CB Slang for Speed Traps

I had a recent experience where I was driving down I-95 and caught a partial sentence just out on the edge of my CB's range. The parts I could understand were "On the green stamp" and "south Bound". I was South Bound, and now curious.

7 miles later, my Redline begins alerting to CO Ka. A little further down the road was an FHP cruiser on the shoulder at a major interchange (where I was getting off).

I realized that If I had any clue as to what the slang terms I had heard were, this would have been a spectacular 7 mile save (if I had been speeding). The problem is, when it comes to the colorful terms that people use to call out a bear's position, I know squat!

I know that there is enough CB slang out there to fill volumes of books. To CB noobs on this forum like me, the only real important part of this is knowing when and where someone is alerting drivers to a speed trap. I cannot think of a better place to ask this question than in this forum, so here it is:

What terms should one be listening for on the CB that would indicate you may be approaching a speed trap?

"got one looking at you"
"full-grown/city-kitty/locals/black-and-white/"

Usually it goes something like...
"Hey South-Bound, you got one looking at you at MM88"

Never heard of 'the green stamp'. I guess that could mean an area of grass cut off by roadways on some number of sides.

Usual terminology around here is 'one at the [mile] [location]', eg,

"Northbound there's one at the 47 in the bushes."
"Eastbound you have one at the 2 on the bridge."

Some common locations:
In the bushes - to the right of the road obscured by some sort of vegetation
In the woods - obscured by trees
In the middle - the median, usually at one of those turnaround things

There's also "rolling" which means the cop is in motion. "Westbound there was one rolling at the 243."

Usually if you hear there's "one at the [whatever mile]", it means a cop; whatever else they say just tells you where to look for it. If you're really lucky sometimes you'll hear something like "there were two working around the 39" which obviously means there were two cops in that area.

On CB in VA, state troopers are often referred to as "comedians" by the truckers. If you hear that term used - LOOK OUT.

A few that haven't been mentioned are picture taker and bear. I don't know too many either :p

why they make it so complex? Is it illegal to blatantly reveal speedtraps on the CB? Why can't they say "smokey" or "highway patrol"

...taking pictures....

http://www.cbgazette.com/slang.html

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Originally Posted by Event Horizon

why they make it so complex? Is it illegal to blatantly reveal speedtraps on the CB? Why can't they say "smokey" or "highway patrol"

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Well, consider the medium in use and its nature. 11-meter has always been big on the gimmicky stuff, which includes the slangterms.

PA still use "plain brown wrapper" cruisers? Haven't seen any for sometime.

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PA still use "plain brown wrapper" cruisers? Haven't seen any for sometime.

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There's brown, blue and black... but they're not all over the place or anything. They're rare enough that I get surprised to see one in action.

In Missery, they mostly refer to them as "you got one up at the ____" and simply as a bear. A few times they've referred to them as pr!cks and such. When you hear a negative name on the CB they are referring to one of three people. 1. Ex-wives 2. The president 3. Leo

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http://www.cbgazette.com/slang.html

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Brush your teeth and comb your hair-Radar trap ahead .. :confused: wtf

I guess I get it, they're taking pictures.. lol

Thanks guys for helping me (and others new to CB) to understand some of this stuff. I haven't hear many bear reports until recently. I'm not sure if that's because we had a lul in enforcement for a few months, or because I finally got my CB radio working well. Hopefully I'll start hearing enough that it'll start making a little more sense to me.

I did find a few references to Green Stamps in the link that Category4 posted. It looks like that is referring to the bear, and not his location. The term "Green Stamp Collector" refers to a LEO. Had I understood this, I would have had a viable 7 mile warning instead of the RD doing the job. Though the CB is not the tool of last resort, I can see that it's a powerful compliment to the other CMs.

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I did find a few references to Green Stamps in the link that Category4 posted. It looks like that is referring to the bear, and not his location. The term "Green Stamp Collector" refers to a LEO. Had I understood this, I would have had a viable 7 mile warning instead of the RD doing the job. Though the CB is not the tool of last resort, I can see that it's a powerful compliment to the other CMs.

