Mexican truck deal draws angry reaction (will be allowed to haul freight deeper into US)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/23/07 | Leslie Miller - ap

[NormsRevenge]

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Transportation Department: http://www.dot.gov

[NormsRevenge]

The U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters, center, accompanied by Mexican Secretary of Communications and Transportation Luis Tellez, second from left, watches a truck inspection in the city of Apodaca, northern Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007. U.S. safety inspectors will be allowed to examine trucks on Mexican soil before they cross the border into the United States under a program announced by Secretary Peters that could end a seven-year trade dispute in order to remove the last barrier to the long-delayed opening of U.S. highways to Mexican truckers.(AP Photo/Monica Rueda)

[showme_the_Glory]

I wonder if their stuff will get stolen as quickly in the US as my trucking equipment does down there?

[Who dat?]

Said Teamsters President Jim Hoffa: "They are playing a game of Russian roulette on America's highways."

LOL. Americans are playing “Russian roulette” every time a Teamster climbs in a vehicle, IMO.

I'll take my chances with the Mexicans.

[SubGeniusX]

What could go wrong????

[fantom]

It will be fun to see what happens when these uninsured and ill repaired trucks are involved in crashes that result in death or disfigurement. Here in LA they just run from the scene and leave the S##t box. OH of course , the tax payers will pick up the tab . How silly of me.

[FreeAtlanta]

I like this. The more the Mexicans are allowed to produce and ship to us, the less the Chinese get (which gets turned into weapons and economic power against us) and the fewer Illegals that will be coming to the US.

[Syncro]

...interview drivers to make sure they can read and speak English.

I am sure we will hear cries of racism over that pesky little requirement.

[ladtx]

Expect to see a lot of the "big rigs" on the road soon.

[sgtbono2002]

Why are we screwing around , get this crap over with. make Mexico a State and be done with it.

If we dont make it a state in a few years they will be making most of the Southwest a Mexican state.

[ANGGAPO]

I bet that the terrorists love this insane move. We are sure to regret it.

[mikeybaby]

I'm sure this program will be at least as rigorous as the inspections that we enforce on the illegal aliens coming from Mexico.
For a real laugh, Google Mary Peters.
Another do nothing bureaucratic hack. She wouldn't know a tire iron or a fifth-wheel if it bit her in the butt.

[mikeybaby]

Silly you: Bush would actually prosecute
Americans that stole a Mexicans stuff.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Disable these Mexican trucks as they drive up our highways through any means available.

[GourmetDan]

Hey, that looks like a wheat truck I used to drive during the harvest. Had to pump the brakes 3 times to get a firm pedal. Try doing that fully loaded.

Them Mexicans got nothin on me!

[GourmetDan]

"Why are we screwing around , get this crap over with. make Mexico a State and be done with it."

Haven't heard of the 'amero', I presume?

That's exactly the plan.

[Centurion2000]

Disable these Mexican trucks as they drive up our highways through any means available.

Noted.

[showme_the_Glory]

Disable these Mexican trucks as they drive up our highways through any means available.

As an earlier poster mentioned, many NAFTA trucks are self disabling as they drive.

[Types_with_Fist]

... and keep our roads safe at the same time

That's simply an amazing thing for Mary Peters to say. Did she have to leave the room suddenly to guffaw off-camera?