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The DOT has bitten off more than it can chew...

Concerning Mexican Trucking in the United States I saw an article that the Department of Transportation is having logistical concerns about the program. Here is a quote from the DOT that was in the article:

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“We found that FMCSA has not identified the specific process it will use to comply with five requirements for conducting 50 percent of the pre-authority safety audits (PASA) and compliance reviews onsite in Mexico. FMCSA plans to abide by the law, but has not finalized where it will conduct the reviews,” the OIG’s office said. “We also found that FMCSA has not yet addressed certain issues for implementing the pilot program. Specifically, FMCSA has not (1) issued site–specific plans for checking drivers and trucks at the border, (2) established a system to verify driver and truck eligibility for the pilot program, (3) issued an implementation plan nor acquired electronic monitoring devices for use in the pilot program and (4) conducted pilot program training for inspection personnel at the border and within the United States.”

Let me sum up this bureaucratic doublespeak.............

The DOT doesnt have the resources to implement this
The number of Mexican trucks that are non regulation is staggering
The DOT and the White House are already getting Congressional backlash over endless regulation
This is a BIG HOT MESS..do we even have the personnel to check every truck coming across the border for drugs, safety, regulation...etc?

To read the original article CLICK HERE

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Backlash to FREE EOBR's for Mexican Truckers

From Transport Topics
3/23/2011

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Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood outlining his opposition to the U.S. proposal to buy electronic onboard recorders for Mexican trucks that will travel within the United States.

“I do not believe this concept is fair for U.S. carriers who are not eligible for such payments,” Pryor wrote in a letter dated Thursday.

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A Department of Transportation official said earlier this month that DOT will pay for EOBRs for Mexican trucks entering the United States under an agreement with Mexico. The program is meant to ensure drivers’ compliance with hours-of-service regulations while in the U.S.

To read the full article click HERE

Thank you for coming to your senses...

From Transport Topics

August 3rd, 2010

LaHood Rules Out Fuel Tax Increase

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood rejected raising fuel taxes to pay for highway improvements and said that, despite pessimism about the prospects for a long-term highway bill, the administration was focused on completing a bill this year.

LaHood, speaking at an American Road & Transportation Builders Association public-private partnerships conference Friday, explicitly ruled out raising fuel taxes or a vehicle miles traveled fee as a way to pay for a new federal highway program

LaHood said there was “no dispute in Washington ... about what needs to be done” in a new transportation bill, but “there’s only one problem: trying to find $500 billion; that’s what it takes to do all the things that we want to do.”
However, he repeatedly ruled out an increase in the fuel tax, saying finally that “raising the gas tax is not an option.”
He also told the group that there was no support for a vehicle miles traveled fee.
LaHood said that approaches such as public-private partnerships, an infrastructure fund and tolling could be used to make up the needed revenue for a bill.

Transportation leaders in recent weeks have begun to speculate that the bill may languish past the end of the year when the most recent extension expires.

LaHood dismissed those concerns and said the Department of Transportation was still focused on wrapping up the bill before the end of the year.

“We’re a long way away from that,” he said at the July 23 conference. “We’re not even in August yet — we’re in July — and this extension goes through December, and so we’ll just see how things play out.”

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