CB Talk & CB Etiquette

More often than not, when I reach into my side box to get my 20' 3/8 G70 chain, it is because a good fer nuthin petercar driver done got himself stuck and is needing my MACK to pull him out.

 

Git ya a tweaked and pruned General Lee and a Wilson 2000. You'll be set.



Linears are for guys with small [bleep!] and inflated egos.

 

:dano: ........

 

Two biggest things I hate are....
1. Long conversations. I don't mind drivers talking to each other to pass the time, stay awake, etc. I do mind when the conversation goes on forever and stays on 19. This happened in Atlanta about 3 weeks ago. About 0600, heavy traffic, heavy rain, accidents and cops everywhere, and two freaking drivers are blabbing about whose mom cooks better pie for like 20 minutes. They even drowned out the others trying to give cop and traffic reports.

Mainly this seems to be local drivers who are the worst offenders at this. I don't know why but loggers, dump trucks, gravel haulers, and other construction truckers want to #### tie up channel 19 and chatter like they never see each other even though they start in the same yard every morning and work at the same job site every day. Don't even try asking them to take it to one of the other 38, that's right THIRTY EIGHT channels to choose from, because then they want to start the cussing and radio ramboing.

2. People that don't use lingo correctly. Now I don't claim to be Marconi or anything but 9 years in the Army taught me that if you sound like an idiot on the radio, people are either going to not take you seriously, or ignore you. For example, one of my favorites. "Break for a radio check.". Ok let's break this down. "Break," in radio communication means for everybody to stop talking because you have more to follow. Then "for a radio check" is self explanatory. So when you say that phrase you translate to "Everybody stop talking, I'm about to check my radio.". Well that isnt the intent of most drivers. The intent is to get someone to tell them their radio is working. Well, the problem is that "Break for a radio check." is not a question, it's a command.

This gets to be irritating when a driver repeats it 3-4 times and gets mad when nobody says anything. I tried to tell one the difference the other day and he got mad and started with the expletives and calling me white trash and a good buddy and so forth. Yeah, theres some real low glow type guys driving out there.

 

To that you could add when people say "ya, 10". Instead of adding the additional one or two syllables... 10 means nothing!

Are they saving energy not using the whole phrase? Maybe saying the whole thing would burn a few more calories for them! Hehehehee

Mikeeee

 

I don't think 10 codes are real important on the CB because you can talk over others. Where I used to work as a city transit driver, all the busses only had 2 way radios, and we used 3 channels for 70 busses. We were requested to use 10 codes to keep transmissions short for if there was an emergency. I normally keep my CB off though, I find the non trash talking radio more entertaining.

 

I only find the trash talk at traffic congestion sites or truck stops. On the road it is usually quiet except for the bear or traffic info.

Mikeeee

 

I have my ham radio for real conversations and keep the cb turned way down except at shippers, receivers or road congestion.

Being from the south I get irritated at all the 'southern' accents on the cb. Do y'all think we can't tell... Course the need to use every curse word known to man in one sentence is equally if not more irritating.. Do y'all talk to your momma with that mouth????

 

I passed through OK City and the trash talk from the Exit 140 truckstops was unbelievable. The radio rambos were arguing over the history of the KKK, whose fault it was that Obama was in office and who called the female driver with the loud radio a #####.

 

Smokey (or bear) = a police officer
Local Yokel = city/township law enforcement
County Mountie = county law enforcement
Full Grown Bear = state police
Bear in the Air = police using fixed/rotary wing to monitor highways
Evel Knievel = motorcycle cop
Cocaine Cowboy = DEA
Diesel Bear = DOT
lain brown wrapper = unmarked police car
Tijuana Taxi = marked police car
Paper hanger = police writing a ticket
Lot Lizzard (or Lizzard) = Prostitute