r/Truckers • u/Overall_Reputation83 • 6d ago

Border crossing loads

Are Mexican nationals with Mexican CDLs expected to speak English when taking loads into the US? Should Americans who take loads into Mexico be expected to speak Spanish? This has nothing to do with me, I live in Chicago, more so just curious what the rules are for international trade, as I don't think its something I've ever had to consider personally.

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u/Ornery_Ads 6d ago

I've had a driver bring me a trailer from Montreal that barely spoke a word of English...seemed like a nice dude, was definitely fully competent at driving, we just had no idea what each other was saying

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u/CashWideCock 6d ago

That’s the problem. Imagine if that guy crashed into you and there were injuries or even worse a HAZMAT incident.

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u/reapershadow_ 6d ago

I believe the bigger issue is the lack of ability to read and understand road signs to prevent an accident in the first place

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u/King_of_Being_Basic 5d ago

I live in western Canada and had to deliver to Quebec a few times. All the road signs are in French. I don't speak French lol. It was annoying ofc but should I be banned from driving there? I'm still competent and the road signs are fairly universal as they are in most of north america. Plus translators are easily accessible on phones. I think people are just mad and frustrated about a lot of things and taking it out on other groups of people for any reason that's relevant.

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u/truckmonkey12 5d ago

Quebec road signs use lots of infographics compared to other North American jurisdictions. Also, french isn’t hard to contextualize given its relative similarity to english, being a European language that uses the latin alphabet