and I'm not racist towards Mexicans, some of my good friends are Mexican, I'm just still pissed at Clinton passing NAFTA and screwing the American truckers (of which I'm related to several) by allowing competition in from other countries who aren't good for a trucker trying to earn a living driving... also, the increase in pollution by loading up on fuel in Mexico, which isn't regulated to the standard of fuel purchased in California (or Arizona, or Texas)
Look at all those damn license plates. That's bullshit. Ditto the long list on the door, box behind the cab, and front of the trailer.
Anyway, if you know about the topic, feel free to share some info (Facts please, not opinion, I'm all full of uninformed opinion) with me and the other readers
Gary shared:
Multiple license plates have not been required for 28 years on big trucks with two exception I believe. Trucks are not generally required to have smog checks per se as modern trucks have have systems that basically have cleaner air coming out of the stacks than going in the engine. White smoke is just water vapor. Mexican drivers allowed to cross the border usually require licensing in both Mexico and the US. The drivers for the past 20 years coming from Mexico usually have attended modern truck driving schools in Mexico that make them familiar with our laws and log requirements. Drivers who only operate only in Mexico may be a different story. I covered the crossing of Mexican trucks from Laredo to Texas one day and took 500 plus photos for a leading truck magazine and only saw one truck in shabby condition and it was a truck that just shifted trailers from the US to Mexican warehouses on the other side of the border and never go past the 18 mile limit in Texas. I also live in a area with trucks from Mexico are quite common and never see a difference between those rigs and our own. However sometime local truckers hauling low paying gravel and scrap do have have rigs that are somewhat shabby, but again they are just local trucks. And as far as I can tell the only big rigs that have been caught hauling illegals have be US trucks and drivers acting on their own accord not with permission of the owners of the trucks.
Multiple license plates have not been required for 28 years on big trucks with two exception I believe. Trucks are not generally required to have smog checks perse as modern trucks have have systems that basically have cleaner air coming out of the stacks than going in the engine. White smoke is just water vapor. Mexican drivers allowed to cross the border usually require licensing in both Mexico and the US. The drivers for the past 20 years coming from Mexico usually have attended modern truck driving schools in Mexico that make them familiar with our laws and log requirements.
ReplyDeleteDrivers who only operate only in Mexico may be a different story. I covered the crossing of Mexican trucks from Laredo to Texas one day and took 500 plus photos for a leading truck magazine and only saw one truck in shabby condition and it was a truck that just shifted trailers from the US to Mexican warehouses on the other side of the border and never go past the 18 mile limit in Texas. I also live in a area with trucks from Mexico are quite common and never see a difference between those rigs and our own. However sometime local truckers hauling low paying gravel and scrap do have have rigs that are somewhat shabby, but again they are just local trucks. And as far as I can tell the only big rigs that have been caught hauling illegals have be US trucks and drivers acting on their own accord not with permission of the owners of the trucks.