USDOT releases details of Cross Border Trucking Plan and OOIDA’s Todd Spencer is “furious”

Apr 082011
 
 08/04/2011  Posted by PMC at 17:25 on 08/04/2011 Comments Off
USDOT releases details of Cross Border Trucking Plan and OOIDA's Todd Spencer is "furious"

The US DOT and the Obama Administration this afternoon released it plan to finally bring the United States into compliance with it’s obligations and promises made in regards to allowing Mexican trucking companies equal access to the United States. The DOT said the proposed new program prioritizes safety, while satisfying the U.S. States’ international obligations. According to THE TRUCKER and other highly reliable industry sources, the proposed program parameters are that; • The scheduled life of the pilot program will not exceed three years. • The Mexico-domiciled motor carriers that participate in this pilot program would proceed through a series ….Read More

More reasons to call or write your Congress Critter to oppose Mexican Trucks

Apr 062011
 
 06/04/2011  Posted by PMC at 21:44 on 06/04/2011 Comments Off
More reasons to call or write your Congress Critter to oppose Mexican Trucks

We all need a good laugh some of the time, and the Teamster or OOIDA member who takes their “Calls to Action” to heart has struck again. We posted an example of his idiocy last weekend and he’s struck again, once again proving why following the direction of OOIDA and others is a guarantee that the Mexican trucks will be rolling soon. Here’s the letter posted in its entirety from CONGRESS.ORG. We’ve highlighted the parts that proves the writer ain’t got a clue or is simply being a mouthpiece for one of the groups who has been spreading the misinformation ….Read More

Amidst the hysteria of OOIDA, in reality, it’s much ado about nothing

Apr 052011
 
 05/04/2011  Posted by PMC at 21:13 on 05/04/2011 Comments Off
Amidst the hysteria of OOIDA, in reality, it's much ado about nothing

As resolution to the longstanding stalemate over allowing Mexican trucks access to our highways, as we agreed to do almost 20 years ago, is weeks, if not days away, OOIDA has issued another of their silly little “Calls to Action” exhorting it’s diminishing membership to call and annoy their Representatives about this inconsequential issue. The continued opposition by Teamsters, OOIDA and their allies continues to cost tens of thousands of American jobs and tremendous loss of market share in the agribusiness sector. Not that it matters to either of these organizations if they can keep a handful of Mexicans out ….Read More

Guest Editorial – Mexico trucking issue hits home for U.S. agriculture

Mar 312011
 
 31/03/2011  Posted by PMC at 19:20 on 31/03/2011 Comments Off
Guest Editorial - Mexico trucking issue hits home for U.S. agriculture

By Nelson Balido President Border Trade Alliance The Border Trade Alliance earlier this month expressed its optimism that a framework announced by President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón for setting the trucking issue was a real step in the right direction. If all this sounds familiar, it’s because the dispute over trucking dates back to the Clinton administration, when bogus claims over truck safety and environmental damage first won out over the need to comply with the North American Free Trade Agreement signed with our friends and neighbors, Canada and Mexico. We’ve been close to settling this issue before, and ….Read More

Friday Rants and other nonsense about Mexican trucks

Mar 282011
 
 28/03/2011  Posted by PMC at 08:45 on 28/03/2011 Comments Off
Friday Rants and other nonsense about Mexican trucks

Anybody have the chance to listen to Landlinenow on Friday when senior editor Terry Scrotum got his panties in a bunch over the upcoming renewal of the Mexican truck program? It was good for a chuckle or two, especially Terry’s feigned indignation.   At issue was a recent comment by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood regarding the Mexican truck program. Secretary LaHood stated: “We’re working with the trucking industry on their ability to continue to be competitive. They weren’t particularly enamored of some of the proposals that were being floated around with respect to the Mexican truck – the cross ….Read More

Mexican Trucks – They’re here! They’ve been here, Get used to it!

Mar 122011
 
 12/03/2011  Posted by PMC at 09:25 on 12/03/2011 Comments Off
Mexican Trucks - They're here! They've been here, Get used to it!

I was coming out of Houston yesterday and was passed by a truck that caught my eye. The brand on the hood was KENWORTH/KENMEX. Nothing extraordinary about the truck other than it was a Mexican manufactured Kenworth. The business on the side showed it to be out of Georgia. Nothing out of the ordinary except for the KENMEX label. Later on in the evening, pulling into the Love’s in Iowa, Louisiana, i pulled into the pump, stopped and noticed to my left the same truck that had passed me earlier. The driver, just arriving minutes before me was sitting at ….Read More

EOBR’s and Mexican Trucks

Mar 112011
 
 11/03/2011  Posted by PMC at 12:00 on 11/03/2011 Comments Off
EOBR's and Mexican Trucks

One of the requirements in the Concept Document for the new Mexican truck program released that is causing a stir and that quite frankly, I vehemently disagree with is the requirement that all Mexican trucks be equipped with Electronic Onboard Recorders or EOBR’s, which in the US is a contentious issue in it’s own right. Part of the controversy is the idea that FMCSA would pay for these devices to be installed in the Mexican trucks so they would have real time access to the data and would in fact “own” all data collected. Sounds good on the surface as ….Read More

Arizona Pot Bust is in no way indicative of Cross Border Trucking with Mexico

Mar 112011
 
 11/03/2011  Posted by PMC at 11:17 on 11/03/2011 Comments Off
Arizona Pot Bust is in no way indicative of Cross Border Trucking with Mexico

Some of you may remember back on September 10, 2007, the day the first Mexican truck crossed the border under the very successful initial Mexican Pilot Cross Border Program, there was a tragic truck explosion south of Monclova Coahuila. A pickup truck returning from a beer run into town hit an 18 wheeler hauling explosive compounds head on and the resulting explosion left a crater in the road and 30 bystanders dead. OOIDA, the Teamsters, the erstwhile “Safety Groups” and even conspiracy journalist Jeremy Corsi all jumped on this tragic accident to try and convince their readers and supporters that ….Read More

OOIDA members use racist extremist websites to oppose Mexican trucks

Mar 102011
 
 10/03/2011  Posted by PMC at 21:48 on 10/03/2011 Comments Off
OOIDA members use racist extremist websites to oppose Mexican trucks

After President Obama and Mexican President Calderon announced Thursday a working agreement on allowing Mexican trucks access to American highways after almost 20 years of the US violating it’s obligation under NAFTA, the airwaves and internet are alive with renewed debate as talkers and opposition groups feed on the unfounded paranoia of the American trucker. Eric (Bubba Bo)Boulanger  hosts the weekend slot on America’s Trucking Network (ATN) heard on  700WLW and XM 152 allowed the usual callers to make veiled threats of violence and destruction of the Mexican trucks and their drivers as he fielded calls on the subject of ….Read More

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