What happened to CB radios?

Nov 22, 2021 at 08:39 AM CST
Arguably no image is more closely associated with trucking than a driver with a CB radio in one hand and the steering wheel in the other as the truck roars down the highway. Citizens band, or CB, radio, has been around since the 1940s but was popularized in the 1970s by movies like “Smokey and the Bandit,” “Breaker! Breaker!” and “Convoy.” While CB radios are almost synonymous with the commercial trucking industry in the public imagination, trucking companies are not actually required by law to have one in each of their trucks.

Nov 22, 2021 at 08:39 AM CST

Arguably no image is more closely associated with trucking than a driver with a CB radio in one hand and the steering wheel in the other as the truck roars down the highway. Citizens band, or CB, radio, has been around since the 1940s but was popularized in the 1970s by movies like “Smokey and the Bandit,” “Breaker! Breaker!” and “Convoy.” While CB radios are almost synonymous with the commercial trucking industry in the public imagination, trucking companies are not actually required by law to have one in each of their trucks.