It's official: Mexican trucks coming

World Net Daily ^ | February 23, 2007 | Jerome R. Corsi

[Pete-R-Bilt]

If the administration won't secure the influx of trucks, they had better tighten up the rules of engagement.

Cabotage describes a transport activity that was first applied to ocean vessel shipping,

specifically the pick-up and delivery of goods along a coastline. These regulations have

been a part of North American history from as far back as 1651 with the implementation

of the Navigation Acts. Today, the Canada Customs Act regulates the carriage of all

domestic cargo by the different conveyances available to shippers. The same is true for

the U.S.; cabotage regulations are outlined in customs laws. While these laws are in

place to protect domestic carriers from international competition, changes in the global

market place, resulting from deregulation and shifting trade patterns, justify the need to

revisit the effects of cabotage regulations on efficiency and economic growth.

Container cabotage is unique for two reasons. First, the cabotage issues explored thus far

include aviation, trucking and marine transportation and involve both immigration and

customs regulations. Container cabotage regulations deal only with customs. Second,

the current literature on cabotage investigates bilateral relationships between two nations.

Container cabotage, on the other hand, is distinct because it affects third party

relationships. International ocean carriers that serve North America call on both

Canadian and U.S. ports when moving containers around the world. Differences in how

the U.S. treats a third party and how Canada treats a third party affects the

competitiveness of Canadian goods in global markets

[Pete-R-Bilt]

Here It Comes Again

Ping

[combat_boots]

"'The intent is for the Mexican trucking operations in the U.S. to be indistinguishable from U.S. trucking operations,' the DOT spokesperson affirmed"

Why?

[SandRat]

BORDER PING

[Lexington Green]

Why didn't the American people get to vote on this?

You know why

[Quanah]

Having driven among Mexican trucks in Mexico, I can only say:
1. Re-up your uninsured motorist insurance
2. When you see a gaudily-lit smoke-belching behemoth with 18 bald tires, dozens of hood ornaments and a name painted on the nose coming at you....RUN!!

[GRRRRR]

BOHICA!

The safety of MexiTrux is what scares me.
US Trucks have so many rules and regs to qualify the truck and the driver as safe to operate.

Just how the helk are we going to make sure the MexiPOS Trux are safe???

I see some of 'their' landscape dumptrucks and pickup trucks and they are literally dropping parts on the highway sometimes...

They're gonna get us all killed...

G

[Pete-R-Bilt]

Haven't you heard?

Trucking is one of the jobs Americans don't wanna do, and there is a declared (by the administration) industry shortage of drivers so they (the Government) are here to help, by bringing on cheap labor...

[Joe Bfstplk]

Another part of the middle class is about to be flushed. Notice that U.S. operators will run in Mexico LATER. Why must we always take second place?

Wouldn't it be nice to have politicians that placed the welfare of the United States ahead of other countries?

[FReepaholic]

Money trumps everything.

[jws3sticks]

Here they come.

[Hydroshock]

They are going to get some people killed. Someone gets to pay teh high price of someone else's cheap labor.

[tubebender]

Be afraid...Be very afraid!!!

[Doe Eyes]

Why didn't the American people get to vote on this?

This decision was made by our elected officials. We are a Republic.

Do you have a problem with that?

[headstamp]

Because the American over the road truck driver has just been outsourced.

[longtermmemmory]

The interesting thing is that for commercial drivers licenses you are required to have a functional knowledge of english.

Now, the decades old treaties on licenses is correctly appliced HOWEVER (this is the fun part), if a mexican drive has a citation for something (equiptment violation, speeding, DOT citation) and they do not attend to it, thier right to drive is suspended in the ENTIRE USA because all states have reciprocity on that issue.

I predict most mexican truck drivers will ignore citations thinking their mexican origin will protect their driving priviledge despite the fact it is suspended.

I would look to the teamsters to start giving anonymous tips to the highway patrols and to their DOT enforcements units.

[hedgetrimmer]

This decision was made by our elected officials.

Our elected officials aren't making any decisions. They leave that up to the secretive business councils and NGOs who then tell the politicians what to do in classic communitarian style.

We are not a republic when the laws and policies do not come from the citizens, but come from unelected business councils, NGOs and foreign governments.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I had a brother in law that was killed by a truck driven by a driver that shouldn't have been driving a truck that was violating safety standards. My step sister received gobs of money (she wanted her husband, not money - his loss has devastated her for 15 years) from the employer of the driver. And justifiably so.

Had this been a Mexican truck, driven by a Mexican national, what would she have received? Squat, IMO.

[WestCoastGal]

"Having driven among Mexican trucks in Mexico, I can only say:
1. Re-up your uninsured motorist insurance "

Better yet get a lot of life insurance!!

There was something about this posted this morning to which I responded that there are already a lot of mexicans driving our trucks in this country. They come through this town with those big long gravel trucks [which do look like crummy gardeners trucks only much bigger] speeding in a 35 mph zone going 50-60 and nothing is done. Police never stop them, they don't have enough manpower...I've called. We have no truck route, so they go down the main street which is small. They have to go slow there or they would be killing pedestrians willy nilly...it's the incoming road @ 35mph where they don't slow until they have to.

No one does anything anymore in this country. The border is a sieve, now trucks carrying who knows what will enter the country and go where ever they want. Our children can buy and sell drugs like candy. They have to be afraid in school of gangs. Living close to a large city in Texas and watching the murder and mayhem from there is very frightening. It isn't going to stop........more illegals?..... yep bring on the trucks. We don't have the manpower to check them all. How about a little nuke or two?

These guys don't care who they maim or kill. Really! I've called the companies listed on the side of their trucks and reported them yet they still continue driving like maniacs.

I am definitely glad I grew up and lived most of my life before all this crap began. I'm personally sick of it. If we wind up with a prez hillery or obama.......ugh I can't even think about it. I really don't like any politicians these days. This very subject we're discussing is why. They're all full of hot air and lies and the country is paying dearly for it.

Ok sorry Pete you pinged me LOL........I got started and couldn't stop.....this stuff makes me so angry!!

[Doe Eyes]

Oh, OK. Now I understand. Sorry I said anything.