Trucker Slang - Parking Lot with Seat Covers

Most of us associate trucks, semis & truck drivers with CB radios, much thanks to trucker movies like Convoy and trucker songs like "Teddy Bear" (Red Sovine -- if you haven't heard it, shame on you, go download right now!! :-))

Through my journey to many websites and online groups to pick up more info and ideas for my blog, I've ran across quite a lot of "trucker lingo" and as an English major and student of linguistics, I find it fascinating and so I've started to collect a list of terms & translations.

Here are a few, there'll be more in future posts.


Alligator - Chunk of a blown tire in the road

Double Nickel - 55 mph

Seat Cover - attractive female passenger

Hammer Lane - Fast Lane (Left lane/#1 lane)

Cash Register - Toll Booth
Parking Lot - Car Hauler

Here are a couple of radio codes:

10-4 - Message received
10-12 - Visitor Present
10-42 - Traffic Accident
10-73 - Speed Trap
10-100 - Rest stop

So....10-23 everyone.... there's more to come ;-)

(You'll have to google that one yourselves, or 10-23 until my next lingo blog.... :-))