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...owners of 15 million Citizens Band radio sets, and some of the millions more who have become familiar with CB language from records and TV shows, the message was loud and clear: a nontrucker from New York City, whose CB nickname is Red Vine, was driving his Volkswagen through Washington when he passed the White House, home of fellow CB-Owner Betty Ford, whose radionym is First Mama (TIME, May 3). There were no cops around, so he slowed down and tried to reach her on his set, using her FCC-issued call number, but got no response. The attractive...
...Betty, radioing from her Secret Service car with all the aplomb of a veteran trucker. (Translation: "This is the First Lady. I see plenty of policemen in front of me.") Though she probably hopes to pick up a few votes for her husband from the 11 to 12 million CB operators in the U.S., Betty has displeased at least one listener with her broadcasts. Earl Stevens, editor of the National CB Truckers' News (circ. 250,000), last week accused First Mama of rustling votes over the Citizen's Band airwaves-a violation, says he, of federal regulations. Fearful...
TIME'S Chicago bureau chief, Benjamin Gate, recently monitored highways in his area with a rented 4-watt set. He reports: "Motorists have discovered that instead of being isolated in a car, listening to some dreary radio station, CB helps them stay alert and puts them in touch with scores of other drivers. A typical transmission we picked up in Illinois went like this: 'Breaker 10 [the emergency frequency], this is Buffalo Bill in an 18-wheeler rolling by Mile 78 on 1-90 North. Got an overturned camper here, lots of smokeys [police] in the area...
Seat Covers. Though initially leary of CB, many state police now agree that it is an ally. As an experiment the Missouri Highway Patrol allowed 140 troopers to install CB units at their own expense in September 1974. In the following six months, CB-equipped state patrol cars logged 667 calls from private drivers, not including requests for road conditions and directions. The calls resulted in 221 arrests, most of them for such offenses as drunken driving and speeding; among those nabbed were 21 wanted criminals...
...Kansas, where a quarter of the state force has installed CB sets at its own expense, troopers are reaching the scene of serious accidents in one-third the time it took two years ago. "If you want to travel safely, the only way to go is CB," says Kansas Highway Patrol Sergeant Oscar Becker. He adds dryly: "And there's a lot more wit on CB than you'll get on TV." Perhaps. From the elevated perch in a truck cab, drivers are ever alert to the virtues of attractive legs in passing cars. Reported...