How high will our Insurance rates go up when Mexican trucks hit the US highways?

August 18th, 2005 | by Michael |
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  1. 12 Responses to “How high will our Insurance rates go up when Mexican trucks hit the US highways?”

  2. By heart_and_troll on Aug 21, 2005 | Reply

    Juding by how much higher insurance rates are in Los Angeles than in areas that don’t have tons of illegal Mexican drivers (most all insured, of course), I’d say rates will go up. But more important will be the inevtable avoidable tragedy that we will see on the news one day.

  3. By Amanda h on Aug 24, 2005 | Reply

    I have to say: I don’t anticipate seeing semi-trucks with some beer bellied guy playing Mariachi music while he ***** down a “cold one” and tries not to knock the chickens and goats from the top of his trailer as he barrels down the highway at 150 mph…..
    Mexico isn’t as “stereotypical” as people would have it be. I actually know a few people that don’t own a burro, or a sombrero, surprising, no?

  4. By james on Aug 27, 2005 | Reply

    Boy we are really In for some human smuggling now…… How long until the first massive accident on one of our roads? Here come the drugs……

  5. By Caninelegion on Aug 31, 2005 | Reply

    Zero, why? The rules statewide are the same for any trucks and inspections are routine.

  6. By rogerguiles on Sep 1, 2005 | Reply

    Those guy’s love there Jake breaks, wait till they find a hill,
    BRRRRRRRAAAAPPP, BRRRRRAAAAAAAPP

  7. By gomanyes562 on Sep 1, 2005 | Reply

    You can have all the “facts” you want to show that Mexican trucks aren’t safe. There are “facts” that American trucks aren’t safe either. Mexican trucks will have to follow the same rules as every other truck on the road.

  8. By tiredofaliens1 on Sep 5, 2005 | Reply

    The teamsters are going to file a lawsuit.

    This has got to be stopped.

  9. By Ms.L.A. on Sep 7, 2005 | Reply

    It irks me to the bone that they would let these people use our highways and allow a semi trailer that is closed to enter our nation! Talk about a travesty!!!

  10. By Avner Eliyahu R on Sep 8, 2005 | Reply

    The best thing is for US cops to be allowed to ask Mexican truck drivers the same questions they ask their own ones.

  11. By Elizzabeth on Sep 9, 2005 | Reply

    Human smuggling will be at an all time high

  12. By anon on Sep 9, 2005 | Reply

    I hadn’t thought of that - I was just concerned with staying off the roads to save my life! But since I have to pay for uninsured drivers even though it is against the law to drive without insurance this sounds highly probable. It will take the actuaries a while to notice what is causing all the wrecks so we have time to start saving now…

  13. By Ken on Sep 10, 2005 | Reply

    Just one of the MANY very good questions regarding this program. Isn’t this really just a back door to Bush’s failed Day Laborer program? The US citizens soundly rejected this proposal and now we are getting it crammed down our throats.

    I don’t think the Teamsters will take this lying down. They are one group that knows how to fight for jobs. None of us should allow this. It is only the first step in allowing people to cross the border to take our jobs. It is bad enough that any job that can be done overseas has been sent there, now we are going to welcome foreigner’s here to do our jobs so long as they go home at the end of the day.

    More so than jobs though, is the safety issue. The insurance cost is just a byproduct of the safety. Combine that with the risk of terrorism, narcotics etc. being brought in and this is just an unacceptable plan.

    PS When that Mexican truck driver hits you on the road and goes to an American hospital, he won’t have health insurance and WE will foot the bill for his emergency care also.

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