Backlash to FREE EOBR's for Mexican Truckers

 Even more backlash...

Seal of the United States Department of Transp...40 Congresspeople have already rallied to end this nightmare proposal. I dont see any political benefit to the current administration to keep it

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Dump Mexican trucking proposal: Lawmakers

May 5, 2011 12:13 PM, By Brian Straight, managing editor
A group of 44 lawmakers delivered a signed letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood yesterday demanding that the Obama Administration abandon plans to restart a controversial cross-border trucking program for Mexican motor carriers.

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3/23/2011Photo portrait of U.S. Senate Mark Pryor

Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood outlining his opposition to the U.S. proposal to buy electronic onboard recorders for Mexican trucks that will travel within the United States.

“I do not believe this concept is fair for U.S. carriers who are not eligible for such payments,” Pryor wrote in a letter dated Thursday.

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A Department of Transportation official said earlier this month that DOT will pay for EOBRs for Mexican trucks entering the United States under an agreement with Mexico. The program is meant to ensure drivers’ compliance with hours-of-service regulations while in the U.S.




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