Midwest Center For Traffic Safety

Do you want a refund from the IRS this year? As you patiently wait for your W-2 form to get the process going, you have to ask yourself...

Let’s play a game of word association. We’ll say a word that has to do with trucks, you respond with the first word that comes to your...

The federal government has spent billions of dollars over the past decade preaching the importance of a common sense task, required by...

There’s two invariable truths to which a person must acquiesce when studying the trucking industry. First, the industry has an...

A show of hands please: whose heart bleeds for the truck driver caught smuggling drugs? Does anyone really lose any sleep over the truck...

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 youth of today have been described as the “entitlement” generation. The old curmudgeons of the nation just call them “lazy”....

A well-rounded and effective truck enforcement officer is like fine wine. It takes time to season them to be proficient in their trade....

On the road to maturity as a police officer, one quickly learns to quit taking things personally. Some take longer than others, but the...

Cruising down the highway with your baby by your side is as American as apple pie. So why would a national police publication tell...

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...

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

You don’t have to like the President, but you would have to agree that he probably makes decisions based on volumes of information not...

Tick tock…tick tock…tick tock. It’s gonna go boom. One-hundred forty-four short days to go. At 12:01am on Friday, January 31st, 2014,...

Good heavy haulers and specialized carriers know the score. They spend the time researching routes. They inquire and obtain the permits...

Let’s be honest…there is probably no greater divide between law enforcement and the trucking industry than the use of portable scales. ...

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

There once was a man who owned a horse. He loved horses, but he equally loved the environment and refused to further decimate the good...

It’s a truck! It’s a machine! It’s…it’s..special mobile equipment? There are few things that cause second glances from drivers than...