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Mexican Truckers * USA - To Get Full Access to US Roads
BAD IDEA!! - Unions, Safety Groups Oppose Mexican Trucks on US RoadsUSA -immigrationwatchdog.com, by GuardDog/News VOA -Feb 28, 2007: -- “It is a real concern of ours from a safety standpoint and, frankly, from a security standpoint,” he said. “We do not know what is coming over these borders. They claim they are going to look at each truck and inspect each truck, but they try to do that now and they cannot even do ten percent of the trucks that come over the border.”... The Teamsters Union and highway safety groups in the United States are among those opposing the plan. VOA’s Greg Flakus has more from Houston... Allowing Mexican trucks to travel across the border and to all parts of the United States sounds like a great idea to Sarah Sanchez. The interim executive director of San Antonio’s Free Trade Alliance says her city, which sits a little over 200 kilometers from the border, would benefit greatly by becoming a logistical hub for U.S.-Mexico trade... But what might be good for San Antonio’s business leaders may not be good for the rest of the country and could pose a threat to motorists on U.S. highways, according to the Teamsters Union... The Teamsters say Mexican trucks are not up to the standards of U.S. trucks and that Mexican drivers are often pushed by their employers to drive longer hours than is safe... “We do not know what is coming over these borders. They claim they are going to look at each truck and inspect each truck, but they try to do that now and they cannot even do ten percent of the trucks that come over the border.”…
* More criticism comes for Mexican truck program
Grain Valley,MO,USA -Land Line Magazine -Feb 26, 2007: -- Just days after it was announced, more groups weighed in with heavy criticism of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s pilot program that will allow Mexican trucks further into the U.S. than ever before... a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, questioned how the United States could afford to send inspectors to Mexico when only a small portion of U.S. trucks are inspected each year... Joan Claybrook, president of safety advocacy group Public Citizen, hit on the hours of service compliance angle. She said in a statement that even if inspections do happen, they’ll be meaningless because inspectors will have “no way of telling how many hours these (Mexican) truck drivers have been driving before they get to the U.S.”... The U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation is planning a hearing on March 8 to determine whether the program meets safety requirements...
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