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Trucks are not Bicycles
Back in 1892, British songwriter Harry Dacre penned a little jingle about he and a woman named “Daisy” riding on a bicycle built for two,...


Raising the Red Flag
In recent years, there has been quite a controversy about flags in the United States. As the political polarization of this nation...


Ticket to Glide
There comes a time when government regulation creates a crisis with the practicality of day to day life. This has been plainly seen the...


Put on the Brakes
Spring has officially sprung, according to the 2017 calendar! As one season ends and another begins, certain configurations of trucks and...


On Demand Trucking
A few weeks ago the ITEA published an article regarding the future technology of autonomous vehicles and how recent developments will...


Light the Way
As January comes to an end, the ITEA hopes the first few weeks of 2017 have been enlightening. As January gives way to February, the...


Autonomous Trucking
Imagine driving down the expressway and pulling alongside an eighteen-wheeler. You look up at the driver’s seat what do you see? Maybe...


Bring The Noise, Or Don’t
Several years back, a stereo company produced a commercial to advertise the audible power of their stereo systems. It featured what...


Winter Rules Review
Sometimes the list of things to love about Illinois is so long people forget to include one of its biggest assets: winter. Well, maybe...


Rollin’ Coal
If you are old enough to remember the glory days of trucking from the 1950s until deregulation in the early 1980s, many images come to...


Dumb Laws: Flatbed Load Securement
Yeah, you read the title of this article correctly. There is a dumb law concerning securement of flatbed loads in Illinois. Does that...


Electrically Surging Brakes
If you were more than an infant in 1980s or earlier, the year 2000 seemed like an age away. The average American thought people would be...


Deflategate
Now that Super Bowl XLIX (and the halftime show) is done, America can also get busy forgetting the buzzword of January 2015...


Shovels, Brooms & Buckets
Think back to a time earlier in the year when the sun was out, the air was warming, the trees were turning green. As you walked past the...


Getting Tarped
Tell the truth…you know you love it when a rock falls off a truck and cracks your windshield. You know what else you love? When sand...


The Odd Coupling
Anyone from the Chicagoland area can easily spot a true City-boy just by listening to the way he speaks. There is a tone of voice, a...
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