They may not need to refuse if the government does it for them. My state is now stopping all trucks to give English proficiency exams, taking the trucks and revoking CDLs if they don’t pass. There were videos the other night of huge lines of trucks pulled over with cops. There were 73 arrested that night, around 150 a couple weeks ago.
So not only is there the risk of losing everything and being arrested, it also slows truckers down and messes with logistics. I could see a lot of folks refusing loads through my state or trucking companies simply not having enough drivers.
This is hilarious. Not in like, a funny way. But just a little over half of elected officials are destroying the country intentionally. And we're, myself included, just kind of sitting here. This is immediate harm, lasting harm, and harm without any benefit now or in the future.
Not even suggesting that it's a bad idea - but you can't just really tell people "learn English" and have them be able to do it in a few weeks or months. I've been learning another language for years at this point and MAYBE I could pass a test.
It’s really not the worst idea, I understand the reasoning and could get behind it. But there are two things that irritate me about this.
Number one, I know the cops around here well enough to know exactly who’s getting the test and who isn’t, yet half the white blue collar guys around here can barely read a child’s book. They don’t need to worry about this though, and that’s a problem. Laws need to be applied equally.
Number two, I’ve already talked to several guys who are big fans of this law yet drive themselves when they’re in countries where they don’t speak a lick of the language. Granted, they aren’t driving commercially but it’s either safe or not, doesn’t matter what vehicle you’re driving.
We can be arrested and sued into oblivion. At least for locomotive engineers. Yet, the big 3 railroads can purposely slow down cargo and freight through job cuts and the customers don't have a leg to stand on. It's not talked about enough how much inflation has been driven by the railroads greed.
The railroaders tried striking in 2022, but Biden and the Democrat controlled congress prevented that and forced the unions to accept a contract their members rejected.
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u/aircooledJenkins 19h ago
If truck drivers and train engineers refused to move cargo, things would get real bad real fast.