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“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...

When is it legal to do something illegal? When you have permission, of course. With every authority there are boundaries, and crossing...

A few weeks ago, the ITEA posted a resolution to work on a solution to a problem regarding enforcement of oversize/overweight permit...

In 2008, the Illinois Tollway Authority (ITA) and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced that permitting for...

It’s week three on the series about safety inspections. In week one, this blog looked at an illegal use of annual periodic inspections....

Welcome back! Remember the story being told last week about Bill the Trucker? Well things changed. After pretending to be an interstate...

Two quotes, same problem. Any truck officer worth his salt has heard this line from a truck driver who did not have a safety inspection...

Welcome to 2013! It’s hard to believe a new year is already upon us. The year 2012 was a great year for the ITEA. We saw a spike in...

This past January the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association hosted a truck officer conference at the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy in...

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

21st technology is upon us. The ability to accomplish more in less time, with less effort, is increasing exponentially. The...

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...

Overweight enforcement is important. There is no argument that overweight vehicles cause damage to the road. For years a study has been...

One of our foundational statements is partnership, which includes State regulatory agencies, the trucking industry and other trade...

The reality is many local governments do not have their own OS/OW program. Many times the trucking industry incorrectly assumes that the...

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