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Good on Ya, the CB is the most underrated CM there is IMO. It has a wealth of info and not just concerning Bear Reports, but a bunch more.

I've had a CB for more than two years now and never heard the green stamp thing.

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PA still use "plain brown wrapper" cruisers? Haven't seen any for sometime.

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^^ yes indeed and many other colors too.

The green stamp is a reference to a toll road.

Weird one I heard was "cherries and berries" representing the color lights on top of LEO car.

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http://www.cbgazette.com/slang.html

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I've been posting this for years... as it is by far one of the most comprehensive (though dated) sets out there... and it never seems to make its way to a its own sticky... go figure.

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The green stamp is a reference to a toll road.

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This makes sense. "on the green stamp" meaning on the toll road or maybe by the toll booth. It would mean that this would not have been a save for me, but still good range from my rinky dink $120 setup.

Based on that webpage, I wanted to gather all the terminology we may be particularly interested in and made a list in no special order. There's alot!!
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Backdoor closed- Rear of convoy covered for police

Bear Cage- Police station or jail

Bearmobile- Police car

Bear Trap -Stationary police vehicle with radar

Bear in the air- Helicopter or other police aircraft

Beat the bushes -To drive ahead of the others and try to lure out
the police

Boy Scouts -The State Police

Brown paper bag -Unmarked Police car

Camera -Police radar

City Kitty- City police

Clean Shot -Road ahead is free of obstructions, construction, and
police

County Mountie- County police / Sheriff’s Dept.

Decoy- Unmanned Police car

Flip-Flopping Bears -Police reversing direction

Green Stamp Collector - Police with radar

Hiding in the grass - Police on a median strip

Hiding in the bushes, sitting under the leaves - Hidden police car.

Hound Men - Policemen looking for CB’ers using rigs while mobile

Jack Rabbit - Police of any kind

Lady Bear - Female police officer

Lights green, bring on the machine - Road is clear of police and
obstructions.

Lock-Em-Up - Police station or jail.

Mama Bear - Policewoman.

Man in Blue - Policeman

Nightcrawlers - Many police in the area.

Paper hanger - Police giving ticket.

Plain Wrapper - Unmarked police car

Pigeon Plucker - Police ticketing speeders.

Pink Panther - Unmarking police vehicle; one with CB

Politz-eye - The police

Posse - Police

Pull the hammer back - Slow down – police ahead.

Red Lighted - Police with someone pulled over.

Shake the bushes - Lead CB’er looking for radar traps or other
police.

Smokey - State Police

Smokey Bear - State Police

Smokey report - Police location report.

Smokey Beaver - Woman police officer.

Smokey Dozing - Police in a stopped car.

Smokey’s thick - Police are everywhere.

Taking pictures - Police radar

Taking pictures each way - Two-way radar

Straight Shot - Road is clear of police and other obstructions.

Tijuana Taxi - Police car; Wrecker; Taxi

Wall-to-wall bears - Police are everywhere.

Watch your donkey - Police are coming up behind you.

Bear -Cop

Beaver Bear -Female Cop

Black’n White- Cop

Black’n White Cber -Cop with CB in his car

Evil Knievel -Motorcycle cop

Girlie Bear - Female cop

Johnny Law - Cop

John Law - Cop

Kojak - Cop

Kojak with a Kodak - Cop with radar.

Little Bear - Local cop.

Local Bear - Local cop

Local Yokel - Small town cop

Open Season - Cops are everywhere

Porky Bear - Cops

Rolling Bears - Cops on the move.

Smokey with a camera - Cop with radar

Smokey with ears - Cop with CB in car.

Spreading the greens - Cops giving out tickets.

Baby Bear- Cop in training, or rookie

Picture taking machine - Radar

Portrait Painter - Radar gun

Radar Alley - Ohio Turnpike

Smile and comb your hair - Radar trap up ahead.

Equalizer - High-gain antenna, high-power transmitter, and
sometimes "radar detector"

Keep your noise between the ditches and smokey out of your
britches - Drive carefully, lookout for speedtraps.

Bit on the seat of the britches -Got tagged for a speeding ticket

Christmas Card- Speeding ticket

Feed The Bears -Paying a speeding fine or ticket

Paper hanger - Police giving ticket.

Paperwork - Speeding ticket

Papa Bear - State trooper with CB.

Piece of paper - Speeding ticket.

Pigeon - someone caught speeding.

Bear Bait -Speeding car

Nobody knows where the teddy bear goes - State troopers criss-
crossing the freeway.

Someone spilled honey on the road - State troopers ahead everywhere.

State Bear - State Trooper.

Bear, Smoky, Taking Pictures, Discos, 5-0, and sometimes just a "watch your speed."

A lot of times truck drivers do a call out on the color of the LEO, for example in Texas highway patrols are called black and white, because the color of their car, so they will say there is a "black and white."

Also when you get into towns or small cities another common alert used is "local" I've heard this work plenty of times.

Kojak with a Kodak is my all time favorite...... and it makes sense too.

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Kojak with a Kodak is my all time favorite

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One of my favorites also, it's a classic.

Real black & white = A LEO vehicle with a black & white officer on board.

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Kojak with a Kodak is my all time favorite...... and it makes sense too.

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lol I had no idea what that was.. is it this:? Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973 to March 18, 1978 on CBS. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojak

My favorite has always been "There's revenuers working @ mile marker____"

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Kojak with a Kodak is my all time favorite...... and it makes sense too.

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lol I had no idea what that was.. is it this:? Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973 to March 18, 1978 on CBS. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojak

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That is it. Kojak was a well known TV cop back when CB was in its prime (70s). Back then, it seemed like everyone had a CB.

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Kojak with a Kodak is my all time favorite...... and it makes sense too.

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lol I had no idea what that was.. is it this:? Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973 to March 18, 1978 on CBS. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojak

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That is it. Kojak was a well known TV cop back when CB was in its prime (70s). Back then, it seemed like everyone had a CB.

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Figures, my DOB is 10 years past that plus I was born in Europe. lolz.

Another interesting thing about Kojak, that surprisingly isn't mentioned in the "Cultural Impact" section of the Wikipaedia entry, is the coining of the term "Kojak Light". Kojak is one of the first television shows that prominently featured the use of the magnetic "bubble gum machine" revolving light, which they plugged into the cigarette lighter and stuck on the roof when busting through traffic. The light was the "Fireball", manufactured by Federal Sign & Signal Corporation, and cost upwards of a hundred bucks in those days. It's classic teardrop shape was to make it aerodynaic, easily adaptable to sloping windshields (if mounted on the dash), and easy to handle in a hurry. It outsold all other styles of temporary lights by millions. Within a very short time of the premiere of Kojak, the term "Kojak Light" was coined in the LEO community as a nickname for the Fireball. You don't hear it nearly as much now as you did 20 years ago, but it's still amazingly ubiquitous in LEO circles.

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Kojak with a Kodak is my all time favorite...... and it makes sense too.

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lol I had no idea what that was.. is it this:? Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973 to March 18, 1978 on CBS. ..

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He's one of my favorites if not my favorite actor of all time, I even made part of my User name after him AkosiKOJAK

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/r...ojak/kojak.jpg

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Kojak with a Kodak is my all time favorite...... and it makes sense too.

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lol I had no idea what that was.. is it this:? Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973 to March 18, 1978 on CBS. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojak

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That is it. Kojak was a well known TV cop back when CB was in its prime (70s). Back then, it seemed like everyone had a CB.

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Man you ain't kidden about the CB's back in the 70's, Seemed like everybody and their Mama had one.

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Kojak with a Kodak is my all time favorite...... and it makes sense too.

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lol I had no idea what that was.. is it this:? Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973 to March 18, 1978 on CBS. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojak

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That is it. Kojak was a well known TV cop back when CB was in its prime (70s). Back then, it seemed like everyone had a CB.

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Figures, my DOB is 10 years past that plus I was born in Europe. lolz.

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Ok, Damn I feel old again LOL :p