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Dirty Lyle, Revisited
Five years ago today, the ITEA published its first blog article, titled Dirty Lyle. Since this time, more than 250 articles have been...
Dumb Laws: Covered Heavy Duty Tows
Welcome to the third installment of the dumb laws trilogy involving the federal FAST Act implementation in Illinois. To review, the FAST...
You Can’t Have Your Cake
Think about the last purchase of your car’s license plates or registration renewal sticker. For most people, it’s as simple as entering...
The More You Know
This past month, local law enforcement officers rose to the challenge and completed the ITEA’s signature Advanced Truck Enforcement...
Give Them an Inch…
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...
Pilot Cars
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...
Attempted Overweights
If the criminal justice system could bring charges based on the motive of one’s heart, every good (or bad) person would be in jail. Some...
Exemplary Police Work #11
If a person is riding a bicycle built for two, he is upon a tandem bicycle. If a trucker has a pair of axles which are a minimum 40” and...
Dumb Laws: Propane & Natural Gas Powered Vehicles
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...
Dumb Laws: Fire Truck Weight Limits
There comes a time in the life of a reader when he must ask “who’s the author of this?” Maybe he is reading an opinion piece in the local...
Wives’ Tales & Rumors
In a world where speed and convenience supersedes a person’s desire to ascertain facts through proper outlets, misinformation runs...
No License Required
Illinois, at its core, is an agrarian state. A great portion of its commerce is driven by agriculture. Generations of agricultural...
A Truck Divided
The basic principle of a divisible load is simple, only those items broken down to the bare minimum qualify. One bucket per excavator....
The Failure of the Illinois General Assembly
On June 30, 2016, the State of Illinois failed the trucking industry. While there is no doubt the stop-gap budget deal was the highest...
Up or Down?
The introduction to this article serves as a reminder that all Illinois truck & trailer flat weight base plates were due for renewal on...
Christmas in July
Like children gathered around an advent calendar, truck enforcement officers throughout the state will be gathered around their duty...
The Cost of Breaking The Law
One of the most common questions drivers ask law enforcement is “how much would that violation cost?” They are referring to the actual...
The Burden of Technology
Twenty-five years ago, if you had to make an important phone call, take a picture, compute a computation or pay a bill, you would need a...
Leveling Portable Scales
Some things in life are common sense. Some things are not. Sometimes common sense prevails, other times it fails. In this conundrum of...
Beach Towels & Tow Trucks
Imagine you are on the beach – taking in the sun, the breeze and the sound of the waves are only slightly drowned out by the cool rhythms...
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