Well Jim let me respond to some of your statements....On multiple occasions while waiting for my load to cross the border in Laredo I was dispatched to the customs area to cross load from a mexican carrier to my trailer because they were placed out of service in the customs area because of HoS violations. This is NOT a rare occurrence as the inspection facility inspects about 20% of the fleet that comes through to drop trailers at border drop lots.
An I'm in complete agreement with your statement on the RR. tom On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Linda Herd <linda.h...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > It is getting to the point of not saying "can you believe this?". There is > so much information on this type of problem that I now believe it. > > Linda > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > *From:* James Hornaday Jr. <rail...@sbcglobal.net> > *To:* ty...@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Thu, January 20, 2011 8:57:26 PM > *Subject:* Re: WND - Oh no! Here come the Mexican trucks again > > Tom: > > Well, for one thing, the trucks and drivers registered in Canada are under > comparable restrictions and laws as the US. All of the drivers from Canada > (with the possible exception of Quebec) speak English. Most of the French > Quebec drivers can speak English as well. They just speak French when they > are in Quebec. > > I seriously doubt the regulations in Mexico are strict enough, and if they > were, the corruption in enforcement down there would allow stinky trucks and > inadequately trained drivers to go across the border and go anywhere. > > The amount of nasty stuff coming into the US from Canada is miniscule > compared to what's coming across the southern border. > > I see trucks with Canadian licenses driving on the interstates. About 1 > in 100. They don't bother me at all. > > If you want to stop stuff coming in from Mexico, you'd have to shut down > the Kansas City Southern RR at the border. Nobody's complaining (that I'm > aware of) about that mode of traffic. > > I agree this legislation coming out of Washington for allowing Mexican > trucking into the full US of A is NOT in our interests. > > Jim Hornaday > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Tom Martz <t.ma...@gmail.com> > *To:* ty...@googlegroups.com; MLC Google Group < > missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Thu, January 20, 2011 5:05:40 PM > *Subject:* Re: WND - Oh no! Here come the Mexican trucks again > > an this differs from Canadian companies how..? And how does this impact > the nations highway system or how does it differ from our neighbors to the > north....? > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Fred B. Ellison <fbelli...@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> >> >> http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=252861 >> Oh no! Here come the Mexican trucks again Obama quietly moves ahead >> without congressional approval >> ------------------------------ >> Posted: January 18, 2011 >> 8:39 pm Eastern >> >> By Jerome R. Corsi >> © 2011 WorldNetDaily >> >> (TTNews.com <http://ttnews.com/>) >> The Obama administration is preparing once again to allow Mexican trucks >> to roam freely on U.S. roads under the auspices of the *North American*Free >> Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, with or without the approval of Congress. >> >> Quietly, the U.S. Department of *Transportation* has posted on its >> website<http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/documents/cross-border/Concept-Trucks-English.pdf>a >> "Concept Document," specifying a "Phased U.S.-Mexico Cross Border Long >> Haul Trucking *Proposal*" that envisions allowing open access to an >> unspecified number of Mexican trucks on U.S. roads after DOT has time to >> post in the Federal Register new rules circulated by the Federal Motor >> Carrier Safety Administration, or FMCSA. >> >> The Obama administration's determination to see Mexican long-haul rigs >> roll throughout the U.S. is a slap in the face to many Democrats in >> Congress, including Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., who fought hard in 2008 to >> have language inserted into legislation that would stop the project out of >> concerns that Mexican trucks do not conform to U.S. safety standards. >> >> *Obama ended Bush-era project* >> In March 2009, President Obama signed the $410 billion Omnibus Funding >> Bill into law, along with provisions ending the Department of >> Transportation's Mexican truck *demonstration* project. >> >> DeFazio's office confirmed to WND that he has requested that Rep. John >> Duncan Jr., R-Tenn., the chairman of the House Subcommittee and >> Transportation, hold hearings on the proposed Obama administration Mexican >> truck plans. >> >> The DOT's two-page "Concept Document" specifies at the end that the agency >> will periodically report to Congress on Mexican trucks in the U.S. But >> nothing in the document suggests DOT or the FMCSA has any intention of >> coming to Congress to seek permission before promulgating rules, initiating >> procedures to safety-test Mexican trucks and open the borders to FMCSA >> safety-certified Mexican long-haul carriers. >> >> The "Concept Document" published on the DOT website specifies vaguely, >> "Subject to negotiation with Mexico, the number of carrier and truck >> participants in this first phase of the program will be managed to ensure >> adequate oversight." >> >> The DOT's initial program overview specifies that Mexican trucks allowed >> into the U.S. will have to complete successfully a "Pre-Authority Safety >> Audit," or PASA, that will include an *examination* of Mexican commercial >> drivers' licenses, checking Mexican trucks against FMCSA safety requirements >> and certifying that Mexican drivers are proficient in English. >> The "Concept Document," however, neglects to give details regarding how >> precisely Mexican trucks and drivers will be inspected and certified by >> Mexican or FMCSA field supervisors. >> >> *Mexico demands trucks in U.S.