Miscommunications?
The recent incident at the Port of Miami brought the vulnerability of our ports back into everyone's mind again. Thankfully, this was just a case of "miscommunication". Or was it?
"The 20-year-old driver told them he was alone _ at least, that's what the security guard understood _ and the truck was rerouted to another checkpoint.
"I can't tell you how this miscommunication occurred, but apparently there was some kind of miscommunication _ apparently there was a language barrier," said Miami-Dade Lt. Nancy Goldberg, a spokeswoman."
Ummmm.....how about learning how to speak the language? Did anyone ever think of that?
Apparently someone did. The people who wrote the qualifications for getting a CDL did.
"§391.11 General qualifications of drivers. (a) A person shall not drive a commercial motor vehicle unless he/she is qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle. Except as provided in §391.63, a motor carrier shall not require or permit a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle unless that person is qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle.(B) Except as provided in Subpart G of this part, a person is qualified to drive a motor vehicle if he/she —(B)(1) Is at least 21 years old;(B)(2) Can read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records;"
So a qualified applicant for a CDL (Commercial Drivers License) must be able to speak and read English sufficiently to converse with the general public. However the above qualifications raises another question. How did a 20 year old get a CDL when section B1 clearly says that a qualified applicant myst be at least 21 years old?
Obviously there are a lot more questions that need to be answered here. However, the most important one is, what was a clearly unqualified person doing with a CDL trying to enter the Port of Miami and what will be done to make sure that this "miscommunication" does not happen again?
"The 20-year-old driver told them he was alone _ at least, that's what the security guard understood _ and the truck was rerouted to another checkpoint.
"I can't tell you how this miscommunication occurred, but apparently there was some kind of miscommunication _ apparently there was a language barrier," said Miami-Dade Lt. Nancy Goldberg, a spokeswoman."
Ummmm.....how about learning how to speak the language? Did anyone ever think of that?
Apparently someone did. The people who wrote the qualifications for getting a CDL did.
"§391.11 General qualifications of drivers. (a) A person shall not drive a commercial motor vehicle unless he/she is qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle. Except as provided in §391.63, a motor carrier shall not require or permit a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle unless that person is qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle.(B) Except as provided in Subpart G of this part, a person is qualified to drive a motor vehicle if he/she —(B)(1) Is at least 21 years old;(B)(2) Can read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records;"
So a qualified applicant for a CDL (Commercial Drivers License) must be able to speak and read English sufficiently to converse with the general public. However the above qualifications raises another question. How did a 20 year old get a CDL when section B1 clearly says that a qualified applicant myst be at least 21 years old?
Obviously there are a lot more questions that need to be answered here. However, the most important one is, what was a clearly unqualified person doing with a CDL trying to enter the Port of Miami and what will be done to make sure that this "miscommunication" does not happen again?
posted by The Lady Logician at
7:46 PM
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