Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re running a fleet or managing drivers in 2025, you’d better speak up, literally. On Tuesday, the Federal Motor Carrier ...

Unlike the last big three-letter mandate -- for ELDs -- President Donald Trump's English language proficiency (ELP) mandate garners strong support among owner-operators. A commanding 75% of ...

DOT inspectors will enforce new guidance for English language proficiency among commercial motor vehicle drivers beginning 06.25.25. Drivers who do not speak and understand English sufficiently will ...

A FleetOwner survey illustrates how industry readers view the government renewed English language proficiency enforcement. Respondents overwhelmingly support ELP in out-of-service criteria but differ ...

After months spent refusing to enforce English language proficiency (ELP) as an out-of-service violation for commercial drivers, California quietly reversed course in December, and now may have some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Will English proficiency enforcement help make roads safer? (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) In a controversial return to past ...

Citing concerns for highway safety, a federal lawmaker from Wyoming is asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to require that commercial truck drivers who cannot demonstrate proficiency with ...

Since President Trump announced that English would be the official language of the United States early in his second term, a number of trucking organizations and legislators have been pushing to ...