Shooting you in the back Concealed police officer using Hammer lane Left lane/fast lane/passing lane Greasy side up Vehicle sitting on it's top Georgia overdrive Coasting downhill in neutral As a side note I think there are a whole lot of 10-96 on the roads these days.ġ0-44 Permission to leave/permission for a breakġ0-50 Accident (fatal,personal injury,property damage)ġ0-57 Hit and run (fatal,personal injury,property damage)īack door closed Rear of convoy covered from policeīase station CB radio at a fixed locationīear in the air Police in a helicopter or planeīear trap Stationary police w/radar in a slow speed zoneīlew my/your doors off Passed with great speedīreak check Traffic is slowing or stoppedĬatch ta on the flip side See yo u on the return tripĬovered wagon Flatbed trailer w/side panels and aĬlean shot Road is clear of police or backups aheadĭeadhead Pulling an empty trailer for a load elsewhereĭragon fly Truck goes uphill slowly and flies It became easier through the years to just use words. The ones most useful for truck drivers are marked in blue, although most people seldom use 10 codes anymore. 10-4.ĬB 10 Codes - Association of Public Communications (APCO) Which is good for the serious over the road truck driver, because now we have less amount of people with their bad attitudes blocking up the air waves, and it still serves as a great tool for keeping up with bear checks, traffic reports, and passing the time while earning your keep. Eventually people disregarded the licensing rules so much that the licensing was dropped by the FCC.ĬB radios have lost their popularity through the years due to peoples interest in cell phone use and other forms of communication. 10 codes were made popular among avid CB users by 1950's television shows about police officers, and more so by 1970's trucking movies and songs.ĬB radios originally required a license and a call sign to use them, however, over time people began to disregard the rule of a call sign and started using handles they gave themselves. The 10 codes themselves were created to reduce the amount of time it took to transmit a message keeping the air wave clear for other officers, putting the 10 before each numerical code gave the officer the amount of time he needed to pause in case he got in a hurry and didn't pause. So, the police had to pause after depressing the button before they could speak into the microphone. Because of radio engineering in those days, it took 1/10 - 1/4 of a second for a radio to transmit after pushing the microphone button. Many CB clubs were formed a short time later.ġ0 codes - were created in 1937 by Charles Hopper, a radio enthusiast, and communications director of the Illinois state police-district 10. In the 1960's CB's became popular with Truck drivers, tradesmen, and radio hobbyist. Citizen band radios (CB radios) originated in the United States in 1945 as a short distance personal radio service that was regulated by the Federal Communications Commission(FCC) for the purpose of allowing citizens to have personal communication.
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