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We all know the controversial Mexican Cross Border Program was extended for two more years on August 8, under Federal guidelines concerning Pilot Programs, and as we reported, Jimmy Hoffa immediately showed his no class ignorance by continuing his boring mantra about those unsafe, dangerous and illegal Mexican trucks, a notion we have continually disproved [...]

A troubled Houston bus company at the center of two accidents within two days this week has had faulty buses placed out of service 41 times since 2006 for issues such as bad tires and brake problems, records show.
Even so, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Transportes Los Norteños remains in compliance with [...]

After last weekend 3 bus crashes, resulting in 20 fatailities and more than 50 injuries, FMCSA seems to have gotten the message.
Iguala BusMex Inc. was awaiting approval for a federal license when one of its buses crashed near Sherman on Friday. The company is run by Angel de la Torre, who also operates Angel Tours [...]

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 [...]

FMCSA oft controversial Mexican Cross Border Demonstration Program is at a milestone with 30 Mexican carriers participating with 101 trucks enrolled in the program.
Notice was published as required in the Federal Register and the public was given ample time to comment as required by law.
It would seem that Senator Byron Dorgan’s continued attempts to shut [...]

The governing idea behind NAFTA is to remove trade restrictions so as to encourage the free-flow of goods and services across the North American continent. Along the U.S. – Mexican border, however, the reality is that the ground transportation of such goods remains highly congested and drawn out. Long-haul trucks from Mexico are restricted from [...]

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 [...]

Yesterday was the tenth month of the Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program and an assessment of the performance of the participants reveals no surprises, at least for me. For those who oppose the program, the results might be an eye opener disputing Jimmy Hoffa’s claims of “dangerous Mexican trucks”. Ironically, it coincided with Byron Dorgan’s [...]

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, [...]

I couldn’t help but break out laughing, or as Stevie Sommers puts it, “chuckle”, listening to OOIDA and LandlineNow on XM-171 last Thursday, I think it was, when they brought up the almost dead subject of the Cross Border Program.
I think Mark Reddig was talking with their Washington lobbyist about the status of the program [...]

Back in February, Mexico Trucker received a request for an interview, an occurrence that is fairly common reflecting the success of this site. Jessica Meyers, a UC Berkeley Grad student expressed interest in talking to us about the Cross Border Program.
On March 29, 2008, we spent a pleasant day with her and her accomplished photographer, [...]

Has anyone ever wondered why it seemed that FMCSA ignored the comments posted concerning Cross Border Program when making their decision to continue with the program? Did anyone with a brain read some of the 2300 comments posted, most in opposition to the program?
Here is an example of a comment posted on the FMCSA website [...]

When it comes to the Mexican Cross Border truck program, everyone seems to be trying to get on the bandwagon or use the issue to boost their rankings. It doesn’t seem to matter if they get their facts right. To the contrary, most think it is cute to pass along the misinformation that has been [...]

OOIDA immediately responds with unsupported allegations against the company.
In what has become a common practice with OOIDA, they have once again gone on the attack against a participant in the Cross Border Program, citing statistics not in existence to further their fear mongering about non existent safety issues.
The latest target of their attack is AVOMEX [...]

The Mexican Cross Border program was in the news the entire week after John Hill, administrator of FMCSA indicated the program might need to be extended to provide more accurate statistics. This brought out the expected firestorm from the opponents and bloggers with no connection to the trucking industry.
First out of the chute of [...]

A misguided Pennsylvania state lawmaker, looking to get his name in the media, is calling for President Bush to comply with the federal law regarding trucks from Mexico.
State Rep. Dan Surra, D-Elk, has offered a resolution that urges the Bush administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation to obey recently enacted federal law.
“Allowing [...]

Texas Department of Public Safety Inspectors announced today their plans to cause a total disruption of border commerce in the Laredo sector
Texas DPS along with USDOT and FMCSA have been handing out pamphlets announcing their intentions of turning back at the border, any transfer driver who can not or will not respond to their questions [...]