CB Saved me from a bad accident

[w2lpa]

This is from many years ago, when I used to run a 2m ham rig, scanner (it was legal then in my state), and TWO CB's - one for channel 9, the other for 19 or 10 which was the local channel then.
Driving home from work one snowy winter night, it became a snowstorm and the visibility was next to nothing. I threw out my handle on Channel 10 and got a reply back. It turned out the other driver was about a half mile or so in front of me.
Picking our way through the storm, we had a chat back and forth then suddenly he called out to stop, stop, stop - there was a tree that came down across the road around a blind turn. Somehow, he managed to stop and not hit it.
I would have hit it.
We worked our way around it via some side roads and then parted ways another couple of miles down the road.

I never heard from him again.
So whoever you were on that winter night, thank you!

-W2LPA "With Two Loud Puppies Around"

 

[BinaryMode]

Yeah, CB can be nice on the road as well as listening to the Department Of Transportation. But, BUT CB can be full of junk, too. LOL

 

[cpfinlay]

I was a teenager driving by myself in the middle of nowhere (in Texas) in 1980 when I blew a tire late at night. I didn't have a spare tire. I called out on Channel 9 but no response. I tried Channel 19 and a guy responded that he owned a junk yard had a tire and would bring it to me. I let him know I had no cash on me but he came anyway and even put the tire on for me. He was elated when I told him I had an unopened bottle of Jack Daniels he could have if he wanted and he gladly took me up on that!

 

[slowmover]

The road has risks.
Survive the teen years and sober up.

It’s a given this avoidance will happen.
Minor, or Major.

A changed outcome.



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[WSAC829]

Back in the early 90’s my buddy had new Cragar SS rims and some new tires put on his 78 Cutlass. We headed out late that night just to go for a joy ride. Long story short… cruising down the interstate between cities and BAM 4 of the 5 lugs snapped off the front passenger side wheel and left us hopping down the road with 1 lug holding the front wheel on lopsided. Scary crap your pants moment! We limped it off the road basically in to the ditch to get out of harms way. Luckily he still had an old Pro 510xl and k40 mag mount in his trunk. We hooked it up and called out on 19 for a few minutes. Eventually a driver got back to us and we asked if he could call us a wrecker. He was headed to the next truck stop 15 minutes away anyway, so he said sure. Low and behold 30 minutes later a wrecker showed up. Never did get his name, but if you’re out there yet, we owe you one.