"Chinese interpreter?" Say what? Uhh, that is a huge No-no. When you have a Commercial Drivers License you're not supposed to need an interpreter at all. Ever.
Huh? Are you sure? The rules say nothing about communicating through an interpreter.
“The knowledge tests may be administered in written form, verbally, or in automated format and can be administered in a foreign language, provided no interpreter is used in administering the test.”
The knowledge test can be. The ROAD test cannot. You have to understand English to have a CDL in the US. That's what The Great State of Florida told me when CDL's came into existence, (Yes, I am that old, lol.) for me and my guys. And South Carolina said the same back in 2002. I haven't heard of it being changed in either state.
I'm not sure people in cars would be any kind of happy if they knew there was a good chance the driver of the truck or bus in the next lane couldn't read the road signs. Even the guys from India that haul garbage from NJ to PA can do that. They can't do much else, but they can read road signs.
I managed trucking in one form or another for nearly 40 years so I used to be up in things. The article references talking to media through an interpreter, not taking a driving test where one can get by with a more limited vocabulary.
I think he's talking to the court via an interpreter. Even if a person appears to understand well enough, in my experience courts are eager to offer an interpreter - if only to avoid a possible appellate issue later.
"Chinese interpreter?" Say what? Uhh, that is a huge No-no. When you have a Commercial Drivers License you're not supposed to need an interpreter at all. Ever.
Huh? Are you sure? The rules say nothing about communicating through an interpreter.
“The knowledge tests may be administered in written form, verbally, or in automated format and can be administered in a foreign language, provided no interpreter is used in administering the test.”
https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration/commercial-drivers-license/ss383133-test-methods-guidance-qa-question-1-may-sign
The knowledge test can be. The ROAD test cannot. You have to understand English to have a CDL in the US. That's what The Great State of Florida told me when CDL's came into existence, (Yes, I am that old, lol.) for me and my guys. And South Carolina said the same back in 2002. I haven't heard of it being changed in either state.
I'm not sure people in cars would be any kind of happy if they knew there was a good chance the driver of the truck or bus in the next lane couldn't read the road signs. Even the guys from India that haul garbage from NJ to PA can do that. They can't do much else, but they can read road signs.
I managed trucking in one form or another for nearly 40 years so I used to be up in things. The article references talking to media through an interpreter, not taking a driving test where one can get by with a more limited vocabulary.
I think he's talking to the court via an interpreter. Even if a person appears to understand well enough, in my experience courts are eager to offer an interpreter - if only to avoid a possible appellate issue later.