Charlie Douglas “father of overnight trucking radio”, dead at 78

Nov 292011
 
 29/11/2011  Posted by PMC at 12:43 on 29/11/2011 No Responses »
Charlie Douglas "father of overnight trucking radio", dead at 78

Charlie Douglas, whose “Road Gang” overnight truckers radio show on WWL870 kept many a trucker awake and smiling over the miles in the early 70′s, died at his home in Picayune Mississippi on Thanksgiving day. He was 78. Douglas, whose real name was Doug China, first brought the “Road Gang” to WWL in 1971. In a time before cell phones, the Road Gang was a vital link for truckers to keep in touch with friends and family. The show continued for 13 years spawning dozens of wannabes and imitators but Douglas was and remains one of a kind. Douglas left ….Read More

OOIDA uses alleged “bogus” data to try and discredit Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program

Nov 122011
 
 12/11/2011  Posted by PMC at 09:23 on 12/11/2011 No Responses »
OOIDA uses alleged "bogus" data to try and discredit Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program

The latest effort by OOIDA to discredit the Cross Border Pilot Program with Mexico comes in a posting by OOIDA’s Senior Editor Jami Jones titled “LIPSTICK ON A PIG” in which she uses very suspect and possibly bogus data provided in a Power Point Presentationby the California Air Resources Board otherwise known by the acronym CARB. Jones says; The emission standards for Mexico’s new truck engines are equivalent to the 2004 standards here in the U.S. So no matter when that truck was built, if it was built any time after 2007 it pollutes 19 times more nitrogen oxides, nine ….Read More

Teamsters and OOIDA “punked” by FMCSA

Oct 162011
 
 16/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 16:28 on 16/10/2011 Comments Off
Teamsters and OOIDA "punked" by FMCSA

The headline from OOIDA reads; OOIDA comments prompt second look at cross-border applicant which is true to a point. OOIDA’s protest outlined research of the vehicle identification numbers from inspection reports contained on FMCSA’s CSA website and questioned whether Grupo Behr would be using a 1991 Class 8 Freightliner, which does not comply with the EPA requirement for vehicles of model year 1998 or later. Well, as it turns out, Grupo Behr has no intention of using the 1991 Freightliner, nor the Ford 8 passenger van that was termed a “gross polluter” during a smog check and repaired and passed the ….Read More

The Border is now open to long haul Mexican carriers – And the sky ain’t fallen yet!

Oct 162011
 
 16/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 15:53 on 16/10/2011 Comments Off
The Border is now open to long haul Mexican carriers - And the sky ain't fallen yet!

With the issuance of provisional operating authority to Transportes Olympics on Friday, October 14, 2011, our southern border is now open to long haul trucks from Mexico who have passed the requirements for participation in the pilot program. This puts the US into long overdue compliance with our obligations under NAFTA. The remaining 50% of the$2.4 billion in legal retaliatory tariff’s Mexico placed on 99 US manufactured exports, will now be lifted within 5 days. “This is a big win for American farmers and consumers, who will no longer have to struggle with onerous tariffs imposed by Mexico,” said U.S. ….Read More

Where’s the outrage? OOIDA not concerned about our porous borders – At least one of them

Aug 022011
 
 02/08/2011  Posted by PMC at 00:11 on 02/08/2011 Comments Off
Where's the outrage? OOIDA not concerned about our porous borders - At least one of them

Mark Reddig is on the radio exhorting his listeners that the Cross Border Pilot Program with Mexico will “destroy” the US trucking industry. The August issue of OOIDA’s in house rag, LAND LINE is being pimped on the same program with emphasis on their headline story DOT’s DOG & PONY SHOW, an article where they showcase their “expertise” on the southern border from their ivory tower in Grain Valley Missouri, 1000 miles from the source of their concern. OOIDA has long been using the illogical argument that Mexican trucks should be banned from the US because they “might” bring drugs, ….Read More

OMG!!! The Mexican Trucks are here!!!

Jul 212011
 
 21/07/2011  Posted by PMC at 03:12 on 21/07/2011 Comments Off
OMG!!! The Mexican Trucks are here!!!

Riding through Houston yesterday morning, encounters on of those “dangerous, unsafe” Mexican trucks everyone is having hissy fits over. Couldn’t have recognized it as such from all the other truckers in the morning rush hour except for the dual tags, Mexico and Texas. Dangerous and Unsafe? Not hardly. Compared to the port haulers who were tailgating, weaving in and out of rush hour traffic and tailgating those that didn’t move over quick enough, this driver maintained his lane, kept a safe following distance and actually backed off when a four wheeler cut him off, which happened several times. His load, ….Read More

American Trucker busted with cocaine valued at $4 Million Dollars

Jun 282011
 
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American Trucker busted with cocaine valued at $4 Million Dollars

RAYMONDVILLE – A routine traffic stop in the Valley by DPS leads to a close to $4 million drug bust. Fifty-six-year-old Bobby John McCarty was pulled over by DPS in Raymondville on Saturday. Court documents show his tractor trailer was taken in for further inspection at Los Tomates Bridge. That’s when authorities discovered 117 pounds of cocaine wrapped in 44 bundles in his fuel tank. The cocaine has a street value of $3.7 million. McCarty was charged with drug smuggling. He is being held without bond. SOURCE: KRGV.com

Teamsters President James P. Hoffa releases self serving and totally inaccurate statement on Cross Border Trucking with Mexico

May 162011
 
 16/05/2011  Posted by PMC at 15:11 on 16/05/2011 Comments Off
Teamsters President James P. Hoffa releases self serving and totally inaccurate statement on Cross Border Trucking with Mexico

Teamsters President James P. Hoffa, himself in hot water after caught using his position to offer union jobs, salaries, and pensions to bribe people for political support, released a “presser” giving his totally irrelevant and patently untrue rant in opposition to the upcoming cross border pilot program with Mexico. THE PUBLIC OPPOSES ILLEGAL, UNSAFE MEXICAN TRUCK PROGRAM is the title of this crapola presser released today which Hoffa continues to lie to his membership and the American public. Hoffa says; DOT’s proposal to open the border “fails to adequately protect our members, their families and the traveling public from the ….Read More

Opponents of Cross Border program with Mexico considering another frivolous lawsuit

Apr 192011
 
 19/04/2011  Posted by PMC at 20:53 on 19/04/2011 Comments Off
Opponents of Cross Border program with Mexico considering another frivolous lawsuit

The comment period for the proposed cross border pilot program (FMCSA-2011-0097) started almost a week ago and the apparent lack of interest is stunning but not surprising. Only 49 comments as of this moment.   The public comment period for the DOT proposal will last 30 days. After that, DOT anticipates it will be another 30 days before it can respond to comments and publish a final proposal, according to a fact sheet distributed to stakeholders last week including Mexico Trucker Online. Sources are telling us that once again, Teamsters and OOIDA in collusion with their allies and paid lackey’s ….Read More

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