Midwest Center For Traffic Safety

Last week, the ITEA blog focused on basic information about the peculiarities of tow-truck registration. The goal of the article this...

Most police officers who specialize in truck enforcement will be the first to tell you that it is not the most exciting job ever. There...

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

Appropriate registration is defined as “the full annual cost of the required registration and its associated fees”. This language was...

To qualify as a 5-axle SHV as listed in 625 ILCS 5/15-111(a)(10), certain conditions must be met: 1. Five axles This is easy enough to...

During the 1960’s and 70’s, semi-tractors towing short dump trailers had become commonplace in Illinois. Law enforcement commonly refers...

Braking is obviously a critical system on heavy trucks. Those who are going to drive trucks requiring CDL’s need to demonstrate their...

Around the year 2000, retired Lombard police officer (and ITEA board member) Gary Johnston began talking to the late Mick Ramirez at the...

It is easy sometimes to get caught up in the issues that pertain to our daily individual lives and not see the big picture…issues in the...

The ITEA partnered with the Illinois State Police, Illinois Dept of Transportation, Secretary of State, and Mid-west Truckers Association...

On January 9th, 2012, the ITEA is hosting a conference for all truck enforcement officers in Illinois. As of today over 100 police...

There is no doubt the Illinois Vehicle Code does little to help sort out the nuances of CDL and registration issues. The Administrative...