Three months ago, I reported that Mexican trucks were inching closer to U.S. highways. Now, it appears the gate has been opened, allowing them unencumbered access to highways north of the Mexican border. Today, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood signed a cross-border trucking agreement with Mexico without providing the public or Congress with the final details [...]
Indy Truckers Upset About Ray LaHood Signing Cross-Border Trucking Agreement With Mexico
July 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment
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Mexican Trucks Inch Closer to U.S. Highways
April 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Independent American truckers are not happy about Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s announcement Friday that included details of a proposed, phased long-haul, cross-border trucking program between the United States and Mexico. “This is the wrong plan at the wrong time for numerous reasons,” said Todd Spencer, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. “It’s [...]
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Was Trucker Cell Phone, Texting Ban Premature?
January 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Only three days after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the new rules that prohibit drivers of trucks and buses from using cell phones and texting while behind the wheel, officials at the Highway Loss Data Institute released study findings that show no reductions in crashes after hand-held phone bans take effect. Rresearchers for HLDI, an [...]
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Feds’ Heavy-Handed Actions Upset Truckers
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments
Earlier this week, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a federal ban on texting while driving by people behind the wheels of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses. Soon after the announcement, truck drivers organizations lashed out at the measure, but not for the reasons you might suspect. “We support where they are going, [...]
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With ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Costing Taxpayers $24K Per Vehicle, How Much Will ObamaCare Cost Us?
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Visit the federal government web site for the recently-concluded “Cash for Clunkers” program and you’ll find the program described as “enormously successful” (see graphic above). Contrary to that claim, however, Edmunds.com research revealed yesterday that the program, which enabled a car buyer to pay as much as $4,500 less for a new vehicle, actually cost [...]
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