There are two days every year when Illinois truck enforcement officers are out, en masse, scouring the road for easy overweight tickets....

Remember the Doublemint Gum commercials of the 1980s? How scary is it to think there are brave men and women old enough to be police...

We Americans love to generically assign popular brand names to common items. The really smart people of the world call these “proprietary...

There are vicious rumors floating around about Illinois. Once such rumor is that truck registration in the Land of Lincoln is super...

You’ve seen this situation play out in the movies a million times. Bad guy needs money, so he kidnaps an innocent person, usually the...

Hey – did you hear the government is strapped for cash? Not really a new concept, and most people have their own personal opinion about...

If you were coming of age in Chicago in 1973, you loved Steve Goodman. Many classic songs written by this tunesmith were about his...

When the ten original members of the ITEA began this Association in October 2009, no one expected to see all the progress that has been...

Everybody likes a range. Police officers (and other gun aficionados) spend a lot of time on a range honing their shooting skills....

Settle down. No one is claiming laws prohibiting distracted driving are dumb. If the truth be told… 1) every driver agrees it is...

Each year the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association rallies together leaders who work tirelessly to bridge the chasm between the worlds...

On November 26th, law enforcement officers statewide will remember the first anniversary of the tragic death of Illinois State Trooper...

Here’s a truth every honest police officer will tell you. He can be hiding in a cave, in the middle of a vast desert, for decades, and...

Remember the schoolyard bully? He was the monster in 6th grade (for the fifth time) who would target little kids from across the...

Everybody hates a double standard…except when it benefits them. When people interpret the law, they look for loopholes to justify their...

You may find this hard to believe, but sometimes government does not function as well as you would expect. The separation of powers...

$100. Free. Simply add your name to the drawing by uploading a picture of a sign which restricts trucks on the highways of this nation....

In 1970, The Five Man Electrical Band released a B-side single called “Signs” opposite some forgettable A-side track. During the social...

You don’t have to like the President, but you would have to agree that he probably makes decisions based on volumes of information not...

Tick tock…tick tock…tick tock. It’s gonna go boom. One-hundred forty-four short days to go. At 12:01am on Friday, January 31st, 2014,...