Geez American Truckers, U Mad?
Where are Obama’s buddies, the Teamsters, in all this mess? What did he promise them to keep them quiet on this?
At least the trucks are legal ... < /s>
Geez American Truckers, U Mad?
FMCSA announced that all Mexican trucks participating in this project will be given Electronic On-Board Recorders equipped with global positioning capabilities and paid for by the U.S. taxpayers. FMCSA also announced that U.S. trucks must install similar equipment at their own expense. ...
U.S. taxpayers are also being required to pick up the cost of replacing old mufflers on dozens of Mexican trucks at a cost of $1,600 each,...
No safety inspections, free GPS, free Muflers - why not free tires and diesel fuel too? < /s>
This is an OUTRAGE!!
This article is pure BS. Only one Mexican company (Transportes Olympic) has been approved to bring its trucks into the US, tho’ others are planning to apply. So far, only one of its trucks has been approved. Trucks are approved individually after they have been inspected and shown to meet all US safety and environmental regulations.
Only one other company (Grupo Behr de Baja California) has applied, and they don’t have any trucks approved yet. There are some problems with the company’s safety record which are holding up the application.
More proof that Schlafly is losing it. A quick web search shows that Transportes Olympic has been operating in the U.S. for years.
Bush#1+Clinton+Bush#2+obama all love Mexico. Is it because they all hate America?
All this with a country with a narco-terrorist civil war raging within it’s borders.
Three cheers for national security.
The Mexican outfits can’t equip their trucks to meet our requirements? Too bad. They don’t enter the country.
Menwhile, in Minnesota and Iowa, Canadian trains, that is long, long trains, are on our tracks
Mexican trucks have been on US roads for decades and decades. Ask any resident from San Ysidro, Ca to Brownsville, Tx.
Just follow the oil trails...
Let me understand this:
The American taxpayers are providing electronic recording devices for Mexican trucks, which include GPS units.
At the same time, a company Barry the Imposter has personally invested in—LIGHTSQUARED—is trying to go into production of their new broadband business, which will destroy GPS systems currently in place. There are 23 satellites which provide GPS locations for millions of military & civilian units of GPS. LIGHTSQUARED will make them inoperative.
I am concerned about this abuse of established companies & systems, but apparently Barry the Imposter & his minions in Washington DC are not.
I wonder if anyone has bothered to tell Barry & his fellow traveling companion, MOOOCHELLE, that even Air Force One is dependent on GPS systems now in place.
Every airplane flying commercially, every plane in private hands, every On Star vehicle, Every ship at sea- Every military vehicle & plane is dependent on GPS as it now operates.
What will happen to all those units? That damage will it do to our USA military strength? How many of our people in uniform will be in serious jeopardy???
Barry the Imposter is also Barry the Destroyer.
Let me understand this:
The American taxpayers are providing electronic recording devices for Mexican trucks, which include GPS units.
At the same time, a company Barry the Imposter has personally invested in—LIGHTSQUARED—is trying to go into production of their new broadband business, which will destroy GPS systems currently in place. There are 23 satellites which provide GPS locations for millions of military & civilian units of GPS. LIGHTSQUARED will make them inoperative.
I am concerned about this abuse of established companies & systems, but apparently Barry the Imposter & his minions in Washington DC are not.
I wonder if anyone has bothered to tell Barry & his fellow traveling companion, MOOOCHELLE, that even Air Force One is dependent on GPS systems now in place.
Every airplane flying commercially, every plane in private hands, every On Star vehicle, Every ship at sea- Every military vehicle & plane is dependent on GPS as it now operates.
What will happen to all those units? What damage will it do to our USA military strength? How many of our people in uniform will be in serious jeopardy???
Barry the Imposter is also Barry the Destroyer.
However, it was written by a technical illiterate. "Mufflers" don't have anything to do with air quality.
Mexican trucks are not required to have catalytic converters. Many of them are powered by very old diesels on their third 3-million-mile overhaul. If you have ever driven on a Mexican highway with their trucks and god-forbid buses, you would remember the peculiar smell of Mexican fuel ...you would be deaf from the noise of their jake-brakes ....and blind from the thick black smoke they spew. Mix that heady aroma with a bit of essence of burned clutch and fried brake, season with 10 million unsanitary taco stands, the use of roadside ditches as open latrines, and you could probably smell Mexico from outer space. Some neighbor!
There is also a reason why Mexican country-folk (aka "peasants") wear those tire-tread sandals (huaraches). The country's "roads" are lined with tread cast by Mexican re-tread tires. Free shoes!
¡Ay Chihuahua, dude, where's my clothespin!
I’ve already noticed an increase of “retreaded” tires shedding their new rubber on our highways these days...You see this debris all over the roads these days...They are a hazard, and will cause injuries and deaths if not taken care of...
A properly credentialed commercial (American) vehicle cannot operate on retreads (at least that is what I recall), unlike the unregulated trucking industry in Mexico...
So once again our country has to endure the unsafe practices of another country for political reasons, above the safety of its own citizens...
When a government risks the lives of its citizens for political reasons, when would it be proper to hold them criminally accountable for those decisions???
Look for these MexiCommuterSemiPools to be carrying hundreds of illegals each. Delivering them to a needy city near you. In two to three years, the balance of population will shift decidedly.
This looks like one for The Bandit, and his buddies, to handle. Breaker 19...Buford T. Justice, where are you good buddy? Got your ears on? Come in.