Fox News cameras were embedded with federal safety officials in North Florida, where a ride-along captured troubling encounters with truck drivers who couldn’t read road signs or communicate in English.
Shocking video showed investigators taking numerous truckers out of service for safety violations, with some drivers unable to read basic road signs or communicate in English.
During one encounter, a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) trooper asked a trucker how well he spoke English, to which he replied in Spanish.
When asked if the trucker could speak any English, he replied, “No.”
Troopers said that up to half of truckers at some Florida weigh stations cannot meet English proficiency requirements.
“I try to concentrate on the [signs] they have to read,” said FHP master trooper Craig Lents. “If you are going down the road at 70 miles per hour, and you see that sign, you only see it for a split second.”
In another encounter caught on video, a trooper asked a trucker what a road sign meant.
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