Sep 06 2009
DOT Issues Report on Mexican Truck Safety
A new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Inspector General affirms that Mexican trucks are as safe as U.S. vehicles and Mexican truck drivers have better safety records than their U.S. counterparts. The report, a – Follow-Up Audit on the Implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement’s Cross-Border Trucking Provisions – notes that in FY 2008, more than 220,000 inspections were performed on Mexican trucks by DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.