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Mexican rigs ready to roll
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | August 24, 2007 | Jerome R. Corsi

Posted on 08/24/2007 4:06:05 AM PDT by Man50D

The requirements for the U.S. Department of Transportation's Mexican Truck Demonstration Project have been met, and some 37 Mexican trucking companies have been approved to run their long-haul rigs through the U.S. starting as early as Sept. 1, according to a Mexican government report.

In the United States, the inspector general of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Aug. 6 issued to the House and Senate Appropriations Committee an audit about implementing NAFTA's cross-border trucking provisions, the last hurdle DOT faced before allowing the Mexican truck demonstration project to begin.

As required by Congress, the report was withheld from public release until August 21 – 15 days after being delivered to Congress.

At that point, industry commentators instantly noted that the FMCSA inspector general requested that additional improvements be made in two areas: to improve the quality of the data used to monitor Mexican commercial driver traffic convictions in the United States and to ensure adequate capacity to inspect Mexican buses.

The first industry reaction was that the report had blocked DOT from allowing the Mexican truck demonstration project to start until the FMCSA had adequately satisfied the deficiencies noted in these two recommendations.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: border; corsi; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration; lowrider; mexico; nafta; nau; security; spp; trucking; trucks
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1 posted on 08/24/2007 4:06:06 AM PDT by Man50D
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To: Man50D

Once again our govt tells Americans to go to hell.
They are doing what they are going to do because they know best.
This is B.S. and citizens are going to die.


2 posted on 08/24/2007 4:11:41 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Man50D

I wonder how long it takes to fix 18 flat tires?

Regards


3 posted on 08/24/2007 4:13:51 AM PDT by ARE SOLE (Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment..)
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To: Joe Boucher

Couldn’t individual states make it so hard for these trucks that it wouldn’t be worth the hassle?

This is disgusting. How many will die before this nonsense stops?

MAN THE PHONES !


4 posted on 08/24/2007 4:17:54 AM PDT by TaxxMann (THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT GUARANTEE FAIR SPEECH, IT GUARANTEES FREE SPEECH)
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To: Man50D

Okay, I’m bunkered down in the northern hinterlands, far from the battle in the Southwest.

What are we looking at in permitting Mexican trucks onto American roads?

Are the horror stories I read about Mexican truckers true?


5 posted on 08/24/2007 4:22:54 AM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: sergeantdave

From Mexico, Buenos Dias. Trucking has improved in Mexico over the years, and many successful truckers take great pride in their rigs, and many turnpikes here in Mexico display a large assortment of trucks. Steady there on your trigger finger, they are just men/women trying to eek out a living in a very competitive global world market. I remember going to Belgium and seeing the French trucks, German trucks, Swiss trucks all going up and down their highways. Hope to see some of the nicer truckers here in Mexico leaving their cargo, and getting some REAL Mexican food.


6 posted on 08/24/2007 4:26:13 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: TaxxMann

States can’t go against the Feds or they risk losing federal road funds.


7 posted on 08/24/2007 4:26:53 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Joe Boucher

our govt. is only interested in the well beings of Mexican citizens, to hell with their own.


8 posted on 08/24/2007 4:29:29 AM PDT by television is just wrong (deport all illegal aliens NOW. Put all AMERICANS TO WORK FIRST. END WELFARE.)
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To: sergeantdave

“Are the horror stories I read about Mexican truckers true?”

As a matter of fact the stories are very true if you are talking about the conditions of equipment running the roads currently in Mexico, and the laws governing drivers and sleep time etc.

More to say, but have to get offline now.


9 posted on 08/24/2007 4:44:03 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: rovenstinez

I’m more interested in American truckers like my Dad.

Regards


10 posted on 08/24/2007 4:47:18 AM PDT by ARE SOLE (Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment..)
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To: rovenstinez

“I remember going to Belgium and seeing the French trucks, German trucks, Swiss trucks all going up and down their highways.”

And that is one of our points you seem to miss.

Many of us do not want our country to be turned into a copy of the failed European union. This truck thing is just the beginning.

