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August 27, 2025

Washington among states targeted over enforcing trucker English rules

  • Truckers are supposed to be disqualified if they can't demonstrate English proficiency.
    • By JOSH FUNK
    AP Transportation Writer

    California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions of dollars of federal funding if they continue failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday.

    An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Aug. 12 found what Duffy called significant failures in the way all three states are enforcing rules that took effect in June after one of President Donald Trump's executive orders. He said the department was also already reviewing how states were enforcing the rules before the crash.


     
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