Here are part of the slangs that truckers are using when speaking on CB radio:
| Ten-Four or sometimes just “Four” | Acknowledged, Ok, Yes |
| Smokey or Smokey Bear | CB slang for a Police officer |
| Back door | Approaching from behind |
| Front door | The leader of a convoy |
| Four-wheeler | A small passenger vehicle |
| Meat Wagon | CB slang for an ambulance |
| Seat cover | An attractive female passenger in the passenger seat |
| Good Buddy | CB users are friendly folk |
Conclusion
To enumerate, the CB radio as a system of short-distance radio communications between users is present in the trucking industry for many decades so far. This low-tech device has made a huge boom in this industry. During the first years when this device became part of the trucking industry was mainly used by small businesses.
Later on, the continual usage of CB radio brought a CB slang language, which also evolved into trucker codes -10-codes. Although nowadays there are new ways and means of communication the CB radio remains to be the most ideal for communication among truck drivers in the USA.
