FMCSA launches Spanish language web site
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has launched a Spanish language web site. With a shortage of truck drivers, young Hispanics a rapidly growing portion of the work force, and Mexican truckers coming into the US under NAFTA rules, it makes sense. See article and web site. By law, truck drivers must be able to speak English in order to earn a commercial driver's license. However, many Hispanics who speak English indicate they are more comfortable reading in Spanish.
Globalization affects everything in the economy. See Thomas Friedman's book, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, which I read over the weekend. If industry could figure out how to outsource truck driving to India or China, it would. I guess I need to get back to the long-deferred project of learning Spanish.
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Yes, first please redo your web site. Atleast when I access your site it gives black print on dark blue background. Hightlighting is the only way to read.
Comment: Being more comfortable reading in spanish only compounds the problems that are arising. MSDS, BOL, HM routes will not be given in spanish, and now the actual CDL written exams can be offered in spanish. Any qualified individual should be able to obtain a CDL but a uniform policy must be adhered to. CDL's are governed by the FMCSR and FMCSA, except each state makes their own modifications to the regulations. Which in my personal opinion goes against the main purpose of the FMCSR to begin with. SAFETY>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
