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05
Apr
Separation of Truckers and Stereotypes
Cruising down the highway with your baby by your side is as American as apple pie. So why would a national police publication tell officers that a passenger in a commercial vehicle is an automatic red flag to delay a […]
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29
Mar
A Tale of Two Phone Calls: Part 2
Is the goal of truck enforcement to protect the public and infrastructure from unsafe vehicles, or is it simply a revenue generator for local government? This is a never ending debate, but there is one truth which no one can […]
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22
Mar
A Tale of Two Phone Calls: Part 1
Everyone loves a coincidence! When two independent events mimic each other completely in their own universe, it brings a smile to people’s faces. That is unless the circumstances are not positive. The article this week will discuss two very similar […]
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15
Mar
Apportioned Plate Procedure
There are two days every year when Illinois truck enforcement officers are out, en masse, scouring the road for easy overweight tickets. The first occurrence is April 1st. Why? Because all the apportioned plates that have not been renewed by […]
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08
Mar
Double Nonsense
Remember the Doublemint Gum commercials of the 1980s? How scary is it to think there are brave men and women old enough to be police officers that were not alive when those commercials originally aired? The basic premise of the […]
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01
Mar
The Fuel Taxman
It’s that time of year again…IFTA. This FLA (aka “four letter acronym”) stands for the International Fuel Tax Agreement. Nobody likes to pay taxes, but nobody likes to pay taxes when others are not paying their fair share. To that […]
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22
Feb
A Truck is a Truck, of Course, of Course
We Americans love to generically assign popular brand names to common items. The really smart people of the world call these “proprietary eponyms”. All facial tissue is Kleenex. Dark colas are Coke. Go make a Xerox copy. Need to clean […]
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15
Feb
Exemplary Police Work #4
There are vicious rumors floating around about Illinois. Once such rumor is that truck registration in the Land of Lincoln is super expensive…way more expensive than surrounding states. Is this true? Well, unfortunately, yes. The purpose of this article is […]
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08
Feb
Impounding Trucks: Part 3 – Ransom Tows
You’ve seen this situation play out in the movies a million times. Bad guy needs money, so he kidnaps an innocent person, usually the good looking family member of some rich dude. Why? Because people will do anything for a […]
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01
Feb
Impounding Trucks: Part 2 – Administrative Tows
Hey – did you hear the government is strapped for cash? Not really a new concept, and most people have their own personal opinion about why the crisis occurred and how to solve the problems. Contrary to popular belief, most […]
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