Regulators scolded on medically unfit truckers

Submitted by thenewstribune.com on July 24, 2008 - 3:29pm.

House lawmakers scolded federal regulators Thursday for failing to implement recommendations made in 2001 that were designed to keep medically unfit commercial truck and bus drivers off the nation's highways.

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Submitted by wmscott on July 24, 2008 - 3:51pm.

There are few if any Illegal Alien Truckers because it requires legal presence and a valid Social Security Number to get one. Hazmat requires a backgound check.
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If you as a citizen refuse to give your SSN when you get a license you will be prosecuted by the state. Your SSN is required under state and federal Child support laws and the local government uses it to make sure you pay your tickets. The Feds will also cancel your passport if you owe child support.
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If you are an Illegal you get a psss on the SSN requirement is Washington. I guess non of them owe child support or tickets. All they have to do is sign a form saying they don't have one. Real ID came into force on July and we are one of only a couple of states where the Governor has decided not to obey federal law.
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Under the NAFTA treaty negotiated by the Clinton Aministration and signed by him, Mexican Truckers (point of Origin can now drive pretty much anyhwere in the US. They used to be limited to near border tansfer warehouses where the goods were lcaded onto US tagged and US CDL driven trucks.

Welcome to one party Marxist government


Submitted by CrazyJim on July 24, 2008 - 3:32pm.

Even more worrisome are the ones allowed in from South of the border who can’t even read the highway signs. Give me a fat trucker any day. Then there is the little problem with all the felons driving school buses. But that is another story.


Submitted by davidjohnjr on July 24, 2008 - 3:36pm.

Hmmm...I wonder how many illegal alien truckers there really are...something tells me there aren't that many....


Submitted by CrazyJim on July 24, 2008 - 3:42pm.

Look up superhighway from Mexico…..Goods delivered by Mexican Truck companies. . . They may not be illegal but they are all over the roads in the South and Bush wants their limited entry to include clear to the Canadian border and beyond.


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