Big 3 involved with border security
· By: Drivers.com staff
· Date: 2002-04-16
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Ford, General Motors, and DaimlerChrysler are helping the U.S. government
with an anti-terrorism initiative called Customs-Trade Partnership against
Terrorism to improve security at the U.S.-Canada border. The three automakers'
trucks make up eleven percent of the total number of commercial trucks crossing
the border. The initiative, launched about a month ago, has the companies install "transponders" on
the trucks so Customs can track shipments. This helps Customs keep trucks and
drivers moving steadily across the border and is expected to help prevent long
delays for inspections. According to GlobalAutoNet,
the companies are also agreeing to improve security in their own operations,
including enhanced background checks on employees and tightening security on
shipments that will cross the border. The Customs commissioner, Robert Bonner,
was quoted by the Detroit News as saying the auto companies and other
industries that join the initiative will be rewarded by receiving "the fast
lane across the border." 
- Drivers.com's section on Pro Drivers Safety
- Some trucks may be exempt from border inspection-- New York Times article
- Trucker and the professor--article about the new logistics and technology in trucking
- Selected trucking books
