![]() ![]() Refers to a cargo container that goes overseas, get loaded onto a train, or get placed on a truck chassis.Ī Navistar International or International Harvester truck.Ī Trailer without a refrigeration unit or insulation. Truck with a trailer for hauling coal, especially an end-dump trailer.Īn intermodal shipping container. Usually means extra chrome, wide front bumper, extra light, etc. Much less common in North America since the overall length law changed in 1976.Ī dressed up and fancy truck. It can mean any vehicle Class 7 or heavier.Ī Mack road tractor, noted for its trademark bulldog hood ornament (origin in World War I when British soldiers called the Mack AC "The Bulldog", giving the name and trademark hood ornament to Mack).Ī livestock hauler that is empty (for a loaded one see Go Go Girls)Ī truck where the cab sits directly over the engine. Generally a truck able to pull a semi-trailer, usually with the trailer and not bob-tail. Tractor/trailer carrying a disassembled aircraft, helicopter or a small plane.Ī truck with one (or both) of its headlights out. It can also be used for any truck usually with a fifth-wheel hitch and a semi-trailer even if the vehicle doesn't have dual wheels, or tandem axles. Police vehicle, especially one with the older-style, dome-shaped red rotating/ strobe light commonly mounted on the roof of police cars, which resembles a traditional "penny" gumball machine.Ī less derogatory term for a female police officer.Ī female police officer (refers to the Muppet character, derived from the pejorative term "pig" for police officers).Ī male police officer or police supervisor such as Sergeant or higher rank.Ī police officer (refers to Smokey Bear, known for wearing a campaign hat very similar to that included in many highway patrol uniforms in the United States origin of Smokey and the Bandit movie title).ĭriver getting busted by a police officer and given a ticketīorder patrol stations on the Mexico–United States border.Ī large number of police vehicles, especially when on a chase.Ī truck with a total of 18 tire/wheels. ![]() Police officer on a motorcycle (refers to the popular motorcycle stuntman).įox in the hen house/Smokey in a plain wrapper (alludes to the former border crossing between East and West Berlin).Ī scale house ( truck scale), or the weigh station where they are found.Ī collaborative task force of multiple agencies and/or jurisdictions conducting a checkpoint, speed enforcement or other targeted “sting” operation.ĭepartment of Transportation enforcement vehicle. Police checkpoint placed to look for intoxicated drivers, drivers with invalid licenses, etc. (See "Eye in the Sky")Ī speeding police car with its lights flashing.Ī police officer monitoring the CB airwaves.Ī police vehicle with its blue strobe lights flashing (from the popular Kmart sale gimmick). List of Terms Law Enforcement Officers, Equipment and Locations Term ĬB and its distinctive language started in the United States but was then exported to other countries including Mexico, Germany and Canada. Many truck drivers will call each other "Hand", or by the name of the company they are driving for. Nicknames or callsigns given or adopted by CB radio users are known as "handles". For example, in the early days of the CB radio, the term "Good Buddy" was widely used. Through time, certain terms are added or dropped as attitudes toward it change. The slang itself is not only cyclical, but also geographical. ( January 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĬB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s. ![]() Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ![]() Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. This article possibly contains original research. ![]()
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