More misinformation about Mexican Trucks, this time from an obscure upstart organization

Jun 172010
 
 17/06/2010  Posted by PMC at 07:26 on 17/06/2010 25 Responses »
More misinformation about Mexican Trucks, this time from an obscure upstart organization

An excellent truckers blog, ASK THE TRUCKER, is reporting the latest challenge to allowing Mexican trucks expanded access to the United States, which is our obligation under the provisions of NAFTA. They bring up the latest questions being raised by an obscure upstart group, OWNER OPERATORS UNITED, headed by Dan Little, a frequent commenter on this site. Taking a ploy from the OOIDA playbook, which has been using unfounded accusations about Mexican trucks and drivers for 16 years, OOU has made the claim about “possible falsification of safety inspections on SafeStat in relation to Mexican trucks” In a press release ….Read More

AVOMEX International newest participant in Cross Border Program

Mar 152008
 
 15/03/2008  Posted by PMC at 15:21 on 15/03/2008 Comments Off

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 INTERNATIONAL SA de CV, an importer of avocados, and other agricultural products. This is not the first time OOIDA has selected this company to spotlight with erroneous information. They were after them while the initial PASA’s were being performed. OOIDA makes this claim. ….Read More

Safety compliance of Cross Border program participants

Feb 192008
 
 19/02/2008  Posted by PMC at 10:34 on 19/02/2008 Comments Off

FMCSA’s SAFESTAT database gives a comprehensive look at inspection results of all motor carriers authorized to operate in the United States. We decided to take a look and see how the Mexican carriers enrolled in the cross border program were doing to date, and the results showed no surprises. To the contrary, it appears enforcement and oversight of these carriers, their drivers and equipment, is rigid and happening as promised by FMCSA. Currently, there are 15 Mexican motor carriers enrolled in the program with a total of 54 trucks on the road and an equal number of drivers more or ….Read More

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