Politics > Politics-USA > House overwhelmingly votes to put restrictions on Mexican truckson U.S. highways
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15 May 2007 09:44:36 PM |
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House overwhelmingly votes to put restrictions on Mexican truckson U.S. highways |
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20070515-1348-mexicantrucks.html
By Jesse J. Holland
ASSOCIATED PRESS 1:48 p.m. May 15, 2007
WASHINGTON – The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to delay a Bush
administration plan to allow Mexican trucks full access to U.S. highways.
The trucks would have to be declared safe first, the lawmakers said, and
Mexico would have to give U.S. truckers the same access south of the border.
The House voted 411-3 to approve a three-year Department of
Transportation pilot program that would restrict opening the border to
100 carriers based in Mexico. They would be allowed to use a maximum of
1,000 vehicles under the pilot program.
Lawmakers said their major concern is whether Mexican trucks, often
older than U.S. cargo vehicles, and Mexican drivers will be able to meet
rigorous U.S. safety standards.
“We do not need 90,000-pound unguided missiles on our highways,” said
Rep. Robin Hayes, R-N.C.
American trucking companies have spent years getting their vehicles up
to the Transportation Department standards, lawmakers said. Letting
Mexican trucks across the border without making them meet those
standards is wrong, they said.
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| User: "Phlip" |
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| Title: Re: House overwhelmingly votes to put restrictions on Mexican trucks on U.S. highways |
15 May 2007 09:51:58 PM |
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"We do not need 90,000-pound unguided missiles on our highways," said Rep.
Robin Hayes, R-N.C.
Will they be paid per hour or per mile? Put another way, are they
incentivized to drive while awake, or asleep?
And why the ***** aren't we building an efficient train system?
Oh, because the oil companies constantly push Congress to increase our
dependence...
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Phlip
http://flea.sourceforge.net/PiglegToo_1.html
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| User: "PagCal" |
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| Title: Re: House overwhelmingly votes to put restrictions on Mexican truckson U.S. highways |
16 May 2007 06:30:59 AM |
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Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS wrote:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20070515-1348-mexicantrucks.html
By Jesse J. Holland
ASSOCIATED PRESS 1:48 p.m. May 15, 2007
WASHINGTON – The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to delay a Bush
administration plan to allow Mexican trucks full access to U.S. highways.
Trucks kill an average of 5,000 people a year on our highways. The last
thing in the world we need is some crazy, sleepless Mexicans driving
unsafe vehicles on our roads.
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| User: "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" |
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| Title: Re: House overwhelmingly votes to put restrictions on Mexican truckson U.S. highways |
16 May 2007 10:46:26 AM |
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PagCal wrote:
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS wrote:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20070515-1348-mexicantrucks.html
By Jesse J. Holland
ASSOCIATED PRESS 1:48 p.m. May 15, 2007
WASHINGTON – The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to delay a Bush
administration plan to allow Mexican trucks full access to U.S. highways.
Trucks kill an average of 5,000 people a year on our highways. The last
thing in the world we need is some crazy, sleepless Mexicans driving
unsafe vehicles on our roads.
Crazy and sleepless, yes. But also DRUNK OUTA THEIR SKULLS like all
mexican drivers. I want no beaners on our highways period, whether in a
semi or a sub-compact.
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