CB Slang for Speed Traps

**switch626** · 01-09-2011, 06:54 PM

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?

**chriskohtc** · 01-09-2011, 06:58 PM

"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"

**supercowpowers** · 01-09-2011, 07:08 PM

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.