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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 01:45 PM
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This will make it SO much easier to bring the drugs across the border its pathetic.

Maybe this is the first step to ending the "war on drugs". Sure seems like it.

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...r-us-in-days/1
Old Oct 20, 2011 | 02:06 PM
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Awesome. I bet the drug cartels are smiling ear to ear. Curious to see what becomes.
Old Oct 20, 2011 | 03:26 PM
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lol, They are stealing our jobs!
Old Oct 20, 2011 | 07:43 PM
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I think the issue is Mexican trucks are not kept to the same safety standers as trucks in the US/Canada.
Old Oct 20, 2011 | 08:25 PM
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omg drugs.

OOPS I mean uhh, that's terrible.
Old Oct 21, 2011 | 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Gearhead_318
I think the issue is Mexican trucks are not kept to the same safety standers as trucks in the US/Canada.
This is very true many of the Mexican trucks were once American trucks that were sold for scrap after they have a few million miles on them. A trip to Laredo Texas a few years back and looking at some of the Mexican trucks was downright scary. Frame fasteners broken off missing watching things on the chassis move that shouldn’t. Brake components that were non operable etc. Mexico enforces safety regulations like Libertarians want to do in this country.

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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Gearhead_318
I think the issue is Mexican trucks are not kept to the same safety standers as trucks in the US/Canada.
This is very true many of the Mexican trucks were once American trucks that were sold for scrap after they have a few million miles on them. A trip to Laredo Texas a few years back and looking at some of the Mexican trucks was downright scary. Frame fasteners broken off missing watching things on the chassis move that shouldn’t. Brake components that were non operable etc. Mexico enforces safety regulations like Libertarians want to do in this country.

And as far as drugs go it isn’t so much the recreational drugs that are the issue it is the drugs the truck drivers take in order to drive non stop. US Has laws to help prevent amphetamine powered truck drivers Mexico not so much.

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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 09:37 PM
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Anyone notice that the Teamsters Union President is Jimmy Hoffa?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa
Old Oct 22, 2011 | 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by bbundy
Mexico enforces safety regulations like Libertarians want to do in this country.
Don't erect a strawman regarding libertarians. The owners of the highways have the right to enforce their safety rules regarding vehicles on their highways. In this case, the gov't owns the highways.
Old Oct 25, 2011 | 04:08 PM
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I thought the citizens did
Old Oct 28, 2011 | 08:43 AM
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I guess the cost of a dime-bag is going to go down!
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