Casino Bus crashes in Mississippi and Nevada add to deadly weekend for U.S. Bus operators

Aug 112008
 
 11/08/2008  Posted by PMC at 13:02 on 11/08/2008 Comments Off
Casino Bus crashes in Mississippi and Nevada add to deadly weekend for U.S. Bus operators

So what’s going on here? Are we so fixated on legally operated, safe Mexican Cross Border trucks that we totally ignore the commercial bus industry in the United States? On the heels of Friday morning deadly crash in Sherman Texas that killed 17 and injured more than 35 people when the recapped steering tire blew out on a charter bus being illegally operated by Angel Tours of Houston, we have two more incidents involving motor coaches. A casino bus also was involved in an accident Sunday in Mississippi that killed three people and injured more than 30. The bus belonging ….Read More

Owner Operator caught in the act stealing fuel from fellow truckers

Aug 092008
 
 09/08/2008  Posted by PMC at 19:20 on 09/08/2008 5 Responses »

The mystery of diesel fuel disappearing from trucks in Seguin appeared solved this week when a San Antonio man with a specially rigged pickup was arrested on theft charges, police said. Yan Gomez, 30, was caught Wednesday as he pumped fuel from a truck, said Lt. J. San Miguel of the Seguin Police. “He had a Ford pickup with a spare tank in the back, and long hose he’d put into the tanks of the semis. He also had an electric pump,” San Miguel said. Gomez was charged with theft and later released on $1,000 bond. His truck was impounded. ….Read More

Sherman Texas Bus Crash – Angel Tours Bus should not have been in operation

Aug 092008
 
 09/08/2008  Posted by PMC at 15:18 on 09/08/2008 1 Response »
Sherman Texas Bus Crash - Angel Tours Bus should not have been in operation

The violations discovered in the bus belonging to Angel Tours that crashed in Sherman Texas Friday morning points to the stupidty and ignorance of a small percentage of people obsessed with ending the Cross Border Pilot Program, which has operated safely for the past 11 months, while ignoring American common carriers who flaunt and ignore the laws and rules thinking it does not apply to them, the bus crash Friday in Sherman Texas that claimed 16 lives is a prime example. The owner of Angel Tours, 59-year-old Angel de la Torre, should be arrested and detained WITHOUT BAIL and charged ….Read More

Sirius-XM Merger finally approved

Jul 252008
 
 25/07/2008  Posted by PMC at 20:02 on 25/07/2008 Comments Off
Sirius-XM Merger finally approved

Federal regulators formally approved the merger of the nation’s only two satellite radio operators Friday, ending a 16-month-long drama closely watched by Washington and Wall Street. Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.’s $3.3 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. will mean 18 million-plus subscribers will be able to receive programming from both services. Executives say it will mean huge cost savings that will lead to a first-ever profit for the relatively nascent industry. The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to approve the buyout, with the tie-breaking vote coming Friday night from Republican commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate. Tate had insisted ….Read More

Alabama revenue enhancement at the expense of Hispanic Commercial Truck Drivers

Jul 172008
 
 17/07/2008  Posted by PMC at 12:43 on 17/07/2008 Comments Off
Alabama revenue enhancement at the expense of Hispanic Commercial Truck Drivers

Alabama State Troopers are enhancing revenue in that state using the vague provisions of FMCSA Regulation 391.11 (b)(2), the controversial rule requiring CDL holders to be conversant in English This rule leaves it up to the individual officer or inspector to determine, in his mind, what is “sufficient”. This can be open to abuse and a persons personal prejudice due to the vague nature of the regulation. FMCSA Regulation 391.11 (b)(2) Can read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official ….Read More

Sen Cornyn introduces legislation for permanent revocation of CDL’s

Jul 122008
 
 12/07/2008  Posted by PMC at 15:03 on 12/07/2008 Comments Off
Sen Cornyn introduces legislation for permanent revocation of CDL's

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn announced new federal legislation Friday that aims to crack down on commercial truck drivers who smuggle illegal immigrants.The legislation, dubbed the Putting the Brakes on Human Smuggling Act, imposes tougher penalties against commercial truck drivers convicted of smuggling humans, said Cornyn, who was flanked at the Laredo North checkpoint by Carlos X. Carrillo, Laredo Sector Border Patrol chief; Gene Belmares, mayor pro tem; and Steve McCraw, Texas Homeland Security director, among others. “While those who smuggle narcotics generally lose their commercial license permanently, human smugglers are often free to continue operating commercial vehicles and frequently continue ….Read More

Texas to revoke truckers CDL for smuggling violationsb

Jun 202008
 
 20/06/2008  Posted by PMC at 06:37 on 20/06/2008 4 Responses »
Texas to revoke truckers CDL for smuggling violationsb

AUSTIN — Truckers who smuggle drugs or people into the U.S. are now risking not only prison time but also the loss of their commercial driver’s licenses as Texas uses a longstanding law in a new border crime crackdown. “Up until today, when those lawbreakers had their trucks apprehended, they were convicted in federal court, they typically paid a small fine or served a brief sentence, then it was back to business as usual. Well, starting today, that all changes,” Gov. “Slick” Rick Perry said Thursday at the Texas Capitol with U.S. Border Patrol sector chiefs. “If you are a ….Read More

Roadcheck 2008 begins today

Jun 032008
 
 03/06/2008  Posted by PMC at 06:28 on 03/06/2008 2 Responses »
Roadcheck 2008 begins today

The annual three-day inspection blitz known as Roadcheck takes place this week at more than 1,000 inspection locations at weigh stations and roadside checkpoints across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The annual event sponsored by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance is Tuesday through Thursday, June 3-5, and will involve tens of thousands of inspections by federal, state, provincial and local inspectors. For Mexico Trucker, it will be the first time in almost 20 years I’ve worked during this event. Why? Well, my 10 year old Mexican owned Classic XL passed a Level I inspection in Louisiana last week so in ….Read More

Pennsylvania House panel votes for Bush to end cross-border program

May 182008
 
 18/05/2008  Posted by PMC at 06:50 on 18/05/2008 Comments Off

“Allowing Mexican truckers and long-haul rigs on highways throughout the United States – absent the rigorous inspections and safety and training standards for U.S. trucks and truck drivers – is dangerous to the public,” Surra said in a written statement.

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