Keep U.S. Highways Safe

10/24/2014

The U.S. did not agree to lowering its standards.

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The U.S. must live up to all terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement, including allowing Mexican trucks to enter the U.S.

10/03/2014

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is expressing major concerns about the lack of what the group calls “statistically lacking” safety data on Mexican motor carriers following the conclusion of the three year U.S.-Mexico cross border long haul trucking pilot program.

12/04/2013

U.S. law enforcement and Department of Homeland Security officials are aware of the theft and working closely with Mexican authorities, a U.S. official briefed on the situation told ABC News.

10/02/2013

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS: Mexican companies allowed into the U.S. under the latest agreement have been cited for thousands of violations, records show.

Regulators determined to let Mexican trucks on U.S. roads under a trade deal have downplayed safety shortcomings with companies in a border-crossing pilot program, according to safety, trucking and labor groups.

10/02/2013

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-09-27/u-dot-s-dot-regulator-said-to-look-other-way-on-unsafe-mexican-trucks

06/26/2013

WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comments on the application of what could become the 13th Mexico-domiciled carrier to be granted authority to participate in the U.S.-Mexico long-haul pilot program, but the owner of the company has a questionable pedigree when…

06/13/2013

http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/shipping-and-cargo/303635-truckers-appeal-court-ruling-on-cross-border-mexican-drivers-

A lobbying group for truckers is asking the U. S.

06/05/2013

OOIDA appeals on Mx trucking lawsuit.

OOIDA's latest actions taken in state and federal court rulings

05/30/2013

In an exclusive interview from the Mexican jail where she is being held on suspicion of drug smuggling, an Arizona mother of seven...

05/20/2013

More Americans Murdered In Mexico Than Any Other Country

At least 648 U.S. citizens were killed south of the border in the last decade, more than in any other part of the world.

According to an Agence France Press analysis of U.S. State Department figures, this numbers represents more than 40 percent of the almost 1,600 American murder victims worldwide during this period.

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