>>The shipping companies can determine if using Mexican trucks makes sense after factoring safety enforcement costs.<<
DOT is lying to the American people about safety. So you think it’s OK for US drivers to be killed by unsafe Mexican truckers as long as the shipping companies have insurance? How much money is a US citizen’s life worth?
The government is capable but I agree there is a legitimate question about the will to enforce reasonable safety laws. There will be two level enforcement by the Feds and States as I understand. The pilot program will hopefully evaluate the viability of the program.
There are many tradeoffs in life. Even with reasonable safety standards, there will be accidents and deaths for US drivers. I do not want the rate to increase with the Mexican drivers. If there are problems with the Mexican drivers, the program should be modified or curtailed to fix the problem.