Mexican Trucking - What's The Status?

PolitiTruck.com ^ | 10/16/07 | Michael Howe

[mhowe]

Have you wondered what’s happened with the NAFTA initiated Mexican Trucking Demonstration Program lately? Me Too!

Unfortunately, there isn’t much new to report on this subject because the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has not been updating its web site and is apparently reluctant to respond to inquiries on the subject. However, they do appear committed to implementing the program as a part of NAFTA.

Here’s a basic overview of where things are and have been:

[mhowe]

The government has gone silent on this - I wonder why?

[1rudeboy]

Because the pilot program started, and there has been no carnage or mayhem on the highways as some people were hoping.

[Sefton]

Deadly tunnel fire,31 vehicles involved, 3 dead. Nine drivers unaccounted for.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/tunnel-vehicles-cibrian-1892941-officials-investigators

[1rudeboy]

Let me know when you are able to pin the accident on a Mexican truck, ok?

[jwh_Denver]

It’s a pilot program like you said. You think Mexico is stupid enough to send in their “normal” POS trucks?

[1rudeboy]

Well, seeing that Mexico has been sending their "normal" trucks into the U.S. (into the 20-mile buffer zone) for years without carnage and mayhem, maybe its "normal" trucks aren't that bad, either.

You guys are like gun control advocates breathlessly awaiting a school shooting.

[jwh_Denver]

You talk like a scumbag liberal who wants nothing but to bring this country down. Little Mexican boy.

[1rudeboy]

LOL—That’s one way to admit that the facts aren’t on your side, and that you have no relevant empirical data whatsoever.