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Sep 25, 2013

TRUCKERS AGAINST SMUGLERS & POLLUTION & REGULATIONS * USA

* Oregon - Law enforcement, truckers try to deep ahead of smugglers

Seattle,ORE,USA -Northwest News Network/OPB -Sept. 17, 2013: -- For drug smugglers, getting a truckload of illegal narcotics past border authorities means potentially huge profits... But they’re often up against two levels of security: that of U.S. law enforcement, and that of private export and shipping companies. With more than 5 million trucks crossing into the U.S. from Mexico last year, the authorities and trucking companies are trying to stay ahead of smugglers... In the control room of a cross-border trucking company, dispatchers spend their days talking over the radio with drivers, and poring over computer screens, constantly monitoring the whereabouts and activities of their 150 trucks... The company president asked that we not identify the firm or its employees out of security concerns... The company is meticulous about security measures. All of its trucks are equipped with GPS monitors. Exact routes for the trucks are established from a warehouse in Mexico to the customer in the U.S., and software tells dispatchers if a truck goes off that route, or stops for more than two minutes... The trucking firm even hires private investigators to follow trucks at random to make sure they’re not involved in anything illicit...


* California - Air board has allies in diesel pollution crackdown

(Photo by Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Yimes - Air Resources Board inspectors Jose Andujar and Valente Armenta look over the engine of a truck for possible air pollution violations at a checkpoint in Boyle Heights) 
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Los Angeles Times, by Tony Barboza -September 15, 2013: -- Truckers want tougher enforcement and point to competitors who violate state rules to install filters or upgrade to cleaner engines... As state air pollution officials step up inspections of diesel exhaust from big rigs, some of their best allies are truckers themselves... They are pushing the Air Resources Board to enforce pollution rules more aggressively for trucks in advance of a Jan. 1 deadline... Truckers are also the No. 1 tipsters, placing anonymous calls and sending emails to finger competitors they say are gaining an unfair advantage by not upgrading their engines or installing expensive filters that capture harmful diesel particulates before they are released into the air...


* Colorado - Wanted: Smarter, simpler, more streamlined trucking regulations

COL,USA -OverDriveOnLine, by Greg Fulton -September 15, 2013: -- Colorado Motor Carriers Association President, Greg Fulton’s, argued for government better serving the interests of independents and small fleets... Recent statistics reflect that more than 90 percent of the trucking companies in the country are made up of businesses that have 20 or fewer employees. Very few of these companies have a staff attorney, regulatory director, or tax specialist. Yet because of the increasing complex web of laws and regulations in our country, almost all of these companies at one time during the year will need to retain the services of one of these specialists... The point is that every year, our state legislatures and the U.S. Congress, as well as officials with federal, state, and local governments, pass hundreds of new laws, regulations, ordinances, and rules that affect trucking in one way or another. In most cases these laws and regulations are approved by well-meaning elected officials or government agencies who are seeking to address particular issues that have been brought to their attention... Rather than investing in new trucks and trailers, creating additional jobs, and improving their facilities, our trucking companies find themselves spending more and more money on attorneys, tax consultants, and regulatory experts. Companies have little choice, because the cost of failing to comply with even one of these regulations, along with defending themselves against a perceived violation that may or may not even have existed, could mean the loss of their business or serious financial implications...

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