I don’t care how “nice” the trucks look.

And Mexican food is an enticer? That’s a new twist.


11 posted on 08/24/2007 4:51:07 AM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Man50D

Every damn mexican truck i see on the road will receive a welcome from me...a one finger salute.


12 posted on 08/24/2007 4:52:03 AM PDT by Hornet19 (It's Time to Put Up or Shut Up...Where Do You Stand?)
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To: rovenstinez

Will Mexican truckers carry an American CDL licsense?

Will they be required to pay the fees and over the road taxes that American Truck owners have to pay. These can run up to 20,000 dollars a year per truck for American truck companies.

On runs in-country here from Mexico will the Mexican trucks be able to pick up loads say in Boston and deliver in L.A., Florida...Alaska?

If any of this is true then this measure screws the American Trucker.

Where are the teamsters saying about this plan?

There is no certified laboratory in Mexico that can test drug and alcohol samples.
Mexico does not enforce hours-of-service regulations.
The Mexican Commercial Drivers License (CDL) has questionable medical standards and no real assurance that the license is authentic.

What this plan will certainly do is reduce the income of American truckers.
State databases in the United States do not adequately track Mexican drivers’ history. For example, the Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General has reported that more than 40,000 traffic violations by Mexican drivers hadn’t been entered into the State of Texas’ database.


13 posted on 08/24/2007 4:53:27 AM PDT by KDD (Ron Paul for President)
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To: Joe Boucher; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; JustPiper; La Enchiladita; Kimberly GG; eeevil conservative

“States can’t go against the Feds or they risk losing federal road funds.”


It’s time to JUST SAY NO. Do without.

That goes for schools, etc. as well. People can get by. Find a way. Preserve a Nation, state by state.


14 posted on 08/24/2007 5:28:06 AM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: Man50D

This will be a disaster for the American trucker!

Right now I pay between $2 and $2.5 dollars per mile to ship (I am a Freight Broker). I expect this to drop like a rock when the Mexicans invade.

American truckers will not be able to make truck payments and buy fuel and will be dropping like flies. Whithin a year (2 at most) the only thing on the road will be Mex truckers (IMHO).


15 posted on 08/24/2007 5:41:06 AM PDT by Hazcat (We won an immigration BATTLE, the WAR is not over. Be ever vigilant.)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance; All

“Preserve a Nation, state by state.”

Thank you for the ping!

The Federal vs. State and the “good” vs. “bad” illegal alien issues are, IMO, about to explode.

I am wondering how you and others here feel about attempts to differentiate between ‘illegal’ aliens vs. ‘criminal’ aliens? Would you be in favor of compromising/working out a deal to give amnesty (of any kind) to the majority of illegal aliens who would not be categorized as ‘criminal’ aliens? Would you support a presidential candidate who did?

Aside from the current attempt by the states to do what the Federal government has failed to do, do you see illegal immigration as a ‘social’ issue and would you support all of the issue’s legislative, citizenship, border, enforcement, etc. responsibilities, becoming entirely, individual ‘states-only’ issue and would you support a Presidential candidate who did? Or, do you think the Federal government should continue to ultimately be responsible for our nation’s border security and the enforcement of our immigration laws?


16 posted on 08/24/2007 6:58:11 AM PDT by Kimberly GG (INVEST IN THE FUTURE - DUNCAN HUNTER '08.....(NO MORE CFRers))
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To: Man50D

Will Elvira Arellano (the Chicago sanctuary illegal) be driving the first truck, in honor of her “heroism” and service to La Raza?!


18 posted on 08/24/2007 12:28:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum)
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To: F15Eagle

Putting in some keywords helps.


19 posted on 08/24/2007 12:48:07 PM PDT by AuntB (" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
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To: rovenstinez
Steady there on your trigger finger, they are just men/women trying to eek out a living in a very competitive global world market.

So are American CITIZEN truckers, who have become a dying breed.

20 posted on 08/24/2007 12:50:43 PM PDT by AuntB (" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
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