I am still wayne_tw wrote:
CB radios are a has been. The technology is out dated and the range and interference makes them just marginally useful. Most truckers and others on the highways do not have them anymore. Cell phones with unlimited minutes and no more "roaming" have taken their place. One poster said it helped keeping up with a spouse on the road with someone else with a CB relaying messages. If they both had cell phones that would have worked better. Want road conditions? Just dial 511 and get from the source!
Cell phones are great but unless you know the phone number of the people a mile ahead of of you you can't ask them about the traffic,with a cb you can