Every truck from Mexico that enters the US at Otay Mesa crosses these CHP Inspection scales and are subject to random or for cause inspection at any time

Every truck from Mexico that enters the US at Otay Mesa crosses these CHP Inspection scales and are subject to random or for cause inspection at any time

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A new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Inspector General affirms that Mexican trucks are as safe as U.S. vehicles and Mexican truck drivers have better safety records than their U.S. counterparts. The report, a – Follow-Up Audit on the Implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement’s Cross-Border Trucking Provisions — notes that in FY 2008, more than 220-thousand inspections were performed on Mexican trucks by DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

During those inspections only 1.2 percent of Mexican drivers were placed out of service for a violation, as compared to nearly 7 percent of U.S. drivers who were inspected. About 21.2 percent of Mexican trucks – compared to 21.8 percent of U.S. trucks – were placed out of service for safety reasons or because they had violated some other regulation.

Steve Mulder, a spokesman for the Alliance to Keep U.S. Jobs, says the obstacles to resolving the debate over Mexican truck safety – have been removed. He adds, – the tariffs, which remain in place, were prompted by – pure politicking – in the United States, and the new DOT report – makes it clear that Mexico has lived up to the United States’ demands when it comes to truck safety.

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James Hoffa whose "hot air" is suspected of being a prime cause of the mythical global warming

James Hoffa whose "hot air" is suspected of being a prime cause of the mythical global warming

James Hoffa came out of hiding today to respond to the OIG Final Report on FMCSA compliance with Section 350 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2002 and as usual, his comments were totally irrelevant, and contrary to what the report suggests. This is the type of comments we’ve come to expect and ignore from Hoffa.

As expected, Hoffa’s initial response to the report was to declare that the “inspector general report shows once and for all that the border should remain closed to unsafe Mexican trucks.”

We don’t disagree with that sentiment. All unsafe trucks, Mexican, Canadian and American, should be banished from America’s highways.
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Which would you rather take a trip on? This Irizar coach with state of the art everything like the ones used by all the bus companies in Mexico, or the junk Greyhound has on the road these days? The answer should be obvious

Which would you rather take a trip on? This Irizar coach with state of the art everything like the ones used by all the bus companies in Mexico, or the junk Greyhound has on the road these days? The answer should be obvious

Once again, the latest report from the USDOT Office of Inspector General, verifies, substantiates and conclusively proves all that Mexico Trucker Online has reported about the safety of Mexican trucks and participants in the Cross Border Pilot Program

From THE TRUCKER

WASHINGTON — The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation said in a report released today that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) had either met or “substantially” met the safety criteria set forth in a 2002 appropriations act related to Mexico-domiciled motor carriers potentially operating beyond narrow commercial zones along the border.

The report, required by the 2002 act, was released today.

The OIG cited two areas where it felt FMCSA had not totally met the criteria — having adequate capacity at the southern border to conduct meaningful inspections and having sufficient databases to allow safety monitoring of Mexican carriers and drivers.

With respect to the inspection capacity, the IG wrote: “The capacity to perform truck, bus and driver inspections are in place, but FMCSA needed to include bus inspections during peak hours, such as holiday periods, at Laredo, Texas.”
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Many Rio Grande Valley law enforcement officers cringe when someone talks about working with the federal government to identify and arrest illegal immigrants.

But when U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano brought up the idea during an Aug. 11 speech in El Paso, some Valley peace officers listened.

The law in question, Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996. Sixty-three local law enforcement agencies throughout the country partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to designate officers who can enforce federal immigration laws.

Agencies can allocate officers to work on a task force that focuses on immigration law enforcement or assign jail officers who focus on identifying illegal immigrants already in jail.

“I am considering being a part of it — only on the detention side,” Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño said. “I would never do the enforcement. I won’t even help.”
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A Noreste bus of the type involved in a 2007 accident which resulted in a $5.2 million dollar jusgementAn investigation by Mexican authorities conducted shortly after the wreck placed no criminal responsibility on the bus driver, who was released from custody moments after the crash,

A Noreste bus of the type involved in a 2007 accident which resulted in a $5.2 million dollar jusgementAn investigation by Mexican authorities conducted shortly after the wreck placed no criminal responsibility on the bus driver, who was released from custody moments after the crash,

An Hidalgo County jury has entered a $5.2 million judgment against a Mexican bus company it deemed partially responsible for the 2007 deaths of three Edinburg women, their family’s attorney said Monday.

Virginia Salinas, 28, and her 71-year-old grandmother, Irene Garza, died Nov. 10 of that year, when a truck they were riding in collided with a bus operated by Monterrey-based Autobuses Del Noreste. Salinas’ 9-year-old daughter — Veronica — was also killed in the crash.

Evidence presented during the week long trial suggested that bus driver Victor Torres overshot a stop sign outside of Los Herreras, N.L. — a community about 83 miles southwest of Reynosa — placing his vehicle out in the intersection after a sharp curve in the road.

“(The jury) had great power to bring justice to this family,” said Mark A. Cantu, who represented the family in its suit against the bus company.

An investigation by Mexican authorities conducted shortly after the wreck placed no criminal responsibility on the bus driver, who was released from custody moments after the crash, according to media reports from that country.
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