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Exemplary Police Work #5
The war on drugs. One could not invoke a law enforcement initiative with so great a political divide. The truth is, the war on drugs is...


Two Ways to Skin the CDL Cat
Do you want to have your mind numbed? Well, there’s a lot of ways to accomplish that unlawfully, but if you want a legit method, study...


Surcharging
The sticker shock of an overweight citation is remarkable. Whether it’s a $10,000 ticket or a $500 ticket, it’s a lot of money for a...


K is for Kilo, King…and Intrastate?
LOL. LMAO. TTFN. IKR. Long before kids started texting as their primary form of communication using acronyms meant to befuddle their...


N is for Nancy, Nora…and Tanker?
Hopefully you filed your income tax refund on time this past week, and hopefully you are going to receive a refund. The ITEA knows you...


The Commercial Distribution Fee
In the world of apps, the term “running in the background” has become common speak. Whether you are using a laptop, mobile phone or...


A Tale of Two Phone Calls: Part 2
Is the goal of truck enforcement to protect the public and infrastructure from unsafe vehicles, or is it simply a revenue generator for...


A Tale of Two Phone Calls: Part 1
Everyone loves a coincidence! When two independent events mimic each other completely in their own universe, it brings a smile to...


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


Double Nonsense
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...


The Fuel Taxman
It’s that time of year again…IFTA. This FLA (aka “four letter acronym”) stands for the International Fuel Tax Agreement. Nobody likes to...


A Truck is a Truck, of Course, of Course
We Americans love to generically assign popular brand names to common items. The really smart people of the world call these “proprietary...


Exemplary Police Work #4
There are vicious rumors floating around about Illinois. Once such rumor is that truck registration in the Land of Lincoln is super...


Impounding Trucks: Part 3 – Ransom Tows
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...


Impounding Trucks: Part 2 – Administrative Tows
Hey – did you hear the government is strapped for cash? Not really a new concept, and most people have their own personal opinion about...


Impounding Trucks: Part 1 – Arrests
If you were coming of age in Chicago in 1973, you loved Steve Goodman. Many classic songs written by this tunesmith were about his...


The Glenn Strebel Award
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...


Hurry up and wait, wait, wait, wait for it
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...


Guns-n-Truckers
Well, it’s here. 2014. A new year and a host of new laws. Calendar year 2013 was a landmark year for the Illinois General Assembly....


2014 – A Year in Preview
It’s the end of the year as Illinois knows it, and you feel <insert emotion/illness/expletive>. Usually at this time every website,...
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