Doesn't anyone answer their radio any more?

Hmmmm.... Sometimes I answer and I don't get another response. Sometimes my response didn't go through.

 

I try to keep mine on but sometimes turn the volume way down when drivers start yacking about nothing. Then I forget to turn the volume back up. But a couple of weeks ago a driver let me know I had a low tire for. That saved me a road call so it can be helpful.

 

Radio received but mic broken?

 

I listen to my radio all the time. I sing along with it, yell at it if talk radio is on, curse at it when it keeps dropping the signal, but I never really talk back or answer it.

 

Seems like I'm not on too many major interstates so maybe I don't know but I leave my radio on and sometimes it so quiet I wonder if it's working. Then I get into a major TA or Loves and somebody is always saying something so at least I know it works.

 

Hollering at the cb to a mega. Is useless. I doubt any one of them actually have a cb in their truck.

I don't bother with megas anymore.

You also gotta realize, that if they have to slipseat. You wants as little as possible to be packing from truck to truck. You WON'T want to screw around with mount and dismounting and wiring a cb.

 

These newbreed have no use for a CB, I've been told that a million times and have read it on this website as often. There seems to be fewer drivers out here that use them. To busy playing on there cell phone.

 

Or playing pocket pool and sniffing their fingers.

 

Pull up next to him and hold out your mic, letting him know he needs
to turn his radio on. I have done that several times over the years. Once
when a bracket broke under his trailer and his air lines were dragging
on the road.......numerous times for lose chains, freight ready to fall
off the trailer........

Now I drive a 65mph company pos so I can't do that any more......