Midwest Center For Traffic Safety

Sometimes the list of things to love about Illinois is so long people forget to include one of its biggest assets: winter. Well, maybe...

Garbage stinks. Garbage cans stink. Garbage trucks stink. Garbage transfer stations stink. Garbage landfills stink. From the onset of...

Everything on the internet is true…everything! Don’t believe that statement? Well good, because it is obviously false. As technology has...

The wise man saved his money all year so there was enough cash to pay for the year-end holiday shopping. Hopefully he saved, or had...

Remember the Choose Your Own Adventure and Which Way books made popular in the 1970s and 80s? Every story had multiple possible endings...

When a young person studies mathematics, he will invariably learn about the law of mutual exclusivity. You cannot turn left and turn...

Everyone loves to pay income tax and here’s why: In America, you can pay as much or as little tax as you want. Right? Wrong. No one likes...

If you live in Illinois and pay any attention to the news media, there is a battle brewing between promoting private industry and...

The article this week will showcase a real Illinois town affectionately renamed as the “Village of Moneylust”. Even by its real name,...

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...

Have you ever thought about a word and wondered who made it up and why? The word “ceiling” is one of those nouns. It means all kinds of...

One of the raging debates in national politics is the issue of exclusive authority. For instance, is immigration reform under the purview...

The morning after a trip to the grocery store, you crack open a new box of Fruit Loops and sit down to an (un)healthy breakfast. However,...

Want to easily annoy a uniformed police officer? When you see him walking into a store (presumably minding his own business), say “I...

Who doesn’t like a discount? Whether you are living paycheck to paycheck or are flush with cash, there’s something satisfying about...

“It’s all about revenue.” “Money money money.” “You guys are only trying to pad the City coffers on the backs of the working man.” These...

Do you want to have your mind numbed? Well, there’s a lot of ways to accomplish that unlawfully, but if you want a legit method, study...

The sticker shock of an overweight citation is remarkable. Whether it’s a $10,000 ticket or a $500 ticket, it’s a lot of money for a...

One of the biggest challenges in truck enforcement is learning to compartmentalize all the different areas of truck law and refrain from...

In the world of apps, the term “running in the background” has become common speak. Whether you are using a laptop, mobile phone or...