Personal Injury Law

House of Representatives Votes to Prohibit Pilot Program That Would Have Allowed Mexican Truckers Full Access to U.S.

By Michael Jeffcoat, Esq.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted November 14 against spending our tax money on the Mexican trucker program. This time, the vote was to accept a compromise version of the Department of Transportation funding bill that included the prohibition. This is the same program I have written about before that would allow Mexican truckers to travel virtually anywhere in the United States, without complying with the same safety regulations as U.S. truckers. This is not a country-of-origin issue. It's a safety issue. The vote by the House (270 to147), showed strong bipartisan support for defeating the Mexican trucker program. The Senate is expected to vote this week on the conference report. Once passed, it goes to the President, who is threatening to veto the spending bill.

As I reported earlier, the Department of Transportation is pushing ahead with this program without regard for the majority in Congress or the driving public. The administration is trying to clear the way for unsafe Mexican trucks to have full access to all U.S. highways. That's not a good thing.

Thanks to the Truck Safety Coalition for some of this information.

Full post as published by Truck Accident Lawyer Blog on November 21, 2007 (boomark / email).