Truck Driving Jobs

Fozzy · #11 03-09-2007, 10:27 PM

There is a huge difference in the implication of the poster who said that the DOT has caught specifically Mexican Tractor Trailers with drugs and these various drug buggies coming across the border all over the place and have for decades. To tie the Mexican truck drivers automatically with drug smuggling is just not fair.

rcso · #12 03-09-2007, 10:38 PM

No it's not, but (can't believe I'm going to say this) 'Mexican' drug smuggling is an estimated multi billion dollar/yr business according to the govt. Unfortuantly, this is like saying; hey you're profiling me just because I'm X doesn't mean I'm a drunk driver. No sir, we make it a habit to pull over all drivers that happen to use the sidewalk as an exit lane.

Believe it or not, I'm of the same school of thought as you on this, but facts are facts; profiling based on predicating factors works. It isn't technically 'racial' profiling because the 'race' is hispanic, not of european descent. Race has nothing to do with being 'Mexican' or 'Honduran' or 'Columbian'. Hell I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't even realize a lot of hispanic people are actually native 'indian' peoples.

PackRatTDI · #13 03-09-2007, 11:16 PM

Didn't the MExican government donate a lot of stuff to the Katrina recovery effort? Maybe he was picking some stuff up to take back.

Goin Fer It · #14 03-09-2007, 11:16 PM

Yes, at least according to what I read on a Mexican Embassy page yesterday I will attempt to find it. Americans....always the last to know aren't we.

Goin Fer It

Sentinel · #15 03-09-2007, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by rcso

Has that pilot program already started? If not, wtf was he doing that far in country. Third I had to have passed 5 border patrol SUV's on I-10 between Mobile and N.O. They weren't convoying or anything, they were sitting in the medians as if they were on a normal patrol. Now I was a cop, so I know what I saw; and granted I've never had a chance to see them on the border yet, but what are 'they' doing inland to.

rcso,

Depending on the load the driver was carrying they may have obtained a temporary permit to directly drive the load to its destination. Mexican trucking companies currently can request individual trucks to perform extended deliveries. It does require planning and a lot of paperwork for customs though. The new open border plan is an attempt to significantly reduce the requirements.

hoosierdaddy · #16 03-09-2007, 11:18 PM

You saw Mexicans in Louisiana? Big deal! I see American trucks and truck drivers in Canada all the time. They clog up our main streets.

Cluggy619 · #17 03-10-2007, 02:06 AM

This has been debated over and over. And I can tell you this. It's been going on with one thing or another, so it was just a matter of time before it got into the trucking industry. However, it may not be so bad.

I talk to a illegal....( just go to just about any corner where they hang out looking for a job.) He spoke a little English, but not much. He told me about the jobs he had, and they are pretty organized. Did you know that those guys on the corner are part of what we call a union? It's true. They have rates for each job they do, and you better not work for less. If the rate is $8.00 per hour (the lowest anyone is allowed to work for), you better not work for less. If you do, and they find out, they will beat the holy $hit out of you. And people who refuse to pay...well, they pay.

So maybe the "Mexican National" coming into America driving force might be the thing we need.....

They may start out cheap, but they won't stay there. And if you were a driver from Mexico, why would you go back? hehehe

I see this blowing up into their faces(the people allowing this), and a big demand, with much higher pay, for American truck drivers.

Welcome, My Mexican truck driving brothers.

Red Clay Rambler · #18 03-11-2007, 06:18 AM

Guess the bricklayers, carpenters, etc. are still waiting for their dramatic wage increase resulting from the influx of illegals.

Cluggy619 · #19 03-11-2007, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Red Clay Rambler

Guess the bricklayers, carpenters, etc. are still waiting for their dramatic wage increase resulting from the influx of illegals.

That's right...they are. :twisted:

mikey4069 · #20 03-11-2007, 07:32 AM

I dont think the pilot program has started and i hope it never does !! Someone answer this question ? where are they going to park if i have a hard time finding a place to park ???