On the list of the Top 20 violations, #8 is....

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  1. GreenMonster9669

    GreenMonster9669 Medium Load Member

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    Driver unable to speak english language!?

    I was at a shipper today and they had Keller posters everywhere. One of them listed the 20 most frequent reasons for drivers getting a ticket. #1 was log problems, #2 was speeding....the kind of stuff you would expect. But #8 on the list jumped out at me. The 8th most frequent reason for a ticket was that the driver couldn't speak english.

    Please tell me that someone who doesn't speak english can still read road signs.
     
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  3. truckon

    truckon Swamp Thing

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    Many are able to understand and read. Just have trouble communicating.
     
  4. HalpinUout

    HalpinUout Road Train Member

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    Its a major problem in the Chicago area... The major question is though how are these people even obtaining a CDL?
     
  5. marineman227

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    I stayed at the badger coop on 94 west just past the state line last night and the bulletin board inside has 3 printouts about just that.
     
  6. JJKid

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    This right here. It's the individual having trouble trying to manage himself when asked a series of questions or told to do something (e.g; hand signals by DOT).
     
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  7. taxihacker66

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    It's frightening that someone can get a cdl and cannot understand English. A couple of years ago I was a t the buffalo border crossing and the CBP officer
    sent a driver back to Canada for not being able to communicate o r understand English. I wish more officers would do that!
     
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  8. Anonymousproxy

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    Nebraska has been in the news for finding drivers unable to speak english,,, as for the log problems, what more can we expect when the Feds come up with these idiotic rules like the 14 hour clock, but can't comprehend shippers/receivers who hold us to their docks for long hours due to lazy or incompetent dock workers, brokers who push or coerce drivers to run even if in violation, and some of the companies out there that force drivers to run outlaw(fortunately I work for a good company...but brokers are still as bad as ever), etc. Yet when confronted with this, the dimwit Feds just give drivers the brush-off with statements like"drivers don't know if they're rested".....I'm still waiting for the day when the cork will pop and drivers finally decide they've had it with these idiots at FMCSA, and inflict some damage for once.
     
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  9. Hardlyevr

    Hardlyevr Road Train Member

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    And if that #8 is correct, why haven't we heard of HUGE legal actions and fines against the company/dispatcher that deals with the driver every day, the company personnel manager/management/owner that hired a driver that was not legally qualified to be a truck driver, the school that "trained " the non compliant driver, and the DMV people that illegally issued a CDL to a non-qualified driver?
     
  10. 315wheelbase

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    I was told last week at Harrisonville scale in Missouri that the English rule is no longer enforced,,too many no English speaking drivers,,now what we need is a rule take would outlaw bad or stupid drivers,, Only then will I believe ATA and the Mega Carriers that there is a driver shortage and maybe then the rates will go up enough that a single truck owner could make a profit.
    many jobs in America were out sourced to other countries like Mexico and China.
    NAFTA was an attempt to send jobs Mexico and Canada,,It succeeded with Canada and is starting with Mexico,,Imagine what it will be like when truck driving jobs will be out sourced to China,,A container hooked to a truck from China comes in to Long Beach, Ca,,the complete truck with an attached trailer is unloaded and the Chinese driver gets out of the sleeper and heads out across America,,It is coming,,Highway signs is 5 languages or more
    For you information California DMV gives driving test in 39 languages.
    Only thing that drivers from every country understand is the "one fingered peace sign"
     
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  11. taxihacker66

    taxihacker66 Road Train Member

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    1- A lot of the manufacturers left Canada and settled in places like MEXICO , BRAZIL,INDIA all do too the NAFTA agreement .2- Not sure but i think they're coming up with a cheaper scenario .AUTOMATED TRUCKS .
     
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