Vanity. It’s what makes something look good on the outside, but there is no guarantee what is on the inside isn’t completely revolting. A...

There’s old expression called “getting the cart ahead of the horse”. In the modern world, the horse represents the truck, and the cart is...

Once upon a time in the olden days, a builder finished a house and looked on it with pride. The house was square, level and plumb. All...

The day of reckoning is almost here. Oh wait, it’s not. Or maybe it is…what is going on with the federal medical merge program for CDL...

Everybody likes a list. Not everybody wants a list of things to do that make their life more difficult, but a neatly laid out list of...

“Hey! You wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?”  The answer is “no”…no you don’t.  That would be dumb. You may very well...

Legislation is always a double-edged sword.  In any given bill, there are good reasons behind the writing…but the value of the potential...

Nobody likes to be alone. In a world with a million ways to connect to others through social networking, cell phones, and computers,...

When it comes to overweight violations, police officers have a statutory mandate to follow.  In 625 ILCS 5/15-112(b), the General...

Hey – did you notice the economy of the United States is a huge mess? Everyone is in this together. No one – regardless of occupation,...

Imagine this scenario: A common jewel thief hosts a seminar to train some up-and-coming pickpockets in a new way to riches. However,...

Brakes Both the FMCSR and IVC have statutes about braking systems. There is no argument that braking is a critical system to keep people...

Future articles in this series will specifically address laws in the FMCSR that parallel or are similar to laws in the IVC, such as...

The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) is a funding mechanism of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to provide...

All troopers hired by the ISP who successfully graduate from the basic academy will have received training on commercial motor vehicle...

The FMCSR is the sole authority for regulation of interstate motor carrier traffic and States have the ability to adopt the FMCSR for...

The goal of this post is not to wax philosophic or leverage a political opinion on immigration and tax laws, but to illustrate that a...

It is understood that not all leadership in the Illinois law enforcement, particularly at the local level, will be in agreement with...

Many home rule units of government have created their own local overweight/oversize permit programs.  The trucking industry has two main...

The political machine in Illinois is alive and well. The General Assembly has until March 9th to get bills out committee and into the...