Comments on: On The Subject of Safety… http://www.thetruthaboutmexico.com/2009/03/on-the-subject-of-safety/ Voices from South of the Border Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:24:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mexicomystic http://www.thetruthaboutmexico.com/2009/03/on-the-subject-of-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-257 mexicomystic Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:28:08 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutmexico.com/?p=113#comment-257 Seems to me that just "buying a license" to fly and not knowing how to fly is a good way to get yourself killed. As for a car...I know plenty of people in Mexico and the U.S. who have learned how to drive a car without a license who are excellent drivers. Getting a drivers "license" is just a means of the Government to squeeze more money out of the people and to disenfranchise the poor. Txfemmom is obviously bigoted against Mexicans... I`m against Drunk driving, everyone has to live up to responsibilties but why point your finger at a certain etnic group? Then should I say black football players are all drunks and dangerous? There are nuts in all the world... if you cant do the time dont do the crime. Seems to me that just “buying a license” to fly and not knowing how to fly is a good way to get yourself killed.
As for a car…I know plenty of people in Mexico and the U.S. who have learned how to drive a car without a license who are excellent drivers. Getting a drivers “license” is just a means of the Government to squeeze more money out of the people and to disenfranchise the poor.
Txfemmom is obviously bigoted against Mexicans… I`m against Drunk driving, everyone has to live up to responsibilties but why point your finger at a certain etnic group? Then should I say black football players are all drunks and dangerous? There are nuts in all the world… if you cant do the time dont do the crime.

]]> By: Prof.Gringo http://www.thetruthaboutmexico.com/2009/03/on-the-subject-of-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Prof.Gringo Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:31:34 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutmexico.com/?p=113#comment-255 I have personally know Mexicans that bragged that their Mexican "CDL's" were obtained by bribes. Personal DL's are isssued without any kind of exam or test in both DF and Mexico State. Why? Because the system is so corrupt people couldn't get a license without paying a bribe. Anybody that has driven in Mexico knows how terrible the drivers are. No respect for the law, other drivers or pedestrians. The commercial drivers are the worse. Many buses and trucks have been in horific crashes that would lead to investigations and changes to the law in the US. But in Mexico, nothing much changes. The same unqualified drivers operate unsafe equipment over the highways where law enforcement is lax or non-existant. Also, the comment about Canada and Mexico doesn't make any sense. Commercial drivers would have to pass though the US anyways. Mexico is so corrupt that a person can pay for a license to practice law or even fly commercial aircraft. Yeah, that's right. You can pay $12,000 USD and get a license to fly 737's in Mexico. I know the school/guy that does that. Letting Mexican trucks into the US was one of the worse provisions of NAFTA. US transportation needs protection. US Airlines, Railways, and the Maritime industry all receive some forms of federal aid and protection. Trucking needs the same. To be a pilot or a maritime crew member in Mexico is reserved for Mexicans by birth. Maybe it's time the US became more like Mexico and reserved many of OUR jobs for AMERICANS. Mexican trucks should never have been allowed into the US. When Mexico finally opens up PEMEX and allows foreign investment, then we can do the same for Mexico. I have personally know Mexicans that bragged that their Mexican “CDL’s” were obtained by bribes. Personal DL’s are isssued without any kind of exam or test in both DF and Mexico State. Why? Because the system is so corrupt people couldn’t get a license without paying a bribe.

Anybody that has driven in Mexico knows how terrible the drivers are. No respect for the law, other drivers or pedestrians. The commercial drivers are the worse. Many buses and trucks have been in horific crashes that would lead to investigations and changes to the law in the US. But in Mexico, nothing much changes. The same unqualified drivers operate unsafe equipment over the highways where law enforcement is lax or non-existant.

Also, the comment about Canada and Mexico doesn’t make any sense. Commercial drivers would have to pass though the US anyways.

Mexico is so corrupt that a person can pay for a license to practice law or even fly commercial aircraft. Yeah, that’s right. You can pay $12,000 USD and get a license to fly 737′s in Mexico. I know the school/guy that does that.

Letting Mexican trucks into the US was one of the worse provisions of NAFTA. US transportation needs protection. US Airlines, Railways, and the Maritime industry all receive some forms of federal aid and protection. Trucking needs the same.

To be a pilot or a maritime crew member in Mexico is reserved for Mexicans by birth. Maybe it’s time the US became more like Mexico and reserved many of OUR jobs for AMERICANS. Mexican trucks should never have been allowed into the US. When Mexico finally opens up PEMEX and allows foreign investment, then we can do the same for Mexico.

]]> By: TXfemmom http://www.thetruthaboutmexico.com/2009/03/on-the-subject-of-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-115 TXfemmom Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:56:56 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutmexico.com/?p=113#comment-115 Look, all I know is that as a member of MADD, here in the United States and particularly in Texas, we have real, excellent figures on the fact that Mexicans living in the Unite States illegally are three times as likely to drive DRUNK. As for the issue of Mexican vehicles, we have had three rather spectacular and multiple fatality accidents involving Mexican-based bus lines with Mexican drivers here in the United States of late and they all had bad safety records, forged safety records, buses which had been registered illegally, and no insurance. They would get closed down, go down the street, re-register the things under a different name, as in using their mother's maiden name this time, and set right back up in business. Do we have shady things here in the U. S....of course. However, I also know that one group spoke with many of the truckers who were in line to drive here in the United States and they could not tell them what street and road signs said. American truckers who are going to drive in Mexico, which I understand is declining at a tremendous rate because of the crime and such, should have to understand enough Spanish to understand the signs, etc. and vice versa. Look, all I know is that as a member of MADD, here in the United States and particularly in Texas, we have real, excellent figures on the fact that Mexicans living in the Unite States illegally are three times as likely to drive DRUNK.

As for the issue of Mexican vehicles, we have had three rather spectacular and multiple fatality accidents involving Mexican-based bus lines with Mexican drivers here in the United States of late and they all had bad safety records, forged safety records, buses which had been registered illegally, and no insurance. They would get closed down, go down the street, re-register the things under a different name, as in using their mother’s maiden name this time, and set right back up in business.

Do we have shady things here in the U. S….of course. However, I also know that one group spoke with many of the truckers who were in line to drive here in the United States and they could not tell them what street and road signs said. American truckers who are going to drive in Mexico, which I understand is declining at a tremendous rate because of the crime and such, should have to understand enough Spanish to understand the signs, etc. and vice versa.

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