MORE OOIDA LIES EXPOSED!

Back in the late 80’s there was a late night talk show host on KMOX in St. Louis, whose motto was, “You can’t fix Stupid”! Jim White, retired now and on his boat somewhere on the Mississippi perhaps.

And that holds particularly true these days anytime Todd Spencer of OOIDA makes a comment. What’s he up to this time? And how has Mexico Trucker exposed more of his lies? Lies he uses to push his agenda? Read on!

This article published in THE TRUCKER today is a prime example!

OOIDA asks FMCSA for complete, accurate data on approved Mexican trucks

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) often claims Mexican trucks are safer than U.S. trucks, but available data doesn’t back up those claims, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) stated in a news release.

OOIDA requested that FMCSA provide explanations as to why certain carriers have been given approval to enter the United States when little or no data is available to demonstrate how they have fully complied with all applicable laws on safety and security. The request was included in OOIDA’s comments posted to the FMCSA public notice in the Federal Register. That notice discloses several Mexico-domiciled motor carriers that have passed a Pre-Authority Safety Audit (PASA).

In review of the published notice, OOIDA found it only shows whether certain Mexican motor carriers passed certain categories, but nothing about the data relied upon to make those determinations.

“It’s like they are still making it up as they go along,” OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer said. “They just go ahead and say it passes, therefore it’s supposed to be accepted as true.”

Because no specifics were available in the public notice, OOIDA then reviewed FMCSA’s SafetStat database and found several red flags on the companies receiving a go from PASA.

For example, according to OOIDA, one approved carrier, Avomex International, shows a pattern of tolerance for Hours of Service violations by its drivers. During 172 inspections conducted between Sept. 21, 2006, and Sept. 21 of this year the company was cited for 206 violations. Running five trucks in the U.S., that averages slightly more than 40 violations per truck.

“And that gets an approved PASA?” asked Spencer. “This is just one of several examples we found that no authority should be granted to any Mexican motor carriers.”

So let’s take a look at AVOMEX INTERNATIONAL that Spencer claims is so bad and we’ll see how Todd Spencer corrupted the for his own mean.

COMPANY SNAPSHOT

US DOT:	1142107Z	Docket Number:	MX462940

Doing-Business-As Name:

Business Address	BusinessTelephone and Fax	Mail Address	MailTelephone and Fax	UndeliverableMail

Authority Type	Authority Status	Application Pending

Property	Passenger	Household Goods	Private	Enterprise

Insurance Type	Insurance Required	Insurance on File

Application Type:	Provisional Date:	Current Status:	Current Status Date:

US Common Carrier authority since 2003, permanent authority issued in 2005! Is this a participant in the pilot truck program, or a Mexican carrier using a relative (legally) to obtain operating authority in the US. Let’s look further.

PENDING APPLICATIONS

Pending Application

US DOT:	1142107Z	Docket Number:	MX462940

Auth Type	Filed	Status	Insurance	BOC-3

Ok, nothing bad here. Insurance problem in 2003. Common carrier still current, Contract carrier application pending.

SAFERSYS STATS (The ones Todd Spencer has misquoted)

SAFER Layout
Entity Type:	Carrier
Out of Service (Interstate Only):	No	Out of Service Date:	None
Legal Name:	AVOMEX INTERNATIONAL SA DE CV
DBA Name:
Physical Address:	CARRETERA SABINAS ROSITA KM 1 SABINAS, CH 26740
Phone:	(861) 613-0899
Mailing Address:	PO BOX 1388 KELLER, TX 76244
USDOT Number:	1142107	State Carrier ID Number:
MC or MX Number:	462940	DUNS Number:	–
Power Units:	5	Drivers:	5
MCS-150 Form Date:	06/26/2006	MCS-150 Mileage (Year):	210,000 (2004)
Operation Classification:
Operation Classification SAFER Layout X Auth. For Hire   Exempt For Hire X Private(Property)   Priv. Pass. (Business) SAFER Layout   Priv. Pass.(Non-business)   Migrant   U.S. Mail   Fed. Gov’t SAFER Layout   State Gov’t   Local Gov’t   Indian Nation X NEW APPLIC
Carrier Operation:
Carrier Operation SAFER Layout X Interstate SAFER Layout   Intrastate Only (HM) SAFER Layout   Intrastate Only (Non-HM)
Cargo Carried:
Cargo Carried SAFER Layout X General Freight   Household Goods   Metal: sheets, coils, rolls   Motor Vehicles   Drive/Tow away   Logs, Poles, Beams, Lumber   Building Materials   Mobile Homes   Machinery, Large Objects X Fresh Produce SAFER Layout   Liquids/Gases   Intermodal Cont.   Passengers   Oilfield Equipment   Livestock   Grain, Feed, Hay   Coal/Coke   Meat   Garbage/Refuse   US Mail SAFER Layout   Chemicals   Commodities Dry Bulk   Refrigerated Food X Beverages   Paper Products   Utilities   Agricultural/Farm Supplies   Construction   Water Well

Inspection results for 24 months prior to: 11/03/2007

Total inspections: 338
Note: Total inspections may be less than the sum of vehicle, driver, and hazmat inspections. Go to Inspections Help for further information.

Inspections:

Inspection Type	Vehicle	Driver	Hazmat
Inspections	314	338	0
Out of Service	34	1	0
Out of Service %	10.8%	0.3%	0%
Nat’l Average % (2005-2006)	23.14%	6.80%	5.39%

Crashes reported to FMCSA by states for 24 months prior to: 11/03/2007

Crashes:

Type	Fatal	Injury	Tow	Total
Crashes	0	0	0	0

Now, Todd Spencer is claiming between 6/21/2006 and 6/21/2007, this carrier was inspected 172 with a resulting 206 violations! Where do you get your numbers Todd? Out of a Cracker Jacks box? You claim you get them from FMCSA Safersys, but we are looking at the true numbers. There are no 206 violations. To the contrary, the numbers suggest another Mexican trucking company with lower violations and a safer operation than most American companies of comparable size.Todd Spencer, your bullshit is showing you to be increasingly irrelevant.Listening to Brooklyn, Trucking Bozo and Rusty Wade this afternoon on the Trucking Bozo show extolling the virtues of OOIDA and trying to convince us the solution to all that ails the American trucking industry is to join OOIDA? Let’s get real people. OOIDA has nothing to back up their objection to Mexican trucks so they resort to skewing the truth.UPDATE:

After extensive research, I can say with authority that AVOMEX INTERNATIONAL, is not a participant nor have they applied to be a participant in the Mexican Pilot Truck Program. It might be they applied and then withdrew, but I find no evidence of that.

Todd Spencer, as usual, mincing words, does not say SPECIFICALLY, that they are part of the program, but only insinuates it, in order to put his warped perspective across to the media.