Texas

Every day, truck drivers log many hours and hundreds of miles behind the wheel. They have developed a special language that only other drivers can understand via interactions with one another at nearby truck stops. Some of the most often used terminology used by truck drivers have been included here to assist you in understanding their speech as it relates to operating 18-wheel large rigs:

• Alligator: is the tread from the shredded tire of an 18-wheeler that can be found on the road
• Bit on the seat of the britches: Got tagged by the police for a speeding ticket
• Bear Den: is the term for police headquarters
• Bear in the Air: when the highway speed is checked by an airplane or helicopter
• Boy Scouts: another term for the state police
• Bunny Hopper: would be a vehicle that changes lanes constantly
• Clean Shot: when the road up ahead is free of any obstructions, construction, or police
• County Mounties: would be a local sheriff’s patrol
• Dropped it off the shoulder: is when a vehicle ran off the side of a highway
• Fender bender: is a common term for a traffic accident
• Flag waver: is what a highway repair crew is called
• Kojak with a Kodak: police that are using a radar gun at the side of the road
• Mile Marker: is the name of the mileposts that are on interstate highways
• Nightcrawlers: is when many police are in the area
• Paperhanger: is when police are giving out tickets
• Parking Lot: is what you get when you have a traffic jam
• Peel your eyeballs: is when you want to be on the lookout (usually for police)
• Plain white wrapper: is a term for an unmarked police car
• Rolling roadblock: a construction vehicle that is moving at a very slow speed
• Rubberneckers: drivers that are interested in looking off the road, typically at an accident scene
• Wear your bumper out: when a vehicle is following too close

These all will be useful for the Texas truck driving jobs which you can find here.