WHAT STANDARDS?

I have read about the virtues of allowing Mexican truckers to operate
in the United States.

A lot of us are not happy about this. We lived in the Rio Grande
Valley for more than 30 years and lived and worked in Mexico. Mexican
trucks are not safe. Standards are nonexistent, and the Mexican truck
driver's idea of a rest stop is to pull into a cantina and have a beer.

The Mexico City News reported that many truckers in Mexico are
concerned about how they will finance the work to make their trucks
meet U.S. safety standards.

I have read that drug rings now own many large trucking companies in
Mexico. Of course, they will be able make their trucks meet our
standards. They will do this gladly, as it will give them a better
opportunity to ship their drugs into this country.

Unfortunately, too many in San Antonio are blinded by the almighty
dollar and the love of Mexico. Who will pay to have the signs on
Interstate 35 repainted to read "El Camino de Muerte"?

Max R. Tyner,

New Braunfels