak English?

You dumb bitch.

[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 73 points 1 day ago (6 children)

It’s already part of the federal commercial driver regulations too… so no. No they have not. The most they’ve seen is someone with a heavy accent and maybe broken English.

[–] DBT@lemmy.world 61 points 1 day ago

I’m willing to bet the most they’ve seen is some accidents involving trucks, with no knowledge of what happened or who was driving.

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[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's one of the infuriating things about these people. They'll just make up BS that makes Trump seem reasonable. Trump does this English only thing, and now suddenly non-english truck drivers causing accidents is a thing, something that's been a problem all along and thank Jesus he's finally fixing it. Even though this was never actually a real issue that anyone even imagined before today.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The number of truck drivers whos first language wasn't English who made deliveries for the distributer I worked with recently was high. The number of times that speaking to them came into the scope of their job was 0. They pulled up, backed a truck up at 3:30am once a week and handed us an invoice. They take a nap while we unloaded the back, then they left. Driving through the night doesn't require you to speak, it requires you to be awake and have decent eyesight/perception. They could have been missing their left leg for all we cared. Trucking is like clock work. If you want groceries with the freshest dates in stores when they open, you need as many people willing to drive overnight and early morning workers to get them from the distributors to the stores and on the shelves before anyone wants to wake up.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Being able to read English would be important, not so much speaking it.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Being able to identify traffic signs would be enough.
You don't actually need to be able to read, just memorize what the writing on a dozen-or-so signs means.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 7 points 21 hours ago

Meanwhile how many accidents are caused by dumb bitches on their phones?

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 21 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Executive orders are not laws. He can direct how the law in enforced, but he can't just unilaterally define new laws

[–] sowitzer@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I keep seeing comments from people pretending that the way it is meant to be is the way it is. Trump has said the law is what he says. There is no effective defense against him declaring laws if there is no enforcement. He has defied judges orders and will continue to do so. The EOs are laws because they are being followed and nobody is stopping them.

Saying he can’t do that comes across like a right wing talking point. Trying to convince people that he can’t do what he is clearly doing, so those who are opposed will just sit around thinking the natural order will take care of it.

And it’s working. Sure there have been some protests. But no where the amount needed to make a change. Trump is now a dictator, and far too many Americans are ok with it, directly and passively.

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[–] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 17 hours ago

Many laws are written to give the executive branch leeway in defining the details of how a law is to be implemented. This makes sense, assuming everyone is acting in good faith; technologies, science, standards, and best practices all evolve over time.

Laws are usually written in a way to ensure Congressional oversight, to prevent the executive either intentionally or accidentally from subverting their will. But with a treasonous President and a complicit Congress, here we are.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] waz@lemmy.world 23 points 22 hours ago (2 children)
[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (2 children)
[–] cdf12345@lemm.ee 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Tell your mom to stop faking jellyfish stings, I’m not going to pee on her

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Shut up shorsey

[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck you, T00l_shed! Your mom wants me so bad she said she’d do anything so I got her walking around with my phone playing my Pokémon Go.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

Give your balls a tug, tit-fucker

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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 75 points 1 day ago (4 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

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 day 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"

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 110 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Won't this disqualify half his illiterate base

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (10 children)

to be fair it's about SPEAKING english, not READING english..

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 89 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is just an excuse for ICE to pull people over. And since they're a part of the executive branch, they care less about due process and laws.

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago
[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 21 points 22 hours ago

That’ll help the shortage of drivers for sure 🙄

[–] ButteryNickel@lemmy.wtf 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That'll surely fix our surplus of truck drivers! /s

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Good news! With the tarriffs throwing cold water on freight all across the US, we won't need as many truck drivers!

...I really wish I was joking, but the fiance is OTR and freight has already slowed for him. Here's an article from February that talks about how it was already slower than expected.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I guess he's not wrong

However this is useless as you need to speak English to get a commercial license

[–] notabot@lemm.ee 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Perfect, he gets to make a big fuss for the racists, but doesn't actually have to change anything. That way there's less risk of breaking anything, and he's probably looking for a win right now.

It's a bit like decreeing that all English week day names must henceforth end in the letter 'y'. It's low risk, makes certain people think you're busy taking action, and leaves everyone else wondering what you're up to with this, taking some of the heat off of other issues.

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[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (9 children)

So the party of small government is going to administer english tests to truck drivers? maybe create some kind of language registry with proficiency levels? sounds kinda woke

[–] radix@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Running the entire economy via a central planning committee is exactly the sort of right-wing free market the GOP voters wanted. I guess? Up is down. The past is alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.

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[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 7 points 22 hours ago

So if you happen to have a thicc Indian accent you need a second guy with you to translate English to English. Gotcha

[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah yes, those unqualified drivers that are being hired as professional truck drivers. It's their lack of English skills that are the problem.

How was their totally legitimate and law abiding employer supposed to know about their lack of ability or driving licence? They are the real victims here, being forced to hire them and all.

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[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

US economy crashing again in 3...2...1...

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 4 points 22 hours ago

again

Still

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 7 points 23 hours ago

I keep on thinking of the mad tv skit with the woman who says she can't understand people with accents.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The same people who said they would remove big government that tries to control everything and everyone

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[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So cops pulling people over for a Language check?

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