Recently Todd Spencer, vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OIDA) stated "This program [full access to the US of Mexican domiciled trucking companies] will jeopardize the livelihoods of tens of thousands of U.S. based small-business truckers and professional truck drivers and undermine the standard of living for the rest of the driver community." He
Mexican Trucks Crossing Border Dangerous
NAFTA AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO UNFAIR TO U.S. TRUCKING COMPANIES
By Morgan Adams on
Posted in Safety
Another concern with Mexican trucks coming into the U.S. is the disadvantage it will place on American trucking companies. Currently the methodology in the CSA2010 safety rating process compares fleets with similar numbers of inspections to one another. So in the US, all trucks are subject to inspection and all trucks are used to determine the…
Mexican Trucks Still Not Safe For US!
By Morgan Adams on
Posted in Legal Issues
The DOT is again proposing to allow Mexican trucks full access to the US under NAFTA. The proposed Pilot Program can be found here. This was a bad idea in 2007 when I originally blogged on the subject here, and remains a bad idea today for the reasons set forth below:
- Mexican companies have a proposed 3
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