DOT Inspector General Says More Needed on Mexican Truck Safety
The Department of Transportation said more work is needed to ensure the safety of Mexican trucks and buses awaiting permission to drive on U.S. roadways, the Associated Press reported.
DOT’s inspector general’s latest report on Mexican truck safety said some states are not consistently reporting traffic convictions of people driving in the United States with Mexican driver’s licenses, AP said.
The report also said that bus inspections are not always being done adequately, though it did not that progress has been made on some safety issues, AP reported.
The issue of allowing Mexican trucks full access to U.S. roads has been embroiled in a debate over safety and other issues, with Congress voting earlier this year to end a pilot program put in place by the Bush administration to allow some Mexican trucks greater access to U.S. roads beyond a set border zone.
President Obama, who met last month in Mexico City with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, said the U.S. is committed to finding an acceptable solution to the dispute, which involves $2.4 billion in cross-border trade.
