![]() And with the tightenening of the Tired Emissions for Diesels in 's only going to get financially worse. ![]() It's an unfair double standard that has 'LCD'd' the emissions level to the detriment of US TRuckers who are forced to comply. If they come here, the emissions should be compliant. The impact has been that the pollution from the NAFTA RIGS has now come up into the Los Angeles Air Control Corridor where a lot of large trans-shipping and logistic operations exist. Now, they are unrestricted, and the large ports being constructed in Mexico (oustide the SCAQMD rules for pollution) are taking on more and more cargo operations, and then trucking DIRECTLY to the USA-not just SoCal. The numbers of rigs now coming in with unregulated particulate and NOx emissions is DRAMATICALLY affecting the whole of SoCal.īefore it was just a SanDiego problem as they were restricted to something like 25 miles from the border for deliveries. This has been charted as a specific reason for the SanDiego region's non-compliance with Federal Air MAndates. The biggest issue in SoCal is that Mexican Trucks (specifically referred to as 'NAFTA RIGS' due to that accord allowing them to now ENTER the USA whereas before they stopped at the border) are not required to meet the emissions criteria of US Rigs (and this probably goes for Canada as well, you get the BENEFIT of our pollution-controlled rigs on your roads compared to CanReg Emissions Rigs). You are comparing apples and oranges (speaking of Schnieder National). Here we would call it a 'Cabless Chassis Delivered to Manufacturer'-down there it's used as a transport vehicle!Ĭomparing what passes for 'roadworthy' in Mexico is FAR different than what passes for roadworthy in the USA OR Canada. If you ever watched 'The Mexican' with (I think) angela jolie and Bradd Pitt, there is a scene where he almost gets run over by a 'mexican truck' on a highway down in Mexico. ![]() Things like brakes not operational on all rear trailer duals. Put down the starbucks and DRIVE!ĭan, a Schneider truck not passing CANPASS regs is a FAR different thing than what comes across OUR southern border. It's an environmental condition, they should already be aware. They would slip over the road in their cars, but the standard answer was 'Your car doesn't drive like a 20 ton Bluebird, ma'am!" This is the same reason people would cry and whine to the superintendent of schools when he didn't call off school up north. They have the wieght, and the resultant traction to do stuff passenger cars and light trucks can't do. ![]() The big problem was the ore trucks going 80. I'd get to my side of the road, buy the **** Firefly that I'd rented would get hit by a gust of wind and literally blow over to the oncoming shoulder.Īnything over 10-15mph COULD be done, but there was no lateral grip-a gust of wind blew me across two lanes of traffic (granted, they were 45-60 knot gusts) at 20 and 35 (even though the road was posted 80). I did not stop for the stop sign, and just slid across the street to the snowbank on the oncoming side, where I made my way through Porcupine and back into Timmins proper. The problem was even with the engine braking it was borderline frontwheel locking due to the ice on the road. Instinctual common-sense had me going 15 in a 35 already, when I realized there was no traction whatsoever. Touching the brake locked the wheels completely-I mean a feather touch and that was going only 15mph (in a 35 leaving the MetSite). I left Timmins on glare ice after remembering "Hey, I'm not in SoCal, I better 'touch brake' and check my traction level" Not having driven in those conditions for 20 years, it took me a whole 1/4 mile before the thought occurred to me. ![]()
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