Midwest Center For Traffic Safety

Law enforcement and Special Olympics go together like peanut butter and jelly. The partnership between the truck industry and the police...

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

The goal for anyone looking for a relationship is to find the special someone who “completes you,” who meshes with your personality and...

Illinois, we’re sorry. No one is happy about the recent income and business tax increase in the Land of Lincoln. Even more irritating is...

They come in all different colors, shapes and sizes. Some are old, some are new, but the one thing they all have in common is each has a...

There was a time when talking to someone meant having to locate them in person and deliver a message. Then the telephone was invented and...

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...

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

In 1994, actor Jim Carey starred in a comedy called “The Mask.” Carey plays character Stanley Ipkiss who has a reserved, vanilla...

The world of truck enforcement is a world of never ending questions. Most people will agree the second heaviest regulated industry in the...

New laws are created every day. Legislators create laws to keep people safe, enact taxes and make lives better. Sometimes laws which are...

Sitting still has never done a person good. People need to get up, move and exercise to maintain their health. Holding fast to sedentary...

Consistency. This one word is what the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association has strived to provide in all truck enforcement efforts...

The most important life lessons learned are from bad decisions made. Time and experience can be excellent teachers when a lesson is...

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

In recent years, there has been quite a controversy about flags in the United States. As the political polarization of this nation...

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

Want to get some emotions heated up in a room full of truckers and police officers? Bring up the topic of portable scales. The carrier...

It’s a common theme among trucking associations – trucks make America’s economy move. Everyday deliveries are made to every corner of the...

There are lots of analogies to throw at the topic of this week’s blog. It’s the snowball effect. The horse got out of the barn. Herding...