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Violation codes / 391.11B2-Z

49 CFR 391 · Driver qualification

391.11B2-Z

What it means

Border Zone - Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) in accordance with the current corresponding FMCSA enforcement

What the rule actually says

This violation cites 49 CFR 391.11, general qualifications of drivers. The regulation reads:

(a) A person shall not drive a commercial motor vehicle unless he/she is qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle. Except as provided in § 391.63, a motor carrier shall not require or permit a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle unless that person is qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle.

(b) Except as provided in subpart G of this part, a person is qualified to drive a motor vehicle if he/she—

(2) Can read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and…

The section continues.

49 CFR 391.11, General qualifications of drivers. Read the full section on eCFR

Quoted verbatim from the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations. Nothing here is a paraphrase, and nothing here is legal advice on a citation.

Times recorded61,20513% as often as 393.9, the most cited
How common66thof the 200 most cited codes, out of 2,372 that exist
Regulation391.11Driver qualification

How often this comes up

This violation was recorded 61,205 times across the roadside inspections in the FMCSA file, making it the 66th most frequently cited code. Whether a given instance puts a vehicle or driver out of service is decided at the roadside by the inspector, not by the code itself, so the same violation can end a trip or simply be noted.

It sits under 49 CFR Part 391, which covers driver qualification. To see it in context, look up a carrier and read its inspection history: the same code appearing repeatedly is a different signal from a single occurrence.

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Other driver qualification violations

Counts are from the FMCSA Inspections and Violations file via data.transportation.gov. This describes how the violation is recorded, and is not legal advice on a citation.