What is the craziest thing you ever heard over the CB?

SHEILLA PIERCE
McGregor, Texas
Mesilla Valley
Transportation
“Crazy directions.”

LEROY MARKS
St. Louis
Dancy Trucking
” ‘My wife’s a prostitute, but I want her back!’ ”

LUIS LOZANO
Mission, Texas
GTZ Trucking
” ‘Want to buy load locks on a flatbed?’ ”

CHRIS BARBER
Atlanta
Ryder
“My 4-year-old son was on it, and another trucker asked him some inappropriate questions.”

DAN PERSHING
Nahunta, Ga.
Raven Transportation
“I’ve heard (drivers) talking about bringing home their girlfriends to meet their wives.”

JEFF QUINN
Memphis, Tenn.
Con-Way Truckload
“Mostly about the lot lizards.”

CLARENCE BOWMAN
Columbia, S.C.
CFI
“People complaining about how they’re going to make money with the new hours of service rules.”

FIDEL VALLAEARES
Miles, Texas
Kingdom Trucking
“I hear people talk bad about George Bush. They’re nuts!”

JOHN TOWNSEND
Portageville, Mo.
Maverick Transportation
“All the whining and complaining about things that if they could change, they wouldn’t, because then they wouldn’t have nothing to complain about.”

JIM BENNETT
Indianapolis
Indy Specialty Transport
“These guys were arguing over a parking space, and then they got out of their trucks and fought.”

ANTHONY CUNNINGHAM
Prescott, Ark.
Southern Refrigerated Transport
“I hear a lot about disease from the lot lizards.”

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