Do You Need A CB?

What in the hell

 

Havent turned mine on in 10 years.
Can't stand to listen too the fools on there anymore.
I'd rather sit in the right lane and do the speed limit.

 

Totally get that now they dont save lives but they can help get around wrecks and construction zones.

It saved me one night when I was pulling a hazmat load. I tried to always run them loads at night.

Well one night had a headlight go out with the open coop coming up. Gave me time to get it right before I went in.

 

I always have it on with the rf gain all the way up and the squelch just at the threshold. This avoids most of the crap.
It has saved me from a lot of hassles many times.
It also is kind of fun to listen to the battles at the truck stop at night.

 

I think that is the recent accident up near Lansing on I-96. They had dash cam footage of that and there is no way people could have reacted on the CB to prevent it from happening. One truck's dash cam showed him sliding far before he hit anything, he was on ice and could not control the vehicle. The is another one of one of the cars they showed a few days later showing people just flying all over the place out of control.

SO when people got a glimpse of what was going on, they slowed down.

By the way this little area is known for being icy, but people still want to do 80 or better.

 

There's an app for that. Check out Trucker's Path. Can also use it to find parking.

 

It's like Jerry Springer, only the audio version... I'm often mildly amused simply sitting and listening.

 

While I agree that cb's are needed, being the optimistic pessimist that I am I have to point out something. CB's today are about as worthless as boobs on a boar hog. I justify this by saying that I run from the Midwest to the west coast weekly and I can honestly say that I have made that trip both ways countless times without hearing a peep on the cb. What good is there in having one if the only time any one talks on it is when they ask the two dumbest questions in the world? " Why are we stopped" after they are stopped, and "what lane do we need to be in?" when everyone , including big trucks run the closed lane right up to the accident or whatever scene. Maybe I'm just a senile old fart, but back in the day you could run your whole cough cough 10 hour driving, now 11 I know, time and it flew by just cause you were yacking the entire way. I realize that with a lot of companies going to electronic logs some drivers don't have a choice, but these solar powered truck drivers annoy me. I prefer to run at night as less traffic, less wear and tear on the vehicle especially brakes. I really wish that truckers nowadays if you can even call the majority of them that would realize the fact that a cb can not only save yourself trouble, ie accidents, smokies, weather, etc, but can also help keep you alert and who knows, make a new lifelong friend in the process. As we all know being a trucker is hell on having a social life, so what's wrong with shooting the s*** on the radio, beat down a bunch of miles and stop for a coffee on the way? Well that's my 2 cents for what it's worth, be safe drivers.