Cross Border Proposal could be signed as soon as this week!

Jun 202011
 
 20/06/2011  Posted by PMC at 21:32 on 20/06/2011 Comments Off
Cross Border Proposal could be signed as soon as this week!

Speaking to a group of trucking, logistics and technology industry executives at SMC3’s annual summer conference last Thursday in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne S. Ferro said that new cross-border trucking program with Mexico could be in place within two months although she added she doesn’t expect a wave of Mexican trucks heading for the U.S. border. The FMCSA and it’s Mexican counterpart SCT, expects the U.S. and Mexico to agree on a final program “quite soon” and to grant authority to the first Mexican carrier in the program “sometime in August.” Sources suggest the agreement ….Read More

Bi-partisian gang of lawmakers to “DEMAND” end to Mexican cross border proposal

May 032011
 
 03/05/2011  Posted by PMC at 19:04 on 03/05/2011 Comments Off
Bi-partisian gang of lawmakers to "DEMAND" end to Mexican cross border proposal

It never ends. Citing bogus concerns over safety, security and cost, a bipartisan gang Congressmen, bought and paid for with Teamster funds is demanding that the federal Department of Transportation cancel plans to re-introduce a cross-border trucking program with Mexico. Taking the lead with a letter on 4/4/2011, Rep. Duncan Hunter (D-CA) along with Rep. Daniel Lipinski, (D-Ill), Rep. Rep. Bob Filner, (D-Ca) and 19 other Democrats along with 12 Tea Party Republicans, has a letter that is to be delivered to La Hood and made public on Wednesday afternoon, DEMANDING LaHood dump the plans for a renewed cross border program with ….Read More

Comment Spammers hit FMCSA comment section on proposed Cross Border Pilot Program

Apr 272011
 
 27/04/2011  Posted by PMC at 16:17 on 27/04/2011 Comments Off
Comment Spammers hit FMCSA comment section on proposed Cross Border Pilot Program

Anybody been following the comments, or lack of comments over at FMCSA concerning the proposed cross border pilot program with Mexico, that would finally allow the United States to come into compliance with our obligations under NAFTA? For two weeks, comments languished at 50, including supporting documents posted on the site. Today, that jumped to 118. Not surprising in and of itself, except for one thing. THEY ALL SAY THE EXACT SAME THING That’s right kiddies. The Einsteins from OOIDA and TEAMSTERS are too damned lazy to post an original thought or comment so they are using the boilerplate provided ….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

DeFazio caves on Mexican Truck issue – Could be implemented in 6 months or less

Jan 222011
 
 22/01/2011  Posted by PMC at 01:37 on 22/01/2011 Comments Off
DeFazio caves on Mexican Truck issue - Could be implemented in 6 months or less

Consider the source before you get all excited, but the right wing moonbattery website WORLD NET DAILY is reporting that Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), a staunch opponent of allowing Mexican trucks access to the United States, has apparently seen the light and knows that further opposition to the inevitable is fruitless.

Election 2010 & the Mexican Truck Issue

Nov 032010
 
 03/11/2010  Posted by PMC at 06:34 on 03/11/2010 3 Responses »
Election 2010 & the Mexican Truck Issue

The 2010 midterm elections came out about as expected, with the Repubs taking the House of Representatives and the Democrats retaining control of the Senate, guaranteeing two more years of gridlock and squabbling. How does this election bode for the United States finally complying with their obligations to allow Mexican trucks access to the US under the NAFTA provisions? Better now than before when Democrats controlled both houses of the legislature and had the unions and special interests had their hands up the asses of certain Congressmen and Senators.

Nativism & Mexenophobia taking over Trucking Radio

Apr 302010
 
 30/04/2010  Posted by PMC at 07:04 on 30/04/2010 6 Responses »
Nativism & Mexenophobia taking over Trucking Radio

One of the most vile, racist and unconstitutional laws was passed and signed by Arizona governor Jan Brewer in the form of SB-1070, a law that has spawned a firestorm of protest. It’s a law that usurps federal authority for immigration enforcement and puts it in the hands of local and state authorities. The fear is, it will lead to racial profiling as it is targeted towards Hispanics. Governor Brewer claims it specifically prohibits racial profiling, and that claim is still to be determined, but one can’t overlook human nature, especially in Arizona where this law legitimizes the actions of ….Read More

Mary Peters and others visit border inspection station

Oct 212007
 
 21/10/2007  Posted by PMC at 12:02 on 21/10/2007 Comments Off

After all the hoopla and accompanying scorn and rhetoric by those in Congress paid to oppose the Mexican Demonstration Project, members of a group led by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters visited a commercial vehicle-inspection station in El Paso to observe safety inspections required of all Mexican trucks entering the United States under the program, said Brian Turmail, a Transportation Department spokes man.

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