CB Radios: Invaluable Safety Tools

Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by weirdpuckett, Dec 30, 2018.

  1. Timin770

    Timin770 Road Train Member

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    Waze will not tell you which lane is blocked
     
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  3. roshea

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    neither has anyone on the CB in the last twenty lane closure or crash incidents I've driven through. Not even anyone asking what lane is open, and even then there is a good chance some a-hole will tell you the left lane is open and that's the one that is closed. Can't always trust the info from any source. I did hear the first bear report yesterday in about a month though, what a surprise that was.
     
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  4. shogun

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    Turn your squelch down. I was hollering "Hey Rosheezy, bear in the middle at mm 18. Back up in the left lane near the split." And.you.said.nothing.
     
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  5. Slowmover1

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    Heard bear reports all day today. NE OK to central AR.
     
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  6. Timin770

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    The way I figure it, you have zero chance of finding out which lane is closed on Waze, and at least 50/50 on the radio.

    I like running both tools when I drive.
     
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  7. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Wow. :biggrin_2551::biggrin_2556:

    Hopefully that will convert a few knuckleheads, like the one that said “nobody uses those anymore”.
     
  8. Timin770

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    I won't drive an inch without a radio.....even in my car. My radio broke one time and I got a cheapie at the next exit and used it for the rest of the trip and sold the cheapie on eBay when I got home
     
  9. shogun

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    Did anyone notice the truck headed the other way around the :26 mark covered in chicken lights?

    Pretty sweet.

    Where were ya on that one, Waze?
     
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  10. weirdpuckett

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    Well, lol......true Cats......but years of hearing that tired and untimely whispered anamoly.......I have found a equally annoying response to it........you simply whisper back , " thats because your dispatcher is wearing them on his head stupid"......
     
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  11. weirdpuckett

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    If I read it correctly, the driver who said that was the lady Fed Ex doubles driver who was the first to break loose on the westbound side of interstate from the video! ......thats like finding someone whos fallin off a cliff in flip flops.......and they malign your hiking boots as you approach their limp, injured body.......isnt it?
     
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