Mexico Trucker Online

Not much happening in the world on this lazy Sunday evening so courtesy of my friend at The Mex Files, we’ll put this video out there for you to enjoy.

Besides some great sounds by the group Los Felinos de la Noche, it’s got some good behind the wheel video of Mexican highway 57, a road I’ve traveled many times.

You’ll be hard pressed to find the pot holed roads and dangerous antiguated junk trucks you’ve come to believe are everyday sights in Mexico.

Enjoy your Sunday

As of September 16, Mexican carriers applying a fuel surcharge of just over 43 cents per kilometer

Starting this week truckers and Mexican carriers affiliated with the National Chamber of Autotransporte de Carga (CANACAR) will implement a fuel surcharge of just over 43 cents per kilometre in addition to their normal rates of haul which average about $2.50 per kilometer, calculated from the increase in the price of diesel.

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After reading this letter to the members of the US House of Representatives, one wonders what Jimmy Hoffa has in his closet that makes certain members of Congress dance to his tune.

The US Chamber of Commerce represents more than 3 million businesses which translates to more than 3 million votes, compared to Hoffa’s gang of thugs who claim to have 1.4 million members, although only 144,000 of them are in the trucking industry. OOIDA with their puny 160,000 members.

Something smells on Capitol Hill

September 8, 2008

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing more than three million businesses and organizations of ever size, sector, and region, urges you to oppose H.R. 6630, which would effectively terminate the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Cross-Border Trucking Program with Mexico.

The Cross-Border Trucking Program allows for carefully scrutinized trucks to operate across the U.S.-Mexico border on a reciprocal basis, and is a long overdue step toward reducing congestion and air pollution at the U.S.-Mexico border while promoting growth and jobs.

The United States promised under NAFTA to open its border to Mexican trucks—with full reciprocity for U.S. carriers—and it is vitally important that the U.S. maintains its commitment. NAFTA dispute settlement panels have consistently ruled that the United States is in violation of its obligations for not implementing the agreement’s cross-border trucking provisions, which were to be phased in beginning in 1995. Under the terms of the agreement, it is estimated that Mexico could be entitled to levy retaliatory tariffs against U.S. exports approaching $1 billion, which would greatly undermine the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers, farmers, and service providers in the second largest U.S. export market.

Under NAFTA, trade with Mexico has quadrupled—from $81 billion in 1993 to $332 billion in 2006—according to the Department of Commerce. Trucking is vital to this trade partnership since trucks move more than 80% of the value of our trade with Mexico. The Chamber urges you to oppose H.R. 6630 and may consider using votes on, or in relation to, this issue in our annual How They Voted scorecard.

Sincerely,
R. Bruce Josten

I thought it was a good idea to start something like this as there is much happening in the blogosphere and in the news that doesn’t warrant a full post are who has been covered by others in a manner of excellence I cannot duplicate.

I want to start our, not with a news story but with a heads up to a blog that is awesome. Not only for it’s content, but for the marvelous graphics. The Unapologetic Mexican is the site I speak of. For a thinker, it has great comment and the eye candy is beyond description.

Those Damned Mexicans are at it again! How dare them report on Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo, the son of illegal immigrants. Could an “anchor baby” accomplish this?

Our friends at Mexfiles also takes on this subject in a more profound manner. I like this guys style.

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Ramos and Compean - “It's the end of the road for them, They had their day in court. They had their due process of law, the same due process that they tried to deprive a person who they shot in the back.”

An interesting and neutral article regarding the renewed attempts to free convicted felons Ramos and Compean appeared in todays San Antonio Express News

The article confirms what I have said all along here about the involvement of Ignacio Ramos’ father in law in successfully having this case tried in the court of public opinion which did nothing to help the cause of justice and quit possibly pissed the Federal Court off enough where the jurors and the Court had little sympathy for these two criminals.

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Federal safety officials Monday ordered Iguala BusMex and Angel Tours Inc. to cease commercial operations while last week's fatal accident in North Texas is investigated.

Bill would mandate “Black Boxes” in all CMV’s

Two U.S. senators today urged tougher regulations aimed at improving bus safety in response to last week’s deadly accident that killed 17 Vietnamese Catholics from Houston.

Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued statements calling for the passage of their legislation, known as the Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act.

The pair introduced the bill, which would require bus owners to provide seat belts, fire extinguishers and other safety enhancements, last fall after a bus crash in Georgia killed several college athletes from an Ohio college.

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