Why doesn't anyone talk on the radio anymore?

Did you plug it in

 

Well there isn't as much need for bear reports, lotsa places the speed limit is higher than most company trucks can go. And there are a lot more other choices too, satellite radio and cell phones probably put the biggest dent in CB. Lotsa folks got turned off by the trash and profanity that you here near the truckstops, and just kept on not listening out on the road. I switched to Ham radio, and enjoy it a lot more. But I do miss the crazy names drivers would invent for things.

 

There are people on CB I'm on at 5am on ch 21 ,,,

 

Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I can sure tell you why I stopped using it: All of the garbage and profanity, racial and sexual slurs, the idiots with the 20 gazillion watt foot-warmers that talk trash and splatter all over the entire band...

Ya know, just little things like that. Why listen to that crap when you don't have to?

I know, there are drivers on here who swear that anyone who does NOT listen is "not doing their job," etc...

That's fine, they are welcome to their opinion. But frankly, if I have a choice of listening to a bunch of loudmouth jerks calling each other out, or a decent audio book, why would I ever choose the jerks????

Yes, you can on occasion get decent traffic reports on the CB. But that is such a minor percentage of the crap that goes on there, that to me, it just wasn't worth it.

It is just a part of what is wrong with trucking today. Nobody has any respect for themselves, or for anyone else...

 

Big Don just listed all the reasons I keep the "Chatter Box" in the off position. I'm fed up with all the crap on the airwaves. I got my satellite radio, and if I need to listen to stupidity, there's always liberal talk radio.

 

Couldn't be further from the truth
Alot of people would like to use the majority as an excuse.

Truth is most are to freakin LAZY to key-up,or they have that ring to their voice that screams "ROOKIE" and many like myself aren't interested in hearing how many trucks they own.

If your radio sounds like trash,you wont get answered.
Trash is defined by roger beep,excessive re verb/echo
over modulation or failing to roll the juice back on a "big radio" when running with a pack.

I have no trouble striking up long rolling BS sessions with trucks of equal caliber that have places to go.
No place for the "Legal Compliance Eagles" and dogged out Company bus's.

Its a good thing there are "other choices" because a high percentage need them and use them rather then slobbering their dreams and aspirations to a less then caring audience

 

I leave it on with squelch set up to where you better be about 100 ft away. Same garbage as above. Plus satellite is so much better. Audio books can be pretty neat as well. Especially at night in middle of no where.

 

That is the truth!