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MEXICANS' TRUCKS * USA - Accrediting Drivers May Ultimately have Bigger Impact than Trucking Firms
As Mexican Trucker Stand-Off Continues, Arizona State Professor Gets Grant to Help Mexican Drivers Better Operate on US Highways
Dayton,OH,USA -The Supply Chain Digest -September 2, 2008: -- ... A permanent program would eliminate some significant logistics inefficiencies, as cross-border shipments require hand-offs to domestic trucking firms, and sometimes to an intermediate carrier to connect the two long-haul providers... As an almost literal “Mexican Standoff” continues between the Bush administration and Democratic members of Congress over controversial plans allowing Mexican trucking companies to operate in the US, Arnold Maltz, a well-known supply chain academic from Arizona State University, has secured a grant to help get Mexican drivers better trained to drive on American roads... The ability of trucking firms to cross the border without restrictions could have a big impact, but perhaps not as much as another possibility – that US trucking firms and private fleets could hire Mexican drivers directly. Many have said such a move would go a long way to reducing the current and predicted driver shortage that is plaguing many sectors of the trucking industry... Is Safety a Real Concern or Not?: Maltz’s grant focused on two primary issues, both related to language barriers:
* Getting a consistent, supportable test together for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) inspectors at the Border, so that if more Mexican carriers participate, they can be reliably determine that drivers speak enough English to be effective in the US.
* Setting up a program of training to make sure Mexican and other “Limited English Proficiency” drivers can become fluent enough in English to be safe, effective drivers in the United States.
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