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02
Mar
The Case for IFTA
“I love paying taxes”. Who wouldn’t want to give up part of their hard earned (hopefully) paycheck in a forced contribution to the government, right? Wrong. The fact is, you never hear anyone saying that…but the reality is very few […]
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23
Feb
Resolution 2013-01…Tollway Bridges
In 2008, the Illinois Tollway Authority (ITA) and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced that permitting for overweight vehicles on IDOT maintained highways which cross over structures owned by the ITA may require ITA permission. The tragic August 2007 […]
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16
Feb
Suspending Overweight Suspensions
Hey…did you hear about the guy who got his CDL suspended because he was issued too many overweight violations? Well if you did, you heard a tall tale. There are a dozen or so immortal rumors that float thru circles […]
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09
Feb
Chaos
Are you a Seinfeld fan? If so, you will remember this line from Cosmo Kramer: “Hey, a rule is a rule, and let’s face it…without rules, there’s chaos”. The quote came after Cosmo challenged his opponent on the golf course […]
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26
Jan
Safety Inspections – Part 2
Welcome back! Remember the story being told last week about Bill the Trucker? Well things changed. After pretending to be an interstate carrier for about 8 months (when in reality he was an intrastate carrier), he got caught by the […]
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19
Jan
Safety Inspections – Part 1
Two quotes, same problem. Any truck officer worth his salt has heard this line from a truck driver who did not have a safety inspection “…but I have a USDOT number!” . Any truck officer who has worked alongside non-truck […]
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12
Jan
The Good, the Bad, and the CDL
When the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association began in 2009, the founding members created a list of issues that law enforcement routinely was enforcing incorrectly, and set out to make it right. Many of those items have been discussed on this […]
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05
Jan
Welcome to 2013!
Welcome to 2013! It’s hard to believe a new year is already upon us. The year 2012 was a great year for the ITEA. We saw a spike in membership growth, built many new relationships within the trucking industry and […]
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29
Dec
The New Illinois Cell Phone Law
Each year, there is a plethora of new legislation signed into law that affects trucking. In recent years, there has been a lot of revision work done on truck laws, but calendar year 2012 did not see as much new […]
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22
Dec
Tow Truck Registration: Part 2
Last week, the ITEA blog focused on basic information about the peculiarities of tow-truck registration. The goal of the article this week is to examine proper enforcement methods for expired tow-truck registration. With the December 31st expiration of tow-truck (TW) […]
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