Mexican Trucks Could Hit US Interstates This Weekend

Trucks on the Borman Expressway.
New rules will allow some Mexican trucks
free travel throughout the United States.

A US Department of Transportation pilot program that would allow Mexican trucks to cross the US - Mexico border could begin this Labor Day weekend, reports Today's Trucking Online.

Five groups in the U.S. have filed lawsuits seeking an emergency stay of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's plan to proceed with the controversial Mexican truck pilot project as early as this Labor Day weekend.

The Teamsters union says it was told by FMCSA officials that the government agency intends to grant authority on Sept. 1 for Mexican trucks to drive beyond the 15-mile border zone throughout the entire United States.

"What a slap in the face to American workers -- opening the highways to dangerous trucks on Labor Day weekend, one of the busiest driving weekends of the year," said Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa.

It will be interesting to see what effect this has in the Northwest Indiana region as we have one of the busiest east - west transportation corridors -- I-80 and I-94 -- in the United States and is a major route for Mexico to Ontario, Canada traffic.



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