Cobra Electronics 2010 GTL WX FEW Rules That should be Obeyed, HOW Your CB can Serve YOU

Section VI Appendix (Continued)

A FEW RULES THAT SHOULD BE OBEYED

1.You are not allowed to carry on a conversation with another station for more than five minutes at a time without taking a one-minute break, to give others a chance to use the channel.

2.You are not allowed to blast others off the air by over-powering them with illegally amplified transmitter power, or illegally high antennas.

3.You can’t use the CB to promote illegal activities.

4.You are not allowed to use profanity.

5.You may not play music in your CB.

6.You may not use your CB to sell merchandise or professional service.

HOW YOUR CB CAN SERVE YOU

•Warn of traffic tie ups ahead.

•Provide weather and road information.

•Provide help fast in event of emergency or breakdown.

•Suggest good spots to eat and sleep.

•Make long trips more interesting, and help keep you awake.

•Provide direct contact with your office or home.

•Make friends for you as you travel.

•Provide “local information” to find you destination.

•Help law enforcement officers by reporting drunk and reckless drivers.

Colonel Samuel S. Smith of the Missouri Highway Patrol called the number of drunken drivers, wrong-way drivers and speeders reported by CBers as “amazing.” He said, that even the “Smokey Bear” warnings don’t shake their beliefs that “the potential benefits of CB radio to law enforcement are so great that they far outweigh the disadvantages.” In regards to CB radar warnings to other CBers, Colonel Smith said cheerfully that “We’ve overheard warnings being relayed to truckers long after our operations have been discontinued...so we actually receive a residual benefit from these warnings.”

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