DOT to inspect Mexican, U.S. trucks in D.C. to prove safety standards met


U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, center, and Mexican Secretary of Communications and Transportation Luis Tellez, second from left, watch a truck inspection Feb. 22, when they announced the Mexico truck demonstration project. Behind Peters is FMCSA Administrator John Hill. (Associated Press)
The Trucker Staff

10/16/2007


WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters and her south-of-the-border counterpart, Mexican Secretary of Communications and Transportation Luis Tellez, along with U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez, have scheduled a news conference Wednesday afternoon to demonstrate that Mexican trucks that cross the border to deliver freight inside the U.S. will meet and have met, stringent U.S. safety standards.



The trio is also expected to call on Congress to cease in its efforts to halt the Mexico truck demonstration project.



Two trucks will be inspected during the news conference, one a Mexican truck, the other a truck belonging to a U.S. carrier.



The Mexican truck to be inspected is the first one that was driven into the U.S. under the demonstration project. It is owned by Transportes Olympic of Nuevo Leon, Mexico.



The news conference will mark at least the second time this year that Peters and Tellez have stood side by side.



Last February the pair met at El Paso, Texas, to formally announce the demonstration project.



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