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Originally Posted by Blue07CivicEX
Truckers run on Channel 19, the rest are pretty much dead unless somebody decides to use them for a business or with buddies.
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19 is the pre-historic main lobby chatroom. Now days, you can get some information there, but with the influx of a__holes in the trucking industry, it's not likley you'll get anything but people starting trouble and making racket. If you want to get out "over the top" of them, you'll need a "
kicker".
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Channel 19 still isn't super active, but if there is traffic, a cop, bad drivers you might hear about it on there.
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Where are you driving ? Usually the only time it's quiet is when it's late or early depending on where you are.
In reality, I keep mine on, but most of the time, I get fed up with the constant racket, and keep it turned down. I let my XM radio keep me sane now. Since slowing down to get better fuel mileage/bonus, I don't need to know where the cops are. With the advent of the GPS unit, I almost don't need it for directions around a backup or into a customer, but it's handy if you want to confirm a truck route. It has bitten me by not having the volume up at times. When I could have known about a backup due to construction or wreck and gone an alt route, I didn't hear about it.
Mainly I use mine to talk to my buddies when I run with one. But again, since driving in fuel saving mode, no one else goes as slow as I do voluntarilly. lol.
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Here's a little help to speed up your quest to sound like a
hillbilly truckdriver.
I forgot the best use of a CB: When the truck(s) behind you (if you have your radio on) let you know that there's a "lady" flashing, or showing a lot of leg (also known as, Seat Covers. lmao)
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