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New York City rolled out new tactics Friday morning to counter Texas Governor Greg Abbott It has increased flow of mobile bus: Drowning bus companies and their drivers in traffic violations.
Shortly after 6am on Friday, two more buses arrived at the city’s Port Authority Bus Terminal, Abbott busses 17,000 immigrants to New York in a sick political stunt.
But this time, half a dozen uniformed members of the NYPD Highway Patrol’s Car Carrier Safety Division were waiting.
The first bus to arrive was a blue Volvo with Mexican “Autotransporte Federal Turismo” license plates, owned and operated by a company called Autobuses La Sultana LC in Cedar Hill, Texas. A white document taped to the windshield read “TEXAS 144-HOUR PERMIT” and “VALID IN TEXAS ONLY” and was dated October 6th.
first bus driver, Robert Reas, 38, told The Daily Beast that he lives in Monterrey, Mexico, where Bass is based. He said he began the trip across the border in Laredo, Texas, and drove to El Paso, where he and his co-driver picked up 30 immigrants at an “institution,” including half a dozen children. Told. The immigrants came from Venezuela and Ecuador, he said.
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The bus stopped in Dallas and Nashville, dropped off three to four passengers in each city, and continued the 40-hour drive to New York, Reese said. He said it was his second trip to New York with immigrants.
Officers inspected both buses with a fine-toothed comb, examined tires, checked air brakes, lights and windshield wipers. They paid particular attention to the device that regulates tire pressure.
They also went through Reas’ license and logbook. Your logbook should record information such as rest times and how long you drive at one time.
After inspection, officers left both drivers with a handful of summonses. Rareth counted half a dozen. The Daily Beast has asked his NYPD for a summary of the cited violations.
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