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MEXICANS' TRUCKS DEBATE * Mexico - Mexicans' point of view
Mexico City,DF,MEX -AP/ABC Money -29 Oct 2007: -- The American truckers, environmentalists and politicians who are sounding the alarm about the potential dangers of allowing Mexican tractor-trailers onto U.S. interstate highways rarely mention an important fact: hundreds of Mexican-plated trucks already deliver cargo all over the United States, and have done so for years... Teamsters union members have waged angry protests at the border and on Capitol Hill, waving signs saying 'NAFTA Kills' and 'Unsafe Mexican Trucks'... But more than 1,000 south-of-the-border companies are already allowed to drive cargo beyond the border zone under a long-standing exemption to the U.S. moratorium on Mexican long-haul trucking... And these Mexican drivers and trucks have had better driver and vehicle safety records than their U.S. counterparts in recent years, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation -- although opponents say many violations never get recorded because of sloppy government record-keeping... But both houses of Congress have proposed eliminating the pilot program's funding from a still-unreconciled transportation bill. And many truckers on both sides seem hesitant to drive far across the border... Mexican truckers say they are at a competitive disadvantage, and want help from the governments to reduce traffic at border crossings. And many U.S. truckers aren't willing to risk a drive deep into foreign territory... (Photo from: CBS News.com)Labels: mexican's trucks
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