The driver failed the English Language Proficiency assessment, getting two of 12 verbal questions correct and accurately identifying 1 of 4 highway signs during an on-site compliance investigation by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, according to DOT.
In May, Duffy signed an order outlining new guidance to enforce English proficiency requirements for truckers along with a nationwide audit of state’s that provide people non-domiciled commercial drivers licenses to non-U.S. citizens.
The DOT found that Harjinder Singh, the driver in the Aug. 12 Florida crash that killed three people, got a regular full-term commercial driver’s license from the state of Washington in July 2023 that he was not eligible to receive. The agency determined he obtained a limited-term non-domiciled commercial driver’s license from California in July 2024.
DOT also said that on July, 3, after Duffy signed the order to strengthen English proficiency standards among commercial truck drivers, state police in New Mexico did a roadside inspection of Singh and gave him a speeding ticket, but the agency says police didn’t administer an English language test.
“If states had followed the rules, this driver would never have been behind the wheel and three precious lives would still be with us,” Duffy said when he announced the inquiry. “This crash was a preventable tragedy directly caused by reckless decisions and compounded by despicable failures. Non-enforcement and radical immigration...
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