and force more hours to the Mexican truckers.”
We drove back from southeast Colorado to southeast Texas over Christmas. Grandson and I kept track of the number of trucks we passed which had a Mexico or Canada address on their rig. Less than 10% were from the U.S. Once it turned Midnight not many trucks on the road but the service areas were jammed with them stopping for a few hours rest.
Must have been a lot from Canada because only 2 or 3 carriers have been approved for Mexico to USA cross border, totaling as many trucks. One of those trucks being a straight hauling sea food in the Tijuana to San Diego area.
As much as people are freaking out about Mexican trucks coming up here the Mexicans don’t want to mess around with the FMCSA and on-board recorders that they’d be required to use.
Earlier this week Lockridge was reporting that only 6 carriers total had even applied. So chances are you didn’t see all that many trucks from Mexico.
Just sayin...