Ahorrific crashon aFloridahighway left three people dead and several more injured. The driver accused of causing it an illegal immigrant who crossed the border in 2018 should never have been behind the wheel of a commercial truck in the first place.Thistragedyisnot anisolated case. It highlights the deep flaws in how the federal government licenses and regulates commercial truck drivers, with lives on the line every single day.ThatswhyPresidentDonald Trumpsorder to reviewevery non-domiciled commercial drivers license (CDL)issued in recent yearsissuch an important step forward for highway safety. It represents a massive victory in the effort to prevent further senseless deaths caused by unqualified or improperly licensed truckers.PresidentTrumpand Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy understand the current licensing systemisbroken and needs urgent reform.ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCK DRIVER ACCUSED IN DEADLY FLORIDA CRASH GOT BIDEN WORK PERMIT AFTER TRUMP DENIAL: DHSNot long ago, truckers were required to produce a birth certificate, speak English and confirm state residency before they could even qualify for aCDL. If a driver couldnt speak English, they couldnt even sit for the exam.But today, the requirements have been watered down: a work permit or foreign visaisenough to qualify for a non-domiciledCDL, regardless of whether the driver can read highway signs in English.The Department of Transportations Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) was supposed to raise the bar in 2022 with its Entry Level Driver Training rules. Instead, those rules are riddled with loopholes. Employers, municipalities and online video providers masquerading as schools can "self-certify" commercial driver training with virtually no oversight.SEAN DUFFY: TAKE A GREAT AMERICAN ROAD TRIP AND REDISCOVER OUR AMAZING COUNTRYAs Teamsters President Sean OBrienrecently toldthe Senate Commerce Committee, a 16-year-old needs a licensed instructor to drive a sedan, but unqualified drivers are steering 80,000-pound trucks down Americas highwayswith little oversight. The resultisrampant fraud, unqualified drivers and unsafe highways.Thestatisticsare sobering. Truck crashes killed 5,472 people in 2023, a40% increase from 2014. That riskisonly growing.Over 30,000commercial driving schools are now "approved" by the FMCSA, but only about 2,100 are actually licensed by states.Large employers often reject nearly half of driver applicants because of strict safety standards, but 90%of the industryismade up of small operators with fewer than 10 trucks companies that often lack compliance departments and hire from questionable schools. These are the companies behind so many of the fatal headlines we see each week.I HAD TO LEAVE CALIFORNIA TO SAVE MY TRUCKING BUSINESS. NOW THERES HOPEEven theAmerican Trucking Associationhas warned that the FMCSAs rules are "insufficiently robust" to protect the public from fraudulentCDLmills. PresidentTrumpand Secretary Duffys study, coupled with theirexecutive orderrequiring English proficiency for truck drivers, could finally weed out unqualified operators if enforced.Truck drivers are the backbone of our economy, moving 70% of all freight, keeping grocery shelves stocked, and ensuring medicine and fuel reach every community. They deserve strong standards, fair pay and a safe industry.Thatswhythe trucking industry applauds PresidentTrumpand Secretary Duffy for taking action. But we cannot wait. With an average of3,000 truck accidentsand 100 fatalities every single week, Americas highways are in urgent need of reform.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONTheFloridatragedyshould be a wake-up call: lax licensing standards and weak enforcement are costing American lives. Its time to shut down fraudulent training schools, enforce English proficiency requirements and restore integrity to theCDLsystem.Only then will we protect American drivers, American truckers, and the families who share the road with them every day.