Truckers and CB radio

[Reshbod]

I have an idea for a story involving a couple of Lounge Lizards on a road trip communicating with truckers for a roll in the hay and a place to sleep before heading out on their journey across the country.

Do truckers still use CBs? Or is there now an app where they can warn others of Smokeys and the like.

Wasn't sure where to ask this, but Story Ideas seemed like the best fit.

Thanks.

 

[NebraskaFetish]

Yes, they use CBs. Not sure how prolific lot lizards are anymore.

 

[Carnevil9]

I thought Lounge Lizards were men who hang around bars trying to pick up women? Or has that evolved into something else these days?

 

[Reshbod]

I thought Lounge Lizards were men who hang around bars trying to pick up women? Or has that evolved into something else these days?

You're right. I meant Lot Lizard. Also, I may have posted this in the wrong board. Oops.

 

[Carnevil9]

You're right. I meant Lot Lizard. Also, I may have posted this in the wrong board. Oops.

"Lot Lizard: A trucker's term for a prostitute that works truck stops." Well that's a new one for me. Of course I've never been a trucker.

 

[DirtyMindedMinx]

Why not just set it back when CBs were a thing?

 

[Reshbod]

"Lot Lizard: A trucker's term for a prostitute that works truck stops." Well that's a new one for me. Of course I've never been a trucker.

Or Lot Lizard I presume.

 

[Reshbod]

Why not just set it back when CBs were a thing?

Good idea. Might be fun to set a story back in the 70s.

 

[Hypoxia]

Why not just set it back when CBs were a thing?

How many LIT readers are old enough to remember that?

 

[SisterJezabel]

Just throw a couple of '10-4s' in there and she'll be apples!

 

[Zeb_Carter]

How many LIT readers are old enough to remember that?

I am. I had one as a teenager back in the 60's. Wanna good lesson on the jargon listen to the song Convoy by CW McCall. They even made a movie out of the song.

 

[Carnevil9]

Or Lot Lizard I presume.

 

[Carnevil9]

How many LIT readers are old enough to remember that?

Doesn't matter. Period piece stories are always fun.

 

[astuffedshirt_perv]

Doesn't matter. Period piece stories are always fun.

This. But also, CBs were prominent inthe 80's and 90's too.

 

[CuttingEdge]

A CB is still in every truck, and Lot Lizards are still lurking around truck stops, unfortunately; what you want them to look like, and what they actually look like, are two different things. (Yikes!)

Some Lot Lizard's use the CB to get tricks, but are well aware that area police officers might monitor the channel and end up lurking around.

Generally, they walk around the back parking areas of truck stops, and if a trucker is interested in them, will flash his headlights as a sign. Sometimes they will climb up on the running boards of trucks, and outright ask for a trick. You will often see window sticker on a truck with a circle and an slash over a lizard indicating the trucker is married, and has no interest in that kind of sexual activity.

I have never done this in real life, but I did write a Brothel Owner story (think Heidi Fliece) where it flashed back to the brothel owner getting her start when she tried to be hired as a waitress at a truck stop, was refused the job, and accidentally got into the prostitution business by way of being a Lot Lizard.