STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. – So, remember that fiery bus crash in Virginia that turned I-95 into a scene straight out of Mad Max? Yeah, turns out the guy behind the wheel couldn't read a road sign if his life depended on it. Five dead, dozens injured, and the Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy drops the bombshell: the dude didn't speak English. You. Don't. Say.

The E&P Travel bus, apparently on a suicide mission from New York to North Carolina, plowed into a bunch of cars in a work zone because, allegedly, the driver, Jing S. Dong, didn't slow down. Guess that pesky language barrier made it tough to decipher those cryptic orange cones.

Now, Duffy's all up in arms, tweeting about how this is "unacceptable" and promising to crack down on states that let non-English speakers behind the wheel of a commercial death machine. I mean, duh. It's like letting a toddler operate a nuclear reactor. What did you expect?

But here's the kicker: Dong, a naturalized citizen from China, got his commercial driver’s license in New York two years ago. So, either New York's licensing process is a complete joke, or someone's cutting corners faster than a NASCAR driver on Adderall.

The feds are now sniffing around New York's licensing records, training documentation, and Dong's history. And Duffy's threatening to bring the hammer down on any company, trainer, or school that helped put this guy on the road. Good. Burn it all down. Start over.

Of course, the usual suspects are already crying about discrimination and how requiring English proficiency is somehow racist. Give me a break. This isn't about being woke; it's about basic safety. If you can't understand road signs, instructions, or communicate with law enforcement, you have no business driving a bus full of people.

Let's not forget the victims: a 13-year-old girl, a 7-year-old boy, a 45-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman, and a 25-year-old woman. They're not around to virtue signal. They're dead because someone decided that political correctness was more important than common sense.

Meanwhile, the Transportation Department's gonna pretend they're shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, that something like this could happen. As if they haven't been watching this country slowly morph into a banana republic for the past decade.

So, what's the solution? Simple: Enforce the existing laws. Make sure everyone who gets behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle can actually understand English. And for the love of God, stop prioritizing feelings over facts.

Next up, the NTSB will issue a series of milquetoast recommendations that will be promptly ignored. Everyone will express their outrage, and then we will promptly forget about it until the next tragedy.

Maybe it is time to consider self-driving buses to get the humans out of the equation. At least then the robot uprising can be bipartisan.