![]() ![]() And make sure that you use them the next time you operate a CB radio So, fill up your go-go juice and let’s head down the big road together comply to the Motor Carrier Authority. ![]() I’ll leave the reason why to your own imagination. So, are you ready to speak like a big-time, red-blooded trucker If so, try to remember all the phrases we’ve listed below. Lot lizard: A girlfriend, of the professional variety, available to, um, rent for a few minutes at a truck stop parking lot or rest area. Riding a cradle: Tucking in between two trucks on the highway Georgia overdrive: Coasting down a hill to save gas The terms Smokey & Bear are both direct references to Smokey Bear, a character image commonly seen along U.S. Toothpicks: Lumber, because those huge trees look like tiny toothpicks when stacked on a truckĬhicken lights: All those extra lights on the side and top of a trailer Wiggle wagon: A truck with multiple trailers connected to each other Gators: Busted tires on the side of every highway. trucksĬare Bear: Cop or patrolman at a construction site directing trafficīear in the air: Aircraft enforcement of the speed limit is in the areaīrush your teeth and comb your hair: Get ready, there’s an officer shooting his radar gun up ahead Flickr/Alan Starkĭouble nickel: 55mph, which used to be the speed limit on interstatesįog line: The white line on the side of the highway, used as a guide when you can’t see anything else Kojak with a Kodak: An officer (Kojak) with his radar gun out and pointed at traffic, like a camera (Kodak)ĭiesel bear: Officer specializing in commercial-vehicles enforcement, i.e. Also called getting an invitation.īear bait: A speeding four-wheeler that drivers hope bears latch onto come feeding time Often shortened to bear.įull-grown bear: Also a state trooper, usually used to denote one taking the formality of his job (uniform, hat, car, mustache) way too seriouslyįeeding the bears: Getting pulled over. Smokey Bear: State trooper, so-called because of the big hat.
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