A judge has issued a mere 20-day jail sentence to a migrant truck driver responsible for the death of a father and son.
A truck driver from Haiti who caused a fatal crash in Ohio, killing a father and son and severely injuring the mother, has received a 20-day jail sentence. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A judge has issued a mere 20-day jail sentence to a migrant truck driver responsible for the death of a father and son. DETAIL: Yvio Michel, reportedly a migrant from Haiti working as a big-rig truck driver, caused a multi-vehicle crash in late February in Ohio. The crash killed 52-year-old Hurshel Gipson and his 11-year-old son, Michael Gipson. The crash also left 45-year-old Amanda Gipson, Hursel’s wife and Michael’s mother, severely injured. Other motorists sustained injuries as well. Michel failed to slow his tractor-trailer for halted traffic on…Open
North Carolina Rep. Pat Harrigan joined “National Report” to break down how state non-enforcement and rogue trucking schools are allowing unqualified drivers, who lack required English proficiency and valid legal status, behind the wheel of 80,000-pound tractor-trailers, putting American lives at risk across the country.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced plans to mandate English proficiency for commercial truck drivers in the United States.
The Department of Transportation has announced a new rule to permanently enforce English proficiency standards for commercial truck drivers, reversing Barack Obama-era policies that weakened such requirements. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced plans to mandate permanent English proficiency for commercial truck drivers following a spate of deadly crashes involving foreign drivers. DETAIL: Secretary for Transportation Sean Duffy announced the changes in a post on X (formerly Twitter). “Today, I am proposing to lock English proficiency rules into federal regulations FOR GOOD — so no future administration can ever undo them… Barack Obama weakened this rule and allowed illegal truckers onto…Open
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is advancing federal rules to permanently mandate English-language proficiency and English-only commercial driver’s license (CDL) testing for all commercial truck drivers. […] Source
A crash outside Houston sent a tractor trailer plunging off an overpass, leaving it dangling over the edge. The cab slammed to the ground below, but the driver luckily survived.
As the U.S. Department of Transportation cracks down on schools that crank out commercial driver's licenses and requires tests be conducted in English, states like Wyoming with long stretches of highways, are also enforcing laws to ensure big rig drivers can read and understand English.
A new bill seeking to require an English proficiency test for people applying for a commercial driver license would “likely have minimal direct impact” on Arizona’s trucking industry, according to Tony Bradley, the CEO of the Arizona Trucking Association.
“What we’re doing is implementing a rule that will say there’s one language in which you can take your test – it’s English only,” Sean Duffy said. “You take the test in English. You can’t speak English; you can’t read English – you’re not going to do well on the test.”
Published February 21, 2025 California has quietly started enforcing federal requirements that commercial truck drivers demonstrate English‑language proficiency during roadside inspections — ending months of resistance from state officials and fulfilling a key demand from [...]
