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.

 

[BinaryMode]

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!

Ah, Jack Daniels. Bringing people together since the 1880s.

Love the stuff. My gaming friends - not so much. I find that to be stupid.

 

[niceguy71]

I saw this video today... I love Erik from Far point Farms... but not sure if I agree with this video..... cb for emergencies.... he tells how you can get one to leave in the trunk... one of those emergency CB radio's with a 1 foot tall magnetic antenna you stick to the roof.... I saw a lot of video's after Hurricane Hellene in the south when cell phone towers didn't work and people were using CB's....
CB was very helpful in the south after the hurricane....
but Erik is saying it might be a help in California after the fires... the fires burned the cell phone towers and no one had service....
in California I highly doubt there would be any base stations that could hear a little one foot tall antenna... actually I highly doubt there are any base stations in California. if someone is not familiar with CB and they took out that emergency radio they would probably turn it to channel 9 and all they would hear is the Puerto Ricans. I personally think it would be a waste in California... in the south... there are probably a lot of Base stations with people willing to help..... in California the people would be too busy taking selfies to help anyone.

 

[WSAC829]

in California the people would be too busy taking selfies to help anyone

Lol.

I highly doubt there are any base stations in California

There are quite a few base stations in California. That’s all i hear all day long on weekends is DX from California (and the rest of the world as well). Doesn’t matter if it’s on AM / FM / or SSB. That state has a slew of CB’ers judging by what i can hear day in and day out during this solar cycle..

 

[Varmonter]

I saw this video today... I love Erik from Far point Farms... but not sure if I agree with this video..... cb for emergencies.... he tells how you can get one to leave in the trunk... one of those emergency CB radio's with a 1 foot tall magnetic antenna you stick to the roof.... I saw a lot of video's after Hurricane Hellene in the south when cell phone towers didn't work and people were using CB's....
CB was very helpful in the south after the hurricane....
but Erik is saying it might be a help in California after the fires... the fires burned the cell phone towers and no one had service....
in California I highly doubt there would be any base stations that could hear a little one foot tall antenna... actually I highly doubt there are any base stations in California. if someone is not familiar with CB and they took out that emergency radio they would probably turn it to channel 9 and all they would hear is the Puerto Ricans. I personally think it would be a waste in California... in the south... there are probably a lot of Base stations with people willing to help..... in California the people would be too busy taking selfies to help anyone.

I regularly talk to people in socal on 28am.
From ga..They are there..but for emergency use I'm not sure it wouldn't be like herding cats..

 

[niceguy71]

I regularly talk to people in socal on 28am.
From ga..They are there..but for emergency use I'm not sure it wouldn't be like herding cats..

I regularly talk to people in socal on 28am.
From ga..They are there..but for emergency use I'm not sure it wouldn't be like herding cats..

many of the California people tell me there is little AM use in California and what is there is nothing but ugly racism and angry harassment of anyone on AM... I've heard this a few times....
I believe it was K6GBW that told me not a lot of people using AM in California....

again referring to the above video.... Far Point farms is advocating for AM CB for an emergency.... but so few people on AM now...... and a CB install not all adjusted and tweeked to work really well on the mobile it's installed on, will be lucky to get a few miles... and the likely hood of finding someone on the same channel that you're on in a 3 miles area in an emergency is pretty doubtful in my opinion.

 

[hanlonmi06]

Growing up during the 80's and 90's my family took many road trips on the eastern seaboard, mainly Florida and New Jersey. There was always a CB in the car, cheap little thing, but it was there. I have many memories of my dad turning the volume up when there was a backup, asking my older brother (who was excellent at geography and maps, teaches it now at SIUE) to get the Rand McNally maps out and we'd go following the truckers. I was a kind of scary, adventurous event when it happened but fond memories.

One of the stories predates my existence where my parents with two little ones in tow ran out of gas on route 80 in Pa, in the middle of nowhere. Back then, my dad would get off work and drive all night back to NJ, and so running out of gas in the middle of the night no less. My dad got a response on the CB, someone came down with some gas, which got them down to the next stop to fill up.

different times...

 

[K6GBW]

Okay, lets something straight. We are NOT taking selfies! They are snaps for INSTA! And the houses with base stations...well those burned to so...

 

[slowmover]

Outside El Paso today:

 

[slowmover]

Motorcycle crash on I-35W in far North Fort Worth injures 17, authorities say

The incident occurred just before 8:45 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-35W near Heritage Trace.

www.cbsnews.com

Tire blowout. “Mass Casualty Event” (Stoopids running too close together). 17 crashed.

A few alternatives with which to continue that direction, but have to react fast in a re-route.

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