Alberta bans recreational use of CB radios

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  1. Nov 26, 2010 #11
    stranger

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    But yet, many drivers will just go along with this because they don't use their cb much, if any, so it's ok to do away with all of them.
     
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  3. Nov 26, 2010 #12
    Prairie Boy

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    Yap on your CB WHILE GOING THRU a red light and see what it gets you.
     
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  4. Nov 26, 2010 #13
    Prairie Boy

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    Looking at a list that iI have on aon a radio in front of me and frequencies range from the 140.00 's to the 170.00's range.


    http://neon.polkaroo.net/cgi-bin/tafl/taflsearch.cgi


    PipeX Inc. is a company that I used to own. On average, the radios are good for at least 30-50 miles.

    Not only Canadians use them. The majority of trucks in Alaska also use VHF radios.
     
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  5. Nov 26, 2010 #14
    rambler

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    You seem to have a problem with truckers in general........
     
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  7. Nov 26, 2010 #15
    outerspacehillbilly

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    Us real drivers don't have to worry about that because we pay attention to what we are doing. :biggrin_25515:
     
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  8. Nov 26, 2010 #16
    Allan M

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    EDMONTON -- Alberta is indeed leaping aboard the handheld-phone-while-driving-ban bandwagon, but don’t worry.

    Contrary to reports (including, we admit, here), they’re not going to take your beloved citizen’s-bands away.

    Commercial drivers will still be able to use their CBs. It’s stated explicitly in the law, says Mayne Root, the executive director of the Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA).

    Root said there was some misunderstanding when the new rule was first announced last week because the law does prohibit the use of CBs, but only for non-commercial drivers. Hence, the phrase "recreational" CBs, which are part of the ban.

    So, wannabe truckers yammering away from behind the wheels of their Priuses pretending to be Smokey and/or the Bandit will apparently have to cut it out.

    And emergency personnel, like truckers, are exempt.

    The new legislation has passed third reading and Root says the new hands-free law will come into affect “mid next year.”

    If you have any more questions about Alberta’s new law, click here.

    Meanwhile, in Ontario, the law outlawing handheld communication devices might yet apply to CBs.

    As written, the Ontario law exempted CBs during the first three years and invited the CB-radio manufacturers to come up with a hands-free version.

    No such animal has yet come to the attention of todaystrucking.com but when it does, you’ll hear about it here first.

    Like we said, keep your ears on.
     
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  9. Nov 26, 2010 #17
    Prairie Boy

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    Not at all....been trucking for 50 years.

    Simply stating a fact that using any communication device while moving could cost you dearly.

    I'm sure there are lots of, "It can't happen to me" people around.

    Maybe some that thought they were real heroes. Funny though, there are no live heroes in a cemetery.
     
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  10. Nov 26, 2010 #18
    Ruges

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    This makes about as much sense as banning turn signals. Becouse a driver might become distracted having to operate the turn signal.
     
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  11. Nov 27, 2010 #19
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    Canada SUCKS. They only exist because americans didnt wont to live at the North Pole.
     
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  12. Nov 27, 2010 #20
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    Wow! You really are proving your IQ and shoe size are the same aren't you. :biggrin_2559:
     
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