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Trump plans to sign an executive order requiring commercial truck drivers to speak English. (www.rawstory.com)

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MAGA fans are rejoicing on social media in favor of President Donald Trump's plan to sign an executive order requiring commercial truck drivers to speak English.

Breitbart News reported that Trump would sign the order Monday evening because "President Trump believes that English is a non-negotiable safety requirement for professional drivers." Last month, Trump designated English as "the official language of the United States."

"This is such a big deal! So grateful for this, the roads will be much safer. Like many, I have seen many accidents or near accidents from unqualified drivers," posted @coffeegirlvegas.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's in the news?

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-rolling-back-obama-era-english-language-requirement-truck-drivers-2065172

Quickest example I can come up with:

"Winter conditions ahead, reduce speed now."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

You know what also happened in 2016? They revised the definition of "large truck" to include 329 more vehicles. By increasing the sample size you're going to see more accidents. Common cause of accidents is fatigue from drivers working too many hours. That gets better if there's less drivers and they have to know English though right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

The article states: "Republican Representative Harriet Hageman of Wyoming ... [states] a consistent rise in fatal truck crashes since its implementation."

Whereas your statement is "[Requiring truck driver to speak English improves safety] is a fact".

I am not saying what you said is necessarily wrong or the policy is necessarily harmful; but I feel we probably need more proof than "a republican representative said so", to assert a certain statement as "a fact".

BTW, neither you nor the news article provided the relevant data, which IMHO doesn't really inspire confidence in your argument. Let alone all the potiential confounding variable others have mentioned.