Midwest Center For Traffic Safety

In November 2011, the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association launched the first installment of weekly blog posts. This first article was...

How is a hero defined? Webster’s Dictionary defines a hero as “a person admired for achievements and noble qualities.” Ask a child who...

Look around right now. What do you see? A phone, computer, lights maybe a chair. What do all these things have in common? They were all...

Since 2009, the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association has made enormous strides in enhancing training for both truck enforcement...

The world is bent on instant gratification. The internet has become such an effective medium of communication it causes anxiety when...

On behalf of the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association, Merry Christmas! We hope this holiday season has been filled with joy and...

Before the turkey and stuffing were digested (or in some cases prepared) newspapers, television and radio were overtaken with “Black...

This week, the ITEA breaks from it’s normally scheduled programming of truck enforcement warblings. Instead, the article this week is the...

Five years ago today, the ITEA published its first blog article, titled Dirty Lyle. Since this time, more than 250 articles have been...

Welcome to the third installment of the dumb laws trilogy involving the federal FAST Act implementation in Illinois. To review, the FAST...

Think about the last purchase of your car’s license plates or registration renewal sticker. For most people, it’s as simple as entering...

Give them and inch and they’ll take a mile, is how the old saying goes. Police officers see this in action every day. The speed limit is...

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...

Ask any law enforcement officer, and if they’re willing to be honest, they will admit there’s an endless competition between police...

A farmer has one apple, then he adds a second apple. How many apples does he have? Correct – two. Another farmer has ten oranges and...

In a world where speed and convenience supersedes a person’s desire to ascertain facts through proper outlets, misinformation runs...