Mexican Trucks Now Allowed in US

Posted on 25-02-2007

Mexican Trucks Now Allowed in US

Filed Under (Trucking, Trucking - NAFTA)

NAFTA was such a bad idea. And now it’s a bad idea that keeps getting worse and worse.

WorldNetDaily: It’s official: Mexican trucks coming.

By Jerome R. Corsi

© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

One hundred Mexican trucking companies will have unlimited access to U.S. roads to haul international cargo as part of a year-long pilot program, the Department of Transportation announced today

In return, 100 U.S. trucking companies will be allowed to operate in Mexico but at a later date.

Why at a later date??? What’s wrong with right now??? Not that I would want to go into Mexico. The US trucks and trailers that do go in just across the border are vandalized so much that companies require drivers to remove trailer lights before the trailer goes into Mexico. With the corruption and violence on the border, why would I want to go deeper inland?

Calling for congressional hearings, Teamsters General President Jimmy Hoffa
compared the announcement to the “Dubai Ports debacle,” charging President Bush is “playing a game of Russian roulette on America’s highways.”

Bush has been playing Russian roulette with our border for years, this is different how?

Safety, Hours of Service, blah, blah, blah. The one thing that concerns me is that Mexican trucks are supposed to ONLY carry freight to and from Mexico, just like Canadian trucks operating in the US and the US trucks that operate in Canada.

The Mexican trucks, however, will be limited to carrying international
cargo, in that they will be prohibited from stopping at one point in
the U.S. destined for another point within the country.

On their return home, Mexican trucks, however, will be allowed to pick up
in U.S. cargo originating in the U.S. destined for delivery back to
Mexico.

Who’s going to enforce that? Who enforces the “Cartage” rules now? (No one.) A Bill of Lading is a piece of paper that shows where the freight came from and where it’s going. Pieces of paper can be re-written to say anything you want them to say.

Hypothetically, I’m not supposed to carry freight from Southern California to Northern California because of the Cartage rules. Because I don’t have intra-state authority for California, but all I would need is a blank Bill of Lading and presto! I’m delivering out-of-state, unless a trooper wants to start making phone calls and confirm what is on the paper, presto! I’m getting away with it, hypothetically, of course.

As if there wasn’t enough competition already? What if I ship something from California to New York via a Mexican warehouse because it’s cheaper? What if that trucking company “encouraged” it’s driver to falsify a bill of lading and just go directly to New York? What if they didn’t even care about going that extra step? What are the chances they are going to get caught anyway? And if they did get caught? If it’s like any other problem with Mexico, it will be brushed under the carpet and we will bide by what ever the Mexican government wants US to do.

Hopefully, shippers will question Mexican trucks on their docks that are being loaded with freight destined to somewhere else in the States, but don’t hold your breath, most shippers want the cheapest ride for their buck.

And now the good part -

The DOT spokesman confirmed there is no limit to the number of trucks the
100 Mexican trucking companies can operate in the United States. There
is no restriction on the roads within the United States that the
Mexican trucks can travel once they are admitted in the pilot program
at the border.

So, in the corrupt Mexican system, if I didn’t belong to one of those 100 companies, all I would have to do is ask and probably pay a fee and presto! my Mexican truck is running in the US under one of the other companies. They’ve just let every single Mexican truck into the US with no restrictions. Thanks again, for that President Bush.

Comments

Mike Striegel on 17 March, 2007 at 4:48 pm #

How about using U.S. drivers enrolled in “Highway Watch” to keep an
eye on the Mexicans when they load in the U.S. We (truckers) are a nosey lot anyway. We can observe where/what the Mexicans are loading. Where the freight is going, etc…
Maybe we can turn Highway Watch into something usefull.

jorge a salas on 23 March, 2007 at 2:50 pm #

please just look at the mexican roads .danger n tide just one lane for each way no shoulders .,SO WHOS A BETER DRIVER ?

one good thing is that we mexican drivers really help each other we are really profesionals n not a four weeks brand new drivers like most of american driving force.

dont worry we will respect you laws n your citicens n please check the equipment of mexican comp. before you give your opinion .

And if you wants to complain dont let your american investors to merge w mexican companies

wayne on 23 March, 2007 at 6:19 pm #

I’ll give you that your all good drivers and have safe trucks, but for me that’s not the issue. My problem is - How much money do you guys make? And if your company tells you to pick up in the US and deliver in the US, do you do it??? Not that I would go, but US trucks should be allowed the same access in Mexico in the same “pilot” program.

Isn’t there going to be a bigger chance of drugs or people being smuggled?

And yes I agree, companies like Celadon and Schneider bought or merged with Mexican truck companies they and companies like them are at the bottom of this. As usual, I don’t blame the drivers, I blame the corporations, US and Mexican.

James L Alderton on 24 March, 2007 at 4:32 pm #

Welcome to globization you are American’s you voted your government in “LIVE WITH IT IT’S THE AMERICAN WAY”The mexican’s will haul cheap freight and you will like it your government says so,jameslalderton.blogspot.com

wayne on 24 March, 2007 at 4:50 pm #

Coming from a Canadian talking about the government people elected into office??? From a CANADIAN!!! That’s just too funny!

jameslalderton on 30 March, 2007 at 6:00 pm #

Wayne get it into you my American friend your government has sold your jobs down the river.My favorite saying is “THE US IS A HELLULVA GOOD PLACE TO DUMP OUR GARBAGE,REMEMBER FREE TRADE IT ALLOWED US TO DUNP OUR GARBAGE IN THE US,LOOK AT A GLOBE THE US IS UNDER CANADA AN SHIT RUNS DOWN HILL”

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Porter on 29 April, 2007 at 9:53 am #

Wayne;

Good to see you are still around my friend. Been awhile.

I don’t think or even insist I have all the answers, but I do have the answers on my new site, mexicotrucker.com

In reality, safety is not an issue. Only a point the opponents of anything Mexican throw out there in lieu of facts.

Mexican trucks are the same as what we drive. Mexican carriers have the same concerns for safety as their American and Canadian counterparts, and perhaps more so because in Mexico, an accident is a CRIMINAL OFFENSE. Drivers and Company owners/executives can be incarcerated as a result of a serious injury or fatal accident.

When the cabotage rules are mentioned, as with the Canadians, there is no good way to enforce the rule and certainly, the Canadians are violating it, but to what detriment to us? Is it a routine of doing business? I don’t think so nor is their evidence of it. So why think the Mexicans would be any different.

The assumption that you will lose your jobs if Mexican trucks are permitted in the U.S. is utter B.S. Despite the wage difference, a the cost of operating a Mexican truck in interstate commerce in Mexico or the U.S. is basically the same despite any disparity in wages. In Mexico, the fuel is about the same per gallon as here, the cost of financing a rig is more. 14-21% interest on a 36 month note as compared to 6-11% on 60 months here. Then you add regulatory fees, licensing fees and the cost of additional insurance to meet U.S. requirements, this debunks the myth of the Mexican carrier being able to undercut U.S. Carriers.

Anybody cares to read more, they can check it out on my site

william bray on 28 June, 2007 at 5:51 pm #

what are the names of trucking companies?that will be allowed to cross.

wayne on 28 June, 2007 at 10:38 pm #

William, I don’t know. You can ask Porter over at mexicotrucker.com He’s the real expert on this subject.

He (and myself) also write on Lifeontheroad.com

AnferTuto on 28 July, 2007 at 6:41 am #

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