Mexican trucks now allowed on U.S. highways; smog impact unknown
Cargo trucks from 100 Mexican companies will now be allowed beyond the current 25-mile border zone. The 1-year test program was announced Friday by U.S. and Mexican leaders. Officials don't know the impact on air quality or safety, but Senator Dianne Feinstein will open an inquiry next month. Democrats say they question the Bush administration's claims that the trucks will meet safety requirements. Southern California officials worry that Mexican diesel fuel is not ultra-low sulfur as required here and will add to smog problems when trucks cross into the U.S. If the program is successful, then all Mexican trucks will have access to the U.S. highways.
[Source: Lisa Friedman / Whittier Daily News]
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shongwong 10:28AM (2/25/2007)
Mexican trucks, or trucks full of Mexicans?
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George Krpan 6:53PM (2/25/2007)
American's are brilliant. They impose the strictest regulations and then let the dirtiest, most unsafe vehicles and drivers on the roads from a country that has no infrastructure of enforcement.
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doug delano 3:06PM (2/25/2007)
I'm wondering if there's even one politician that doesn't have weak kness with regard to the Mexican border, politically and ecologically. Since I live in the southwest, this literal "open border" policy which we've been suffering under simply has to have some limit, and this article just illustrates how undisciplined our society has become, and obstensibly, there is no limit....
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MikeW 6:06PM (2/26/2007)
Thanks for nothing you globalist b*stards from the SPP.
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Bill 11:22AM (2/27/2007)
I just read an article about how bad the diesel fumes are; causing kids to have all kinds of lung problems that live or go to school within a mile of the freeway. I suppose this will just make it worse.
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