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WASHINGTON – A government auditor says more work is needed to ensure the safety of Mexican trucks and buses awaiting permission to drive on U.S. roadways. The U.S. Transportation Department's inspector general's office made public its latest report on Mexican truck and bus safety Tuesday. The audit says some states are not consistently reporting traffic convictions of people driving in the U.S. with Mexican drivers' licenses. Also, bus inspections are not being done, are done infrequently or have other problems.

Government hiring inspectors, safety auditors before U.S. roads open to Mexican truck traffic this summer By Matthew Daly, WASHINGTON (AP) The government is hiring dozens of border inspectors and safety auditors and will have trained more than enough to allow Mexican trucks to travel beyond the Southwestern border by midsummer, Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said Thursday. Nearly 150 new border inspectors and 67 new safety auditors should have completed training by the end of July, Mineta said, as the department significantly upgrades safety checks along the Mexican border. By midsummer, the United States will have more than four times...