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28
Sep
Flashers
Relax. This is not an article about unscrupulous people wearing trench coats. This is an article about flashing lights. Many vehicles lawfully have flashing light. In Illinois, police and fire services exclusively use flashing blue and red lights. But what […]
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21
Sep
An Unbreakable Bond
Think back…WAY back. High school chemistry. Did you pass? Did you fail? Do you care? Probably not, but one of the core points of chemistry is bonding. There are covalent bonds, ionic bonds and dipole bonds just to name a […]
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14
Sep
Advanced Truck Enforcement Officer
You don’t have to like the President, but you would have to agree that he probably makes decisions based on volumes of information not privy to the common citizen. You don’t have to like your boss, but you would have […]
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07
Sep
Fear the Reaper, ye CDL Holders
Tick tock…tick tock…tick tock. It’s gonna go boom. One-hundred forty-four short days to go. At 12:01am on Friday, January 31st, 2014, thousands of Commercial Driver’s Licenses will be cancelled in Illinois. Tens of thousands more nationwide will be cancelled as […]
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31
Aug
Racial Profiling
This past Wednesday, the United States remembered the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s legendary “I have a dream…” speech. This country is a true melting pot for all people groups, but that has not come without a price. The […]
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25
Aug
Shiny New SHV
Everybody likes new things. Whether someone puts a shine on something old or purchases something cutting edge, new things make life fun. Each year, the Governor of Illinois signs hundreds of pieces of new legislation into law. New laws are […]
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17
Aug
The Odd Coupling
Anyone from the Chicagoland area can easily spot a true City-boy just by listening to the way he speaks. There is a tone of voice, a dialect, and a vernacular all its own to those born and raised in the […]
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10
Aug
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 they need to make the move. They understand their vehicles are wide, tall, long or heavy. They understand the […]
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03
Aug
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 car know which way Steve Martin and John Candy were supposed to be driving? The problem in real […]
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27
Jul
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 a load in South Carolina and was not allowed at the delivery site early. While […]
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