This was an age before mobile phones, so CB radios weren't just a gimmick; they helped truckers stay safe on the road by sharing weather news, traffic information, and other possible dangers.

However, many truckers still turn to their trusty old CB radio when they need some friendly ... If you hear a trucker talking about "GoGo Juice," they are, of course, referring to fuel, while ...

Police departments needed to find a way to keep the channel as free from traffic and cross-talk as possible ... Although CB radios have been around since 1945, truckers really didn't start ...

Buy CB rig, install rig, start talking on channel 19. Where’s the sport in that? Enter amateur radio. Ham radio in the long-haul trucker’s cab is a much better technical challenge.

which is why two people cannot talk to each other at the same time (see half-duplex). With a range of approximately five miles, CB radios were popular with truck drivers in the 1970s and 1980s ...