Since June 2025, a roadside officer can test your driver's English at any inspection. FleetTrained's English Language Proficiency tool lets you assess a driver's English, generate a signed, audit-ready record, and prepare every driver — a trilingual study sheet and an English prep video. It's built into your subscription, on both plans.
In about a minute and a half — the rule, the risk, and how you assess, document and prepare your drivers right inside FleetTrained.
Under FMCSA guidance (49 CFR 391.11(b)(2)), an officer can assess a driver's English at any inspection. A driver who can't answer basic questions and explain highway signs in English is placed Out of Service.
The truck stops where it sits. The driver can't move the load until the violation clears — often a full day lost.
The violation lands on the driver's record and your company's CSA profile — the same score your insurer and brokers watch.
Most fleets have no way to check a driver's English, get them ready, or show an auditor they ever tried. That's the gap FleetTrained closes.
The whole ELP workflow lives inside your FleetTrained dashboard. No new tool, no extra bill.
Your safety manager runs a structured, FMCSA-style assessment — a driver interview, then highway sign & message-board recognition — all in English, scored pass or fail. You sign it on screen; no driver signature needed.
The moment it's signed, FleetTrained generates a clean, audit-ready record: your company's DOT information, the driver, the determination, and a scan-to-verify code — ready for the driver-qualification file and the inspector.
Give every driver a trilingual study sheet (English · Українська · Русский) and a short English prep video that walks through the exact questions an officer asks — so drivers practice the real answers out loud.
A guided two-step assessment (interview + sign recognition) with the road signs and highway message boards shown on screen, so the manager knows exactly what to present. Add notes on any item. Determination is automatic — proficient only when every area passes.
A branded, one-page document citing 49 CFR 391.11(b)(2), with your DOT profile, the driver, the result, an electronic-execution stamp, and a QR anyone can scan to confirm it's genuine at fleettrained.com/verify. Re-verification is tracked for you.
The officer's questions and the model answers, in English with Ukrainian and Russian alongside — road signs and electronic message boards included. Drivers keep it in the cab and practice out loud.
A short, calm, English-narrated video that follows the same questions and answers as the sheet — assign it to a driver as a watch-only prep, straight from your dashboard.
ELP comes with your FleetTrained subscription. Assess, document and prepare unlimited drivers on the same flat rate that certifies your fleet.
Full pricing on the Pricing page.
Since June 2025, FMCSA guidance lets an officer assess a commercial driver's English at any inspection under 49 CFR 391.11(b)(2). The driver must answer basic questions and explain highway signs in English. If they can't, they're placed Out of Service.
No. Only your safety manager signs the ELP record — it's their attestation that they conducted the assessment in English, in person, with no interpreter or translation apps, mirroring the roadside protocol.
No — the assessment tool, the audit-ready record, the trilingual study sheet and the English prep video are all included on both subscription plans at no additional cost.
Give them the trilingual study sheet (English, Ukrainian, Russian) and assign the English prep video from your dashboard. Both cover the exact questions an officer asks and the answers to say back — so drivers practice out loud before they're ever tested.
It's already in your plan. Assess, document and prepare every driver on one flat rate.
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