Truck Drivers Emphasize Need for English Proficiency After Fatal Florida Crash

The State Department recently suspended issuance of all commercial driver licenses to foreign applicants amid rising safety concerns.

Truckers prepare to pick up shipping containers from the Port of Long Beach, Calif., on March 28, 2025. In April, President Donald Trump ordered the Transportation Department to prevent drivers who are not proficient in English from operating commercial trucks. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

ELOY, Ariz.—For more than a decade, Daniel Lawson has driven big rigs up and down the West Coast. With his experience and commercial license, he is well-versed in the rules of the road.

Above all, he knows that making a U-turn on a bustling highway is a risk no driver should ever take.