Mexico Trucker Online

It is sad to read articles[cref another-mexican-rigging-more-idiocy-and-misinformation such as this one] ,realizing the author is probably an intelligent literate human being who either hasn’t bothered to research the facts or is an instrument in the oppositions media campaign of deliberate misinformation. And this one is particularly troubling because of the racist overtones present in the article. Of course, the author appears to be a Russian immigrant so I suppose we can overlook some of it. NOT!

Let’s examine this piece because the majority of what this person writes is proven false elsewhere on these pages.

I notice Comrade Vassilaros quotes extensively from Jerome Corsi, excuse me, Dr. Jerome Corsi of WorldNetDaily.com, as do other opponents of anything Mexican yet Comrade Vassilaros goes even further with his unfounded assertions.

According to Jerome Corsi,

“I don’t see any effective way that can be policed,” says Jerome R. Corsi, author and WorldNetDaily.com columnist. Mexican truck drivers can create significant safety hazards because there’s no assurance they will follow U.S. regulations, keep log books or be able to communicate if they get pulled over, Dr. Corsi says.

Mr Corsi is supposed to be a PHD and you would think that someone with that level of education would stop and think, research and seek the truth before coming out with such outlandish statements. The Mexican trucks can and will be effectively policed in the same manner U.S. and Canadian trucks are policed. As we’ve written here before, The rules are the same and in some instances much tougher on the Mexican carriers who will eventually ride the highways of America.  If they don’t keep a log book, they’ll be fined and put out of service, the same as an American.  And can they communicate if pulled over? Certainly they can but I’ll clue you in on a little secret learned from personal experience. They’ll dumb up and claim not to understand english in hopes of getting out of the citation. A couple of times of being put out of service because they don’t speak English should cure this once word gets around to the other Mexican drivers.  Mark my words. I see it all the time in Laredo. But once they realize I understand spanish and speak a little, they come clean. Can you relate to this Mr, er, Dr. Corsi?

Comrade Vissilaros goes on to make other assertions which he has not taken the time to research. For instance:

The foreigners don’t even need American commercial carrier licenses because Mexican regulations supposedly are just as demanding, according to John H. Hill, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

 

Ask why any business needing transportation to and from Mexico would use American trucking companies — since Mexican carriers could offer lower rates because of lower labor costs — and Hill talks about lower overhead being good for consumers by lowering prices.

Yes Comrade! If you don’t won’t to believe John Hill, then believe me and this website. Look for yourself. The facts are here on this site. Taken from the Mexican SGT website detailing exactly what is required to obtain a Licencia Federale. If it becomes that tough in the U.S. to obtain a CDL, then this cowboy is going to put 32 years of trucking behind him and retire.

Also, I am not totally convinced that we’ll see a reduction in rates from using Mexican carriers. Perhaps I am wrong, but the issue of drivers wages doesn’t enter into the formula. Certainly they pay their drivers less, but the cost of operation is the same or higher because of the need for additonal U.S. insurance, the need for service agents in all 48 states, the cost of fuel is roughly the same in Mexico and the U.S. The cost of equipment is much more expensive in Mexico when you consider the IVA or VAT tax plus the various fees to license the equipment. And the cost of money in Mexico is much higher than in the U.S. Bank credit cards and bank financing typically run 18-24% as advertised in the banks.

But let’s consider for a moment, what if the Mexican carriers can undercut the rates of U.S. companies. Much of the freight moved in the U.S. is brokered through companies such as C.H. Robinson and others. You don’t suppose the rate charged the shipper will change do you? The Mexican trucker may take it cheaper than his American counterpart, and the brokers will pocket the difference. No savings for the American consumer.

 

But ask for the details of the program and be prepared for stonewalling, even after filing a Freedom of Information request.

Once again Comrade, did you bother to read the addendum to 2007-2805 posted on the DMS.gov website? Seems pretty clear and open to me. Perhaps it is you, who may or may not have the appropriate command of our language that cannot understand what is written there.

But I guess the thing in this article that really chaps my ass is his closing statement:

Yes, consumers might benefit from lower prices but the game would be rigged. Mexican illegals, now driving trucks, would be violating the law. Again.

If Mr. Bush wouldn’t defend the Mexican border from a very mobile invasion of illegals, adios, American truckers. Maybe there’s a Spanish term for “10-4, good buddy.”

In my mind, this sums it all up. This man’s ignorance of the facts or total disregard of the facts. Comrade. Illegals will not be driving a commercial vehicle across the borders nor within our borders. This is the kind of garbage that incites the populace who know nothing better than to believe what they read.

And yes Comrade Vassilaros, there is a spanish phrase for 10-4 Good Buddy, and that is Diez-Cuatro Amigo mio…….. However, since you are an expert on American and Mexican trucking, then you know that “Good Buddy” refers to a homosexual and has not been used in 20 years.

Got a grip on that “Good Buddy”?