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...

About a year ago the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association wrote an article on this blog regarding misconceptions of what constitutes a...

Illinois, we’re sorry. No one is happy about the recent income and business tax increase in the Land of Lincoln. Even more irritating is...

Consistency. This one word is what the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association has strived to provide in all truck enforcement efforts...

The average person who sees an oversize/overweight vehicle thinks one thing: big. It’s huge. It’s a massive truck. They only say this...

The basic principle of a divisible load is simple, only those items broken down to the bare minimum qualify. One bucket per excavator....

In 1989, James Bond received a License to Kill. What? Where does one obtain such credentials? The truth is no one has a license to kill,...

Have you ever been to a sporting event and seen people move up to better seats than they paid for? Maybe you are that person! Usually the...

Back in the day, your math teacher would tell you that you won’t always have a calculator so you better be able to find the solution in...

Turn on your favorite news service and watch the turf wars. Pakistan and India are at peace, but Kashmir is still disputed. For...

Everything on the internet is true…everything! Don’t believe that statement? Well good, because it is obviously false. As technology has...

If you have email, at some point a friend of yours undoubtedly has sent you an invitation to join the social network LinkedIn. Or maybe...

It’s a small world, right? What a person who travels quickly learns is that its pretty much the same everywhere you go…just little...

Have you ever had responsibilities in your job when some co-worker comes along and steps on your toes? It’s aggravating. If the co-worker...

It’s unfortunate there are times erroneous police work must be exposed. One of the toughest parts of policing is the policing of the...

The majesty of music is hearing multiple layers of sound working together. Each person in a choir is an individual singing something...

Is the goal of truck enforcement to protect the public and infrastructure from unsafe vehicles, or is it simply a revenue generator for...

Everyone loves a coincidence! When two independent events mimic each other completely in their own universe, it brings a smile to...

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

There’s not a truck cop in Illinois who has found a trucker over the legal weight limit and not heard the driver plead “but I get 2,000...