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DEBATE * USA - DOT Clears 23 Mexican Carriers For Cross-Border Pilot Project
Fleets Meet U.S. Standards for Safety, Driver Health
USA -TTNews, by Sean McNally -25 April 2007: -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has audited 26 Mexican carriers applying to participate in a proposed longhaul cross-border trucking pilot project, as the department gets closer to opening the border, with nearly 90% meeting the standards set out by the U.S. government, a DOT spokesman said... Of the 26 carriers audited, 23 passed, meaning they had satisfied U.S. standards for a number of regulations including hours-of-service compliance, maintenance and drug and alcohol testing... Three of the carriers audited by U.S. officials in Mexico did not meet those standards...
* Groups Sue FMCSA Over Mexican-Trucks Plan
USA -TTNews -25 April 2007: -- A coalition of groups led by Public Citizen the Teamsters Union said Tuesday they have filed suit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to block the federal government’s plan to allow a pilot program of Mexican trucks into the United States... The suit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in California, the groups said. Also joining Public Citizen — which had been a lead, and successful plaintiff in challenging FMCSA hours-of-service safety rules — were the Sierra Club, Environmental Law Foundation, a local truck drivers’ union branch and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association...
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