When the trucking codes were born? In 1973 where the oil crisis takes a swing with fuel shortage across the United States CB radio was especially used by truck drivers to find a supplied fuel station. The CB radio was used not only for fuel purpose it takes an important part of the truck drivers communication for mutual road support.
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The truck drivers to cut the time on air transmission developed their own slang. To avoid explanation they start using shortcuts like 10-4 Trucking Codes to point the intention.
The CB radio becomes a part of the truckers’ way to avoid speed traps, convoys, and blockades. It was a tool that blended all truckers in one big family. There is one interesting fact where one truck driver succeeds to coordinate hundreds of trucks in the Pennsylvania area with his CB radio that were in the highway blockage.
One of the trucker urban legends is J.W. Edwards and his radio name River Rat will be remembered as one of the CB radio stories that will be passed generation to generation from a truck driver to the next generation of truck drivers.
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Movie industry was also noticed the importance of the CB radio and the truckers slang so start filming trucker movies and shows to point the specific live of the truck drivers:
- Convoy released 1978 (movie)
- Smokey in the 1977 (movie)
- Bandit in 1975 (movie)
- The Dukes of Hazzard released 1979 (television series)
- Movin 1974 (television series)
With release of the first movie about the truck drivers way of living and way of talking populations was mesmerized.
The importance of the 10-4 Trucking Codes
If you are preparing your CDL test it is time to get familiar with the 10-4 trucking codes. It is important to understand their importance and why the truck drivers developed this special language.
