Biggest threat facing the US? No, it's Mexican truckers

In extending its cross-border trucking pilot project for two more years, the Bush administration continues to flout Congress at the expense of highway safety.

The pilot program is unlawful and reckless. Extending it for two more years ignores multiple entreaties by Congress to terminate the program until safety concerns have been addressed.

In 2001, a NAFTA tribunal ordered the United States to permit access to all U.S. roads for Mexico-domiciled trucking companies. The Clinton administration refused to comply, citing serious safety and environmental concerns with Mexico’s trucking fleet.

The Bush administration has tried since 2002 to enforce the NAFTA order to open U.S. highways to unsafe trucks.

Source: Public Citizen

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