Tag: CB radios

Business
Anybody got a copy on the dinosaurs, come on?
Before you turn the CB off, take a tip from the dinosaurs out here: “Sometimes, being the one and only person who will break with something positive can change the entire mood from grumpy bugs to brothers and sisters of the road, and I challenge each of you to be that person.”
January 30, 2017
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Overdrive Radio
‘Common sense, you’ve got it for a reason’ -- Use your CB already, owner-ops say
And if you don’t run with a CB, get one. Too many seem to think that the CB is little more than a “movie prop from a silly movie from the 1970s,” as Kenneth Williams put it, echoing the sentiment of a bevy of truckers after a deadly highway pileup.
January 24, 2017
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Channel 19
Scott LeVan’s radio warning to drivers ahead of deadly EB I-80 crash went unanswered
Driver LeVan used his CB to broadcast several warnings to EB drivers to spread out, impending a traffic back-up ahead, before a later crash that killed two truckers in Pennsylvania. Yet another reason to keep the radio on.
January 12, 2017
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Business
Cobra unveils wireless dual CB/phone headset
Cobra Electronics introduced its new noise-canceling Bluetooth headset with capability to pair with both a CB and cellphone simultaneously with easy switching between modes.
August 23, 2012
Mariani
Trucking History
A knight of the road recalls the royal carpet
Owner-operator Gordon Alkire recalls an era when the knights of the road, he says, were treated like royalty.
June 17, 2011
Business
FMCSA examines other in-truck distractions
The agency has asked its Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee for ways to combat distracted driving.
June 25, 2010
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