The problem is “They’ve been there”!

I got a good laugh from this broad offering her “expert” opinion on a vacation or whatever into Mexico’s Baja peninsula traveling on one of what is probably the worst and most heavily traveled toll road in Mexico.

Jami Jones, writing for the Landline Media Blog ,made these expert comments and observations and in effect, becomes an expert on the Mexican truck issue and Mexico in general.


I have personally visited Mexico and – I still shudder at the thought of it – actually drove around in the country. I cruised the west coast line from Tijuana down to Ensenada. It was a good three- or four-hour round-trip I spent on the hideous Mexican toll road praying for my life every inch of the way.

I cringed every time a truck rolled by blowing black smoke everywhere with warped wheels shaking their way down the road. And, gator tails were more common than smooth patches of road. I dodged 1970s Chevy Luv trucks, loaded to the gills with people, careening on and off the toll road to avoid the tollbooths.

I really felt like I was taking my life into my hands.

The rhetoric will certainly continue on how safe these trucks are from Mexico. But, after having been there, done that and wearing the T-shirt, I feel quite safe in calling BS on this sort of portrayal on the Mexican trucking industry.

One thing I will agree with “Jami” on and I will borrow her phrase, “I feel quite safe in calling BS on this sort of portrayal on the Mexican trucking industry.”.

So I agree with you Jami. I feel quite safe in calling your portrayal of the Mexican trucking industry BS, based on your brief trip to the tourist beaches of Ensenada.


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