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14
Apr
Uniformity? Hardly
Trucking in this nation has come a long way in the last 50 years. As trucks have become longer, heavier, wider and flat out more powerful, laws have had to change to meet ever evolving “industry standards”. Regulation has evolved […]
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07
Apr
Throttle Down
Nearly two years ago, the Illinois Department of Transportation Division of Traffic Safety approached the ITEA about promoting a grant opportunity for truck enforcement. For several years IDOT had offered a speed enforcement grant for commercial motor vehicles, but response […]
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31
Mar
Exemplary Police Work
It is always good to hear a story of a police officer, in this case, a truck enforcement officer, who made a conscious and voluntary choice to do the right thing. While the ITEA is primarily geared towards law enforcement, […]
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24
Mar
Local Permit Database
According to the 2010 census, there are 102 counties, 1,365 incorporated municipalities, and 1,432 townships in the State of Illinois. That is 2,899 divisions of local government…each with highway maintenance authority and the potential to create unique ordinances. In the […]
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17
Mar
Part 3: Passing the Buck
Fines and fees are part of doing business. It is foolish to believe that anything in the business world should be free. You have to pay to play. The legislative question to ask during this article is how much a […]
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10
Mar
Part 2: Three Axle Cement Mixers
Welcome to week two in our three part series discussing pending legislation in the Illinois State House. This week we will be digging into SB3505 which would allow 3-axle mixers the same weight tolerances as 3-axle garbage and recycling trucks. This […]
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04
Mar
Cows, pigs and Kingpins
The political machine in Illinois is alive and well. The General Assembly has until March 9th to get bills out committee and into the chambers for debate, ratification, or death. Like Newton’s laws of motion, for every legislative opinion there […]
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26
Feb
IFTA
Taxes. The double-edged sword. We all hate to pay taxes, but without them the vital resources provided by government agencies would go unfunded. Every year, the interstate motor carriers of the United States and Canada have to pay fuel tax as […]
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19
Feb
Reason To Believe
In law enforcement circles it is not unusual to hear comments about truck officers having the ability to stop trucks “for any reason” because they are “trained”. This is not true…see our article “Exceptional Authority Demands Exceptional Accountability“. Police officers […]
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12
Feb
CVIEW
In mid-January 2012, the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association were notified via US Mail that local police had received approval for access to CVIEW, a state run computer database. CVIEW stands for the “Commercial Vehicle […]
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