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"Spidermen" - USA/Mexico - Delivering unfinished vehicles across Mexico
TEPEJI DEL RIO, Mexico -Arizona Republic (Phoenix,AZ,USA), by Chris Hawley -Feb. 27, 2006: -- As the sun sets over Mexico's Interstate 57, barreling down the road comes a bizarre sight: a man balanced on a wooden seat, zipping along on what appears to be nothing but four wheels and an engine. It's a "spiderman," one of hundreds of daredevil drivers who shuttle unfinished trucks and buses, or frames, between factories in Mexico. With no windshield, seat belt or even a bumper, it's like riding a go-kart at 70 mph, an adrenaline junkie's dream job... "I used to be a paratrooper in the army. This is the closest I can get to jumping out of airplanes," said Lucio Ceja Hernández, who has been a chassis jockey for eight years... The bare-bones vehicles he drives are called chasis arañas, or spider chassis, because their sprawling axles and exposed wires make them look like giant bugs. Truckers call the drivers arañeros, or spidermen...
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