Midwest Center For Traffic Safety

Newsletter of the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association March 2018 Letter from the President, Last month, we tackled some important...

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

No matter what the occupation, there are procedures for the operation. Where there are procedures, there are always holes in the...

Back in 1892, British songwriter Harry Dacre penned a little jingle about he and a woman named “Daisy” riding on a bicycle built for two,...

Last week, this blog began to tell the tale of a municipality struggling to accommodate a band of citizens armed with complaints...

In 2013, Illinois was the last State in the Union to pass a law to allow concealed carry of firearms. While the debate runs hot as to the...

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...

Regardless of personal politics, the United States of America boasts a government which serves its people like none other. One such...

On June 28, 2017 Illinois State Police Officer Ryan Albin was killed in a traffic crash involving a semi-truck. This is the third traffic...

Since the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association began in 2009, the opportunities and networking has greatly expanded. This organization...

Driving an eighty-thousand-pound vehicle is not something to be taken lightly.  It takes skill, training, patience and is a huge...

Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase: “It’s better to be judged by 12 then carried by 6.”  This refers to the hope the decisions you make may...

Several years back, a stereo company produced a commercial to advertise the audible power of their stereo systems.  It featured what...

There’s nothing quite like working hard for your money, saving and getting to a secure place in your finances, or even if you have to...

There’s old expression called “getting the cart ahead of the horse”. In the modern world, the horse represents the truck, and the cart is...

If you were more than an infant in 1980s or earlier, the year 2000 seemed like an age away. The average American thought people would be...

When a typical American hears the word “jeep”, they immediately think of the iconic 4-wheel drive utility vehicle. These stalwarts...

Now that Super Bowl XLIX (and the halftime show) is done, America can also get busy forgetting the buzzword of January 2015...

Think back to a time earlier in the year when the sun was out, the air was warming, the trees were turning green. As you walked past the...