Mexico Trucker Online

One of my favoritist trucking rags is The Trucker, published in my former hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas. They have an outstanding editorial staff as well as reporters which are top notch in my opinion. But every once in a while, the step on their willywhackers.

Such is the case in the current issue of their newsmagazine. On page 24 (PERSPECTIVE) the headline that greets you;

Mexican Driver: his country lets unsafe, unfit drivers on the road

My name is Carlos Cordova. I have been driving for several years in both countries, Mexico and the US. But for the last two years I have been sick so I didn’t drive because the treatment includes drugs doctors prescribed that won’t allow you to drive any kind of vehicle.

But the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) that is responsible for the workers health did send me to drive no matter my condition.

I have been complaining to the Mexican authorities like the Mexican DOT and the Human Rights and even the Mexican President but nobody cares….because the Mexican government is lazy and corrupt.

So my question is, if my country can’t control it’s own drivers because most of them are drug addicts and the government is highly corrupted and can’t deal with a lot of social problems do you believe it’s ready to interact with the U.S. freight system?

In other words, are our trucks and drugged drivers ready to drive throug the 48 U.S.S [states]? I believe not in 100 years.

You can see the Mexican Commission on Human Rights doesn’t care what is happening with Mexican drivers health.

By the way, any kind of help, even information, is welcome

-Carlos Cordova
cecrascon@yahoo.com

Mr Finney, you’ve been PUNKED! This letter, this person, and his allegations. are fraudulent.

1. The email address is non existent
2. IMSS has absolutely nothing to do with Mexican commercial drivers. That is all under the Secretariat de Communicacions y Transportes (SCT)
3. Had this person not driven in 2 years, his Licencia Federal would be expired and up for renewal, which would include medical exam and drug testing by government doctors in government labs.
4. The Mexican DOT is not referred to as that by any Mexican driver. It does not exist.
5. Mexican Human Rights Commission has nothing to do with commercial drivers nor is there any reason for them to be involved. SCT and Mexico’s Labor Ministry regulate Mexican truckers.
6. English proficiency exhibited in the letter is higher than a normal Mexican drivers literacy level

With the debate over the cross border program getting ready to ramp up once again, this appears to be a poor attempt to throw more fuel on the fire of lies and misinformation that has been thrown around for the past year by Teamsters, OOIDA and others, and which has been totally exposed and debunked by this site and others.

Not withstanding the fact that the statistics from the program proves beyond any doubt that Mexican carriers are capable of operating at the same level of safety and efficiency as US and Canadian carriers. And if the truth be known, they participants in the program have exceeded even the expectations I had for the participants.

Shame on the editorial staff at The Trucker for letting this bad attempt at pushing the anti Mexican agenda slip past your editorial review.