"Having Mexican trucks roaming freely across this country is a tragedy waiting to happen."
No, no, that's what 'free' trade ala NAFTA and GATT is all about, taking Americans and lowering their standards all the way to the environmental, labor, and legal standards of the Third World. We're just being fair to the poor countries who can't afford to send their slave-labor-assembled products in trucks with brakes, or insurance, or experienced drivers, donchaknow?
Already happened! A few of years ago, an 18 wheeler came through Corrigan Tx over 70mph with no brakes. Killed a woman in the intersection that just dropped her child at school , and went into an Exxon station mowing down the gas pumps. Caught the whole intersection on fire and destroyed the station. Mexican driver with no insurance. He lived. Don't know the final outcome.
If you look back to when the Teamsters were whining about different requirements for American drivers vs Mexican drivers, that's when it happened. It was in the news then. The Teamsters were moaning about NAFTA for this very reason. Their drivers and trucks didn't meet our road standards, but that's OK. If a Mexican truck had to have an inspection sticker and a driver had to have insurance, then where's the advantage in hiring a Mexican truck?