* >> TheTrucker.com <http://thetrucker.com/>, a trucking industry magazine, >> reported >> last >> October<http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2010/10/19/DOTsaysitsdevelopingproposaltoresolveMexicotruckdispute.aspx>that >> a Mexican official at a Washington luncheon held on Oct. 15 said Mexico >> would not accept another pilot program. >> >> "If you put in place a demonstration project similar to what we had, it >> can begin, but it can be defunded at any time," said Jose Luis Paz Vega, the >> head of the NAFTA office at the Mexican embassy in Washington, at the Oct.15 >> luncheon. "Mexico is not willing to take that anymore. We need a program >> that is permanent, that has certainty and complies with NAFTA. And we're not >> willing to accept anything less than that." >> >> One day after signing the Omnibus Funding Bill, Obama instructed the >> office of the U.S. trade representative to work with Congress, DOT, the >> State Department and Mexican officials to come up with legislation to create >> "a new trucking project that will meet the legitimate concerns" of Congress >> and the U.S. under NAFTA. >> >> The current Obama administration proposal appears to fall short of >> Mexico's demands. The "phased-in" approvals for Mexican trucks to operate >> under NAFTA in the U.S. appear to resemble the Bush administration's >> incremental "pilot program" approach that gave Mexican drivers and rigs the >> green light to cross the border into the U.S. without restraints on where >> they might operate. >> >> Yet, by not defining the Mexican truck initiative as a "demonstration" or >> ""pilot program," DOT may avoid having to come to Congress for the type of >> specific program funding the Bush administration was required to request. >> >> While the DOT "Concept Document" proposes a phased-in approach, the >> suggestion seems to be that Mexican trucks will get U.S. authority to >> operate in the U.S. under the Obama proposal on a continuing basis, without >> any need to evaluate the program's success before going to the next >> threshold of Mexican trucks acquiring U.S. operating authority. >> >> *Angry trucking unions blast Obama* >> The Obama administration's determination to see Mexican long-haul rigs >> roll throughout the U.S. has angered the Teamsters, who supported candidate >> Obama in the 2008 presidential election and the Democrats in the 2010 >> mid-term elections. Obama has not fulfilled his 2008 campaign promise to >> renegotiate NAFTA to preserve U.S. jobs. >> "With so much focus in Washington on creating jobs, it's a bit shocking >> that the administration would pursue a program that can only rob U.S. >> drivers of their jobs," said Todd Spencer, executive vice president of the >> Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, or OOIDA. >> >> "Until the Mexican government is able to significantly diminish the >> rampant crime and violence within its borders, commits to addressing its >> deteriorated infrastructure and promulgates regulations that significantly >> improve its trucking industry, U.S. truckers will be unable to benefit from >> the anticipated reciprocity," said Spencer, suggesting few U.S. truckers >> would want to operate their rigs in Mexico. >> >> "If a new cross-border trucking program were implemented in the near >> future, U.S. truckers would be forced to forfeit their own economic >> opportunities while companies and drivers from Mexico, free from equivalent >> regulatory burdens, take over the traffic lanes." >> James Hoffa, president of the Teamsters, was equally outraged. >> >> "My union will fight against opening the border to Mexican Trucks," Hoffa >> told the Detroit News. "We simply don't believe U.S. taxpayers should pay to >> let more Mexican companies depress American workers' wages. >> >> *Mexico retaliated with tariffs* >> In response to ending the Mexican truck demonstration project in March >> 2009, Mexico increased tariffs on some 90 U.S. products in a move making >> clear Mexico did not intend to lose the trucking war under NAFTA. >> >> Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has claimed the Obama administration >> was experiencing heavy pressure from U.S. businesses negatively impacted by >> Mexico's tariffs. He told reporters that Mexico's retaliation has had "an >> enormous impact." >> "It is really putting a huge economic stress on the producers," he said, >> arguing the tariffs had placed an additional $2.4 billion cost on U.S. >> exporters. >> >> The Obama administration's decision to reignite the Mexican truck >> controversy appears to reflect a decision to bow to business interests. >> "If we're going to double exports within five years, we must hold on to >> export markets, such as Mexico, where American companies are doing well," >> U.S. Chamber of *Commerce* President Thomas Donahue told the New York >> Times<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704415104576065924125822128.html>, >> arguing that the Obama administration should allow Mexican trucks into the >> U.S. as an inducement to Mexico to remove the retaliatory tariffs. >> >> *Are Mexican trucks safe?* >> Critics continue to point out that Mexico has no real system of driver >> training, licensing, drug testing, driver physical requirements, safety >> inspection, cargo latching security, hazmat control or brake standards that >> match U.S. standards. >> >> Concerns continue that in Mexico compliance with the U.S. Commercial >> Vehicle Safety Alliance standards will be met by Mexican inspectors taking >> bribes, the typical method used in the country to get around onerous >> government regulations. >> >> The Mexican truck issue became rancorous during the last two years of the >> Bush administration as Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters fought off >> repeated efforts by Congress to confine Mexican trucks to a narrow 20-mile >> commercial area north of the southern border. >> >> WND >> reported<http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59044>that >> after the Mexican truck project had begun, an examination of the >> Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration database revealed hundreds of >> safety violations by Mexican long-haul rigs on U.S. roads under the project. >> >> >> WND also reported <http://www.wnd.com/index.php/index.php?pageId=58843>that >> in an argumentative Senate hearing in March 2008, then North Dakota >> Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan in tight questioning got Peters to admit that >> Mexican drivers were being designated at the border as "proficient in >> English" even though they could explain U.S. traffic signs only in Spanish. >> >> In the tense hearing, Dorgan accused Peters of being "arrogant" and in >> reckless disregard of a congressional vote to stop the Mexican trucking >> demonstration project by taking funds away. >> >> As WND >> reported<http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57520>, >> opposition in the House was led by Rep. DeFazio, who in September 2007 >> accused the Bush administration of having a "stealth plan" to allow Mexican >> long-haul rigs on U.S. roads. >> >> "This administration (of President George W. Bush) is hell-bent on opening >> our borders," DeFazio then said, "but has failed to require that Mexican >> drivers and trucks meet the same safety and security standards as U.S. >> drivers and trucks." >> >> Previously, Peters had argued the wording of the Dorgan amendment did not >> prohibit the Transportation Department from stopping a Mexican truck >> demonstration project that DOT has already begun, even if the measure >> prohibited DOT from starting any new project. >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> Read more: Oh no! 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