Back door | last vehicle in a convoy |
Barefoot | running a CB radio without a linear |
Bear | law enforcement officer |
Bear bait | wreckless driver / speeder |
Bear cave / bear den | police station |
Bear in the air | police using aircraft / helicopter |
Beat the bushes | watch for speed traps (lead vehicle) |
Beaver | female |
Big wheel | the boss |
Bird dog | radar detector (fuzzbuster) |
Black & white | Texas state trooper |
Blowing the windows out | your signal is loud |
Bobtail | a truck without a trailer |
Bounce around | to pass in a hurry |
Bull hauler | a driver hauling cattle |
Camera | police radar gun |
Candyman | FCC inspector |
Cash box | toll booth |
Catch you on the flip | see you on the return trip |
Chain gang | a CB radio club |
Chicken coop | weigh station |
Chicken inspector | weigh station inspector |
Christmas lights | red & blue lights on a police car |
City kitty | local police officer |
Come back | repeat what you just said |
Come on | your turn to talk |
County mounty | county police officer |
Counting chickens | weighing trucks (at a weigh station) |
Customer | someone pulled over by a police officer |
Double-nickel | 55 MPH |
Driver | truck driver |
Draggin' wagon | tow truck |
Drop the hammer | speed up |
Evil Knievel | police officer on motorcycle |
Eye in the sky | police aircraft/helicopter |
Feed the bears | pay your traffic ticket |
Flip | return trip |
Flip-flop | U-turn |
Footwarmer | linear amplifier or modulator for CB radio |
Four wheeler | passenger car / pickup truck |
Front door | the lead vehicle in a convoy |
Full-grown | state trooper |
Georgia overdrive | neutral gear |
Got your ears on? | Is your CB radio on? |
Hammer | accelerator pedal |
Hammer lane | the fast lane |
Hand | truck driver |
Kojak with a Kodak | police officer with a radar gun |
Land line | telephone |
Local yokel | municipal police officer |
Lot lizard | working girl (found in truckstop parking lots) |
Mama bear | female police officer |
Meat wagon | ambulance |
Minding my business | driving legally (not speeding, etc) |
Negatory | no |
Plain white wrapper | unmarked police car painted white |
Rocking chair | middle vehicle in a convoy |
Seat cover | female (usually young & good-looking) |
Six pack | straight truck / delivery van (usually has 6 wheels) |
Smokey | police officer |
Smokey bear | police officer |
Suicide jockey | driver hauling explosives |
Taking pictures | shooting radar (police officer) |
"Good buddy" doesn't mean what it used to. Instead, call someone "driver" or "hand."