You know I drove OTR from 97 until November of last year and not once since I started has there been anything except crap most times on the CB. It hasn't been what it used to be in a VERY long time. I rarely even turned it on unless I was running hot, bad weather or something happening that I needed to find out about and certainly not since some nut asked about getting a two letter sexual act on the radio and I had my seven year old ask what a Bob Johnson meant.
Oh and yes I do remember back when you had to have license and it was funny because in 77 my grandmother bought a new car that came with it and she had to apply for and get a license for it. She laughed her a$$ because the license was KBAT**** which she found hilarious.
Usually just kept my scanner and XM running and that was it. Could find out a whole lot about things just off the scanner alone as you rode down the interstate. Accidents, weather, etc.
One other word of advice, stay off 19 unless you need to be on it. I hear locals have other channels they use a lot like 17 and 11 but if you want to talk just find some station that's free and go at it.
Oh and another thing I always noticed is that they can never ever play anything decent when they do that.
