CDL Issues

Is English proficiency enforcement the right focus for safer roads?

In a controversial return to past policy, the Trump administration and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy have reestablished lack of English language proficiency (ELP) as an out-of-service (OOS) violation for commercial drivers. 

“My Administration will enforce the law to protect the safety of American truckers, drivers, passengers, and others, including by upholding the safety enforcement regulations that ensure that anyone behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle is properly qualified and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/is-english-proficiency-enforcement-the-right-focus-for-safer-roads

Addressing the CDL issue takes cooperative regulation and multigroup efforts

Parts 1 and 2 of this series looked at legislative and law enforcement efforts in Arkansas and Texas to grapple with a sharp rise in CDL fraud by non-U.S. citizens. Part 3 looks at the ease with which fraudsters have exploited a loophole to obtain a Mexican document that essentially grants them the privileges of a U.S. CDL holder. 

NAFTA and its CDL ties that bind us

How did we get here? For that I needed a digital issue of the Texas Trucking Association magazine, The Steering Wheel, and more...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/addressing-the-cdl-issue-takes-cooperative-regulation-and-multigroup-efforts

Texas’ role in the fraudulent CDL scheme

Part 1 of this series looked at a recently enacted Arkansas law designed to get a handle on CDL fraud, and how that effort was informed by similar legislation in Texas. Part 2 examines how Texas uncovered a high number of phony documents held by people with Mexico’s equivalent of a CDL who in fact were from Central America — and the resulting impact on highway safety.

‘How are the beaches in Guadalajara?’

It was time to dig up how Texas found these fake LFCs and why that boded poorly for American...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/texas-role-in-the-fraudulent-cdl-scheme

Fake CDLs, language laws and the battle for safer US roads

This is Part 1 of a series on CDL fraud looking at a recently enacted Arkansas law designed to get a handle on CDL fraud, and how that effort was informed by similar legislation in Texas.

Part 2 releasing Saturday examines how Texas uncovered a high number of phony documents held by people with Mexico’s equivalent of a CDL who in fact were from Central America. 

Part 3 releasing Sunday looks at the ease with which fraudsters have exploited a loophole to obtain a Mexican document that essentially...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fake-cdls-language-laws-and-the-battle-for-safer-us-roads