All Commercial Drivers Will Have to Take Test in English

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the latest effort Friday to ensure that drivers understand English well enough to read road signs and communicate with law enforcement officers. Florida already started administering its tests in English.

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All truckers and pass drivers will have to take their commercial driver's license tests in English as the Trump administration expands its aggressive campaign to improve safety in the industry and get unqualified drivers off the road. https://to.pbs.org/4rq6msX

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-- PBS News (@pbsnews.org) Feb 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM

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Sucks for you, ------.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-20 06:23 PM | Reply

Go eat another bag of dicks, you inbred port-a-can child.

#2 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-02-20 06:27 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

I don't really see a problem with this.

It seems to test the driver's ability to do their job properly.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-20 06:32 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 2

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, triggered snowflake loser.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-20 07:54 PM | Reply

^ If Temu were a bot account here...

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-02-20 08:35 PM | Reply

Your mom would still be spit-roasted by 2 ex-NBA players.

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-20 08:39 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

And this -------- calls others triggered... LMAO

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-02-20 08:47 PM | Reply

Call your mom. Or the bucket you wound up in.

#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-20 10:30 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Wow, this thread took a turn for the worse ...

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-20 10:39 PM | Reply | Funny: 2 | Newsworthy 1

Worse?

I laughed.

I cried.

I came.

I went.

As for truck drivers?

As soon as corporations figure out how to rig their trucks with drivers in the Philippines, aka self driving vehicles, all these jobs will be gone.

Better hurry up and sign up for ICE.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-20 10:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I don't really see a problem with this.

It seems to test the driver's ability to do their job properly.
#3 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER

Thats because you don't understand the problem, why wasn't this originally part of the drivers certification to do their job.

Even pilots in US need to have to english proficiency.
www.faa.gov

#11 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-02-22 03:09 PM | Reply | Funny: 3

#11 | Posted by oneironaut

I think @#3 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER was agreeing with the new rules. Which makes me wonder if you're just quick to an argument, or someone needs to check your proficiency in reading.

#12 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-02-22 03:18 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

" Which makes me wonder if you're just quick to an argument, "

Are you new around here? I sometimes will make the most benign comment imaginable and yet people want to argue with me about it.

#13 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-22 03:23 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Are you new around here? I'm a borderline Hall of Fame troll. I easily elicit multiple responses with a single post. And it doesn't take any effort.
#13 | POSTED BY BULLBRINGER

Yep.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-22 03:26 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

#11 | Posted by oneironaut

I think @#3 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER was agreeing with the new rules. Which makes me wonder if you're just quick to an argument, or someone needs to check your proficiency in reading.

#12 | POSTED BY WHATSLEFT AT 2026-02-22 03:18 PM | FLAG:

" Which makes me wonder if you're just quick to an argument, "

Are you new around here? I sometimes will make the most benign comment imaginable and yet people want to argue with me about it.
#13 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Looks like someone forgot to log out as BullBringer and Log back in as OneTrumper.

Womp womp.

#15 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-22 03:29 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

Wow, this thread took a turn for the worse ...

#9 | Posted by LampLighter

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#16 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-22 03:31 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Be best!

#17 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-22 04:01 PM | Reply

The future is in Esperanto.

#18 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-02-22 05:39 PM | Reply

Good luck with that, scumbags. Driver tests are given by the states, and I can't see California doing something this bigoted. Definitely can't see New Mexico doing it, and at this point I'd be shocked if Arizona did it.

#19 | Posted by DarkVader at 2026-02-22 06:26 PM | Reply

It's funny to see the party of State's Rights now become the party of Lick the Federal Boot.

#20 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-02-22 07:04 PM | Reply

"I can't see California doing something this bigoted."

It is very sad that liberals now despise basic laws of communication for a society to function. I don't think there is one ill in our entire reality that liberals will not call bigoted when it suits their purpose.

Wait, you stubbed your toe? That's because America is bigoted. You ate a triple quarter pounder with extra cheese and bacon and you got fat. Oh damn, that's a result of American bigotry. You have a different opinion than me? That means you are bigoted.

Victimhood is all liberals know today. I can't wait until that party is full of adults again so I can root for them, having to support Cons against those children is very draining and really pisses me off the Dem party has come to this.

#21 | Posted by humtake at 2026-02-23 11:39 AM | Reply

#21

Downplaying the obvious bigotry of the far right white nationalist movement under Trump and Heritage Foundation Project25 policies is... quite bigoted, really.

#22 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-23 11:42 AM | Reply

It is very sad that liberals now despise basic laws of communication

#21 | POSTED BY HUMTAKE

The Laws of Communication demand your arrest.

#23 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-23 12:48 PM | Reply

having to support Cons against those children

#21 | POSTED BY HUMTAKE

Means that you choose to be a bad man.

YOU chose. No one else did it for you.

#24 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-23 12:49 PM | Reply

#16 It is generally not a good idea to cook while naked.

#25 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-02-23 02:00 PM | Reply

Racist bigot much,

#26 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-02-23 02:03 PM | Reply

#21
Downplaying the obvious bigotry of the far right white nationalist movement under Trump and Heritage Foundation Project25 policies is... quite bigoted, really.
#22 | Posted by Corky

No one is forcing the average person to have to know english.

But there are jobs that require communication between participants. If you don't, you have that you have chaos.

In Mexico you're required to learn English to be a pilot.

Truck drivers are expected to be able to communicate at weigh stations and checkpoints.

This is perfectly reasonable.

porky, the person defending the term "Master" of a white politician running against a black woman, claiming someone is bigoted is the pot calling the kettle black.

#27 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-02-23 02:15 PM | Reply

#27 Because, as everyone knows, getting your truck weighed and inspected is exactly like flying a plane.

#28 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-02-23 02:17 PM | Reply

#27

When you finally graduate the ESL course, if you ever do, come back and see us.

Here's a clue, since you obviously don't have one; my post was directed at the post I cited, not the thread post.

Clear, No Hung Lo?

#29 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-23 03:08 PM | Reply

In every single country I have lived in, I had to learn the language, 4 as of now. What is the problem with this? And, English IS the Universal language. Going to have to, gulp, side with the Right on this one.

#30 | Posted by crisisstills1 at 2026-02-23 03:47 PM | Reply