{"id":500440,"date":"2026-02-18T19:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/trump-administration-orders-closure-of-over-500-commercial-driver-schools-in-the-us\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T19:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:38:38","slug":"trump-administration-orders-closure-of-over-500-commercial-driver-schools-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/trump-administration-orders-closure-of-over-500-commercial-driver-schools-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration orders closure of over 500 commercial driver schools in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Los Angeles (USA).<\/strong> &#8211; More than 550 schools to train truck and bus drivers will have to close their operations in <strong>USA<\/strong>., after federal authorities found that they did not comply with basic safety standards and their instructors were not qualified, the <strong>Department of Transportation (DOT, in English)<\/strong> reported this Wednesday.\n\nSchools received notifications informing them that they would be removed from the national registry of the <strong>Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA),<\/strong> which would force them to close.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/Trump says he is following situation in Venezuela \u00abwith great interest\u00bb and does not want \u00abits oil\u00bb\">http:\/\/Trump says he is following situation in Venezuela \u00abwith great interest\u00bb and does not want \u00abits oil\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nFederal authorities conducted more than 1,400 undercover operations in the 50 states to detect security problems in these institutions.\n\nThe DOT indicated in a statement that the sanctioned schools lacked qualified instructors, used false addresses, and did not adequately train drivers in the transportation of hazardous materials, among other violations.\n\nInstructors who did not even have the corresponding licenses or permits <strong>(such as those for school buses) <\/strong>for the vehicles they were teaching their students to drive were also detected.\n\nIn addition, the sanctioned schools used vehicles that did not match the type of training offered.\n\nIt was also found that institutions did not adequately assess students on basic requirements. Some schools admitted that they did not even meet the specific requirements of their own state.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cFor too long, the trucking industry has operated like the Wild West, where anything goes and nobody asks questions,\u201d<\/strong> said U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\nThe secretary said his department is taking &#8220;strong measures&#8221; against every link in the transportation chain that has allowed this &#8220;illegality&#8221; to affect the road safety of the United States.\n\nThe closure of schools is part of the campaign of the American president, Donald Trump, to reinforce road safety.\n\nLast year, the president signed an executive order to ensure that the country&#8217;s truckers can speak English for the sake of &#8220;public safety.&#8221;\n\nThe decree requires the DOT to include an English test for those drivers.&nbsp;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles (USA). &#8211; More than 550 schools to train truck and bus drivers will have to close their operations in USA., after federal authorities found that they did not comply with basic safety standards and their instructors were not qualified, the Department of Transportation (DOT, in English) reported this Wednesday. 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