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Exemplary Police Work #12
In 1989 a movie was made which will forever be ingrained in American movie culture. This sequel was about four individuals who started...
On Demand Trucking
A few weeks ago the ITEA published an article regarding the future technology of autonomous vehicles and how recent developments will...
Autonomous Trucking
Imagine driving down the expressway and pulling alongside an eighteen-wheeler. You look up at the driver’s seat what do you see? Maybe...
Spoilers
No, the title of this article is not about aftermarket products added to the trunks of modified foreign cars. No, this article is not...
A Letter from the Incoming Director
Dear ITEA Members and other blog readers: I would like to personally wish you all a very Happy New Year! My hope is the holidays brought...
Gadgets & Gizmos
In 1977, a forgettable film titled Gizmo! was released. The movie unearthed reel footage from the previous thirty years of outlandish...
A New Year’s Resolution
On behalf of the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association, Merry Christmas! We hope this holiday season has been filled with joy and...
Regarding Murdered Police Officers
This week, the ITEA breaks from it’s normally scheduled programming of truck enforcement warblings. Instead, the article this week is the...
The Exception Proves the Problem
In 2004, there was no bigger animated film than The Incredibles. The evil antagonist Syndrome, a self-made, artificial “superhero”,...
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...
Friendly Competition
Ask any law enforcement officer, and if they’re willing to be honest, they will admit there’s an endless competition between police...
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...
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