From the story online:
"Interstate truck and bus drivers across America may find themselves pulled off the highway if state troopers or vehicle inspectors find they can't speak English."
"Under the new enforcement regulations, drivers who can't speak English in the commercial zone may be ticketed and fined. Those beyond the border zone will also be pulled off the road."
"José Rocha RodrÃguez was one of the first drivers to be sanctioned for not knowing English. He said he wasn't fined but given a notice saying he could not pass the border zone."
"They talk to you now in English and they've never done that before," he said.
"Jose Mendoza, a 25-year-old driver in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, said that it seemed the United State authorities were always coming up with new ways to stop Mexican trucks from traveling beyond the border. He said the drivers felt discriminated against, and that U.S. officials were looking for any pretext to fine them."
"They are giving us all kinds of fines. Last week, for a headlight that I could change myself, they charged $150. And this after they saw that I was changing it," Mendoza said.
Welcome to our world, where the bears are equal opportunity revenuers. hehe
Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop
"Interstate truck and bus drivers across America may find themselves pulled off the highway if state troopers or vehicle inspectors find they can't speak English."
"Under the new enforcement regulations, drivers who can't speak English in the commercial zone may be ticketed and fined. Those beyond the border zone will also be pulled off the road."
"José Rocha RodrÃguez was one of the first drivers to be sanctioned for not knowing English. He said he wasn't fined but given a notice saying he could not pass the border zone."
"They talk to you now in English and they've never done that before," he said.
"Jose Mendoza, a 25-year-old driver in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, said that it seemed the United State authorities were always coming up with new ways to stop Mexican trucks from traveling beyond the border. He said the drivers felt discriminated against, and that U.S. officials were looking for any pretext to fine them."
"They are giving us all kinds of fines. Last week, for a headlight that I could change myself, they charged $150. And this after they saw that I was changing it," Mendoza said.
Welcome to our world, where the bears are equal opportunity revenuers. hehe
Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop
