| Back in the 70's and 80's, movies like Smokey and | | | | worldwide!) |
| the Bandit, Breaker Breaker and Convoy spawned a | | | | Vanilla Smoothie - See above but pasty white as well! |
| craze of outrageous and sometimes risque call signs | | | | Bless!) |
| (or handles), that truckers and haulage companies | | | | Kermit the Brick - Fluorescent road kill? |
| used like their own private language. Mobile phones | | | | Slaughter the Transporta - Hope his haulage work is |
| have all but put an end to the CB phenomenon, but | | | | better than his spelling.) |
| around the world there are still some die-hard 'Rubber | | | | Daughter of Slaughter - We kid you not! (Or was it |
| Duckies' haunting the haulage companies' airwaves | | | | Dorta of Slaughter?) |
| and doing it their way! | | | | The Ginger Ninja - Look out he's over there! No |
| Call signs usually come about from someone's | | | | there! |
| appearance, a funny incident on the road, a | | | | Tex the Lex - apparently the name given to a |
| personality trait (or defect!) or a drivers surname. | | | | dyslexic Texan trucker who couldn't read road signs, |
| Usually in the delivery work industry, a nickname or | | | | and ended up causing a massive pile up on a US |
| call sign is decided for you by mate or fate and you | | | | motorway! He was blacklisted from hundreds of |
| don't have a say, and is designed to give everyone | | | | haulage companies! Not nice you guys! |
| else a huge laugh at your expense! So we reckon it's | | | | Hutch - Always travelled with his pet rabbits in the |
| time to jump on the bandwagon and make your | | | | cabin of his truck. Mmm, what's up with THAT doc? |
| delivery work more fun by checking out a few of | | | | Munchkin Clutchpedal - A cute little guy who had to |
| our oldies, goldies (and a few downright strange | | | | have the clutch pedal modified in his truck before any |
| ones!) and getting inspired to think up your own to | | | | haulage companies would take him on! |
| make fun of your mates! Go on - you know you | | | | Tea Pot Teddy - Short and stout - say no more! |
| want to! | | | | Slim Jim - Well, the cap fit twenty years ago, but |
| (By the way we take no credit or discredit for any | | | | now this guy is HUGE! Beware - names stick! |
| of these real examples found on the web!) | | | | Two-timer Tom - Not a womaniser, just a guy who |
| Stormin ol' Norman - Well obviously - but turns out | | | | could never get his delivery work right the first time! |
| she's a young woman! Go figure! | | | | Prehistoric Haemaroid - Nope, no reason! Apparently |
| Twin Haemaroid Floyd - What? They come as twins? | | | | this guy just said he wanted something no one else |
| Yogi Bear and Boo Boo - For the big hairy trucker | | | | would think of, and he wanted to make people laugh. |
| and his little mate, or maybe it was his wife. | | | | Job done! |
| Lord Lucan and Nanny - As in 'You've got Lord Lucan | | | | So next time you find yourself caught in the granny |
| here, with Nanny riding shotgun.' (Mmm, he's well read | | | | lane, get yourself out over the zipper, put the |
| if a little tasteless) | | | | hammer down and see if you can think up a few |
| Cue ball - A popular one with the shiny head brigade. | | | | good ones of your own! Ten-four Big Buddy, I think |
| (Seemingly very prevalent in haulage companies | | | | we got us a convoy! |