![]() ![]() (“Hey East bound are the coops open or closed?”) Old CB slang for a police checkpoint placed to look for drunk drivers, etc. “Cheap Hardly Effective Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time” Stands for Citizens Band radio and is what truckers use to communicate on the road. Police car located within a construction zone. Term for tractors designed with the cab directly over the engine.Ī RV, such as a Motorhome. Radar gun ahead (you’re going to get your picture taken).Ī Stevens Transport company truck, because the birds on the truck all face the same direction as if flying in a circle. Your radio transmission is cutting in and out. (“One-nine” refers to channel 19, the most widely used among truck drivers). Telling other CB users that you’d like to start a transmission on channel 19. Can mean a very loud CB radioĪ semi-tractor operating without a trailer. ![]() Usually means passing someone with great speed. As in “hitting the binders” means hitting the brakes.Ī law enforcement vehicle, especially with a stopped motorist. Interstate highway, as opposed to smaller highways and city streets.Īir brakes. ![]() “Bear In the Grass” / “Smokey in the bush”Ī patrol officer who has pulled someone over.Ī police officer listening to others on the CB. The term “plain wrapper” is sometimes used, depending on the color of the vehicle. He wears a hat very similar to that of state highway patrol uniforms in the U.S.Ī law officer in an unmarked police car. highways, as part of warnings not to cause wildfires. The terms “Smokey” & “Bear” are both direct references to Smokey Bear, a character image commonly seen along U.S. Radio installed at a fixed location, ie: a house or business.Ī police officer. “Knocking at your back door” means approaching from behind. To say “I got your back door” means that someone is watching another’s back. The area behind a vehicle or the last vehicle in a line. See “Gator” Tread from the tire of an 18 wheeler on the road.Ī Kenworth T600/T660 tractor, because of the long sloping tilt up hood. Someone who is lost or seeking directions. So, as you’re reading my stories, if you run across some funny words and want to know what they mean, here’s the definitions.Īggravating Agitator – This term refers to a CB user who is trying to cause trouble.Ī police car with its emergency lights flashing. Thus, truckers’ slang was born, and one variation or another is still used across the country.This is a pretty comprehensive list. With the CB radios came an array of jargon words and phrases that were used both as shorthand and to keep what they were saying a secret from outsiders (i.e. Use of CB radios isn’t as prominent as it was in the ‘70s, but truckers still use them from time-to-time, and it’s considered important to at least have a radio in the truck for safety reasons. Truckers would use their radios to give each other a heads up about cops and places to get cheaper gas, and they often still do. Though it was invented in 1945, the CB radio really took off among truckers in the 1970s when a gas shortage led the federal government to impose a national speed limit of 55 miles per hour. In most parts of the country, truck drivers tune in to channel 19 to communicate with other truckers in the area. CB stands for “Citizens Band,” and it’s a short-distance radio for personal or business uses that doesn’t require a license. Turn Up The Radioįor truckers, the CB radio is where all the action happens. It also helps them pass the time and have a little fun on those long, lonely drives. This allows them to warn other truckers in the vicinity about police officers, road conditions and other potential hazards to be aware of. ![]() Truck drivers have developed their own secret language, a truckers’ slang, to communicate with one another over their radios while on the road. The highway can be a wild place: there are “bears,” “gators” and “sleeper creepers” - and none of those words mean what you think. ![]()
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