Thousands of U.S. trucking schools could lose accreditation under DOT crackdown

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1. I thought the Repukes were for small government and deregulation. But all of a sudden ...

Secretary Duffy argues the restrictions are urgently needed because there are too many foreign-born truckers who don't know the rules of the road, and don't speak English proficiently.

But the administration's critics argue there's no data to support this claim, despite a handful of high-profile crashes that have garnered significant attention from conservative media. They say the push for tougher regulations amounts to an immigration crackdown by another name.

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"The safety crackdown has been long overdue," said Pawan Singh, who owns a small trucking company in Northern Virginia.

In an NPR interview last month, Singh conceded that many schools are churning out drivers without giving them the skills to operate an 18-wheeler safely — though he says the problem isn't limited to newly-trained immigrant drivers. "An untrained driver is dangerous whether they were born here or they were born overseas."

I wonder if there will be a crackdown on widespread log revising so as to get around regulations on how many hours a driver can be on the road in a 24 hour period