Trooper’s Death in I-81 crash leads to renewed call for CDL reforms.

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  1. Tarh331_Dad

    Tarh331_Dad Light Load Member

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    https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2026...sh-leads-to-renewed-call-for-cdl-reforms.html

    Michael Bon, 33, of Brockton, Massachusetts, faces felony vehicular homicide and other charges after his tractor trailer veered off Interstate 81 early on July 1 and caused the crash that killed Trooper Michael Pahira.

    Pahira, a 20-year state police veteran, was conducting a routine commercial inspection in Cass Twp.

    Bon, who was issued a CDL by the state of Massachusetts, is a Haitian immigrant who has been in the country illegally since June 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
     
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  3. Toomanybikes

    Toomanybikes Road Train Member

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    Duffy made the decision to let all those non-domiciled CDLs continue until expired.

    The decision to give border jumpers CDLs was made in 2018 by the FMSCA. 8 years of this death and destruction and now they are going to do something about it?

    Dalilah's bill looks deader than ever. And if you read it, you will find as it has been perverted to the point is nothing different then what we have now. It has been changed to allow non-domiciled CDLs by immigrants!
     
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  4. Deere hunter

    Deere hunter Road Train Member

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    Talk a big game have news and headlines and then not do a darn thing in the end. Politics as usual.
     
  5. Toomanybikes

    Toomanybikes Road Train Member

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    Delilah's Law, in it's current form, sanction non-domiciled drivers permanently by the Congress.
    Thank your congressmen:

    Erin Houchin - R. Indiana
    Vince Fong - R. California
    Jay Obernolte - R. Califonia

    Is it any wonder why the states with the largest number of non-domiciled drivers amended the proposed bill?
     
  6. Accidental Trucker

    Accidental Trucker Road Train Member

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    Not excusing the driver, but sanctioning troopers doing commercial inspection on the side of the interstate is negligent homicide, at a minimum.
     
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  7. FloridaRetired

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    I don't think the shoulder inspections are entirely random. Probably, triggered by something suspicious.

    I drove all over PA and/or the entire Midwest for years on end without getting on a weigh station/inspection station and that's without purposely avoiding them. There were inspections at some of the rest areas but chances they pick you there are slim.
    They have to go after suspicious looking trucks somewhere.
     
  8. snicrep

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    It's about making money. They hope the uproar dies down, then they continue on. Companies want to keep cheap drivers
     
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