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Detours: Oversize/Overweight Permit Loads
Good heavy haulers and specialized carriers know the score. They spend the time researching routes. They inquire and obtain the permits...


Detours: Legal Size & Weight
“You’re going the wrong way!”. Remember that scene from the 1987 movie Planes, Trains & Automobiles? How did strange people in another...


Jason’s Law
On March 9th, 2009, New York truck driver Jason Rivenburg pulled into a deserted gas station to rest. He was ahead of schedule to deliver...


Braking Bad
Quick survey – raise your virtual hand if you believe brakes are important for all vehicles, particularly for trucks and trailers. Many...


Cook County Strikes Again
Cook County. The second most populous county in the nation. Home to the City of Chicago and 126 suburbs. The population represents...


Bails, Bonds and Bounty Hunters
The term “bounty hunter” brings to mind two different faces: a freakishly large man named “Dog” and Boba Fett, a fictional Star Wars...


Dumb Laws: Hours-of-Service Regs
July 1st. A great day or a terrible day in Illinois depending which side of Illinois law one stands. Each year on July 1st, intrastate...


Grace Weights
There’s not a truck cop in Illinois who has found a trucker over the legal weight limit and not heard the driver plead “but I get 2,000...


One Toke (or sip) Over The Line, Sweet Trucker
Booze and weed. One is legal, and the other might be legal depending what state you are in. Not Illinois…at least not yet. The...
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