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I have spoken to old school drivers who have removed their cb radios from their trucks and have no intentions of replacing them. Consequently, I'm not sure what your point is. The lack of a cb radio is not strictly limited to "new breed" drivers. That mentality is beginning to make its way across the entire spectrum of drivers.

Not too many years ago, there was a loose effort, heck, maybe just a rumor, to ban cb radios in commercial vehicles. It didn't gain the momentum needed to be successful. All the government has to do is wait. Yes, bide their time and the drivers will not have cb radios in the trucks simply as a matter of choice, not law. As the "old schoolers" die off or are forced to retire due to health-related issues, the "new breed" replaces them and as you stated, those drivers are making the choice not to have them. Those new drivers are coming complete with technology like satellite radios, mp3 players, cell phones, tablets, and GPS units and are capable of streaming Pandora, iHeartRadio, etc that allow the driver to pass the time, instead of a cb radio. Many of those devices are capable of showing traffic in real time and give alerts on congestion while simultaneously giving alternate routes with just one press of a button. And, they are able to gather all of this information without speaking the first word to another person.

 

I take no offense to anything you said. That term was being given to drivers 30 years ago. Broadcast the information all you want but it is falling on deaf ears as your audience is no longer the majority but instead, the minority.