Certainly, we have all heard the banter: the bad language, disrespect and uncalled for remarks on the CB radio. Despite this, I am always grateful for a friendly voice on the air waves: when I'm a little tired, needing directions or just hoping for an update on icy roads. Thanks for being there..

Yes a cb can be very helpful and informative. Regrettably I gave up using mine due to the garbage. I now listen to satellite radio and only turn my cb on in bad weather or if there is a traffic jamb. I listen to find out what is going on and then turn it back off. I rarely even talk on mine anymore.

It is too bad others have ruined it. I know I used to enjoy having pleasant conversation with other drivers especially late at night to try and stay awake. Hearing a lady talk on the cb would be an unusual treat and could keep me awake all night if we were going the same way.

Now a days I have pleasant conversations with others online. More polite and respectful over all.

What you say about CB conversation and the airways being filled with trash talk, is sad and true. I tend to keep it on when I am not on the phone, though. Last winter heading north to Salina and the west to Denver, thanks to helpful truckers, I was warned in advance of which bridges had ice, not to head west towards Denver due to poor visibility, to wait it out until morning and when headed back east of Limon, I heard warnings about black ice and a 50-60 vehicle pileup west bound, just in time for me to slow down before I hit the ice on my side of I-70. I say thank God for the CB and thank truckers for going that extra mile for someone they've never met.