U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy last week announced that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is moving to codify guidelines enforcing English Language Proficiency requirements for commercial motor vehicle drivers as a new rule.
By codifying this guideline, future administrations will not be able to weaken ELP requirements as the Obama administration did, allowing unqualified drivers to remain on U.S. roads.
Under the new standard, CMV drivers who are unable to read or speak English sufficiently or understand highway traffic signs and signals will be placed out of service. Secretary Duffy’s crackdown on dangerous drivers has already knocked more than 26,000 drivers off American roads for failing ELP tests.
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