1. A collector's nickel
   Flashing your lights
2. 55 mph
   An expensive speeding ticket

This piece of slang hails back to the 1970s during the oil crisis when the highway speed limit all over the country was 55 mph. It was an effort to conserve gas. These days the speed limit depends on the state you drive in.

1. A truck has a shiny cab.
   A truck has turned over.
2. The truck just got washed.
   A truck is covered in grease.

Due to the higher center of gravity, big trucks are more prone to rolling over. Seeing a truck "greasy side up" will definitely get some rubberneckers and slow down traffic.

1. You're good at math.
   Good luck/I wish you well.
2. I won the lottery.
   I can drive really fast.

"All the good numbers" is another way to say goodbye. This is definitely more of a warm and friendly goodbye. And with how it can be lonely out there on the road, it's nice to share warm fuzzies with a fellow trucker.

1. A centipede
   A spider
2. A drunken driver
   A motorcyclist

No one likes driving near someone who is drunk. Getting an alert on the CB about a dangerous driver can help truckers to avoid a car crash. It's just another way truckers help each other to get to their destination safely.

1. Lights used on poultry trucks
   The extra lights that are on the truck and trailer
2. Light-up chickens you can hang in your car
   The lit-up signs for fried chicken restaurants

Some would say that these lights can be also seen as excessive or too flashy. The origin of the term is unclear, but it may have to do with trucks that haul Perdue chickens which originally had these lights.

1. A speeding ticket
   Bird poop on the windshield
2. A crack on your windshield
   An award from your local DMV

What else is there to say? No one likes getting a speeding ticket, but you have to give some credit for the sarcastic humor and jokes truckers have about the less fun parts of driving.

1. A drone
   Dark clouds
2. Rain
   Law enforcement aircraft

There are places on highways that have signs about speed limits being reinforced. Sometimes those reinforcements come from on high with aerial surveillance of drivers below. They're also known as "smokey in the sky."

1. You're loud and rude.
   You burp too much.
2. You eat too much.
   You're a bad driver.

CB radio etiquette is important, since so many people use it. Anyone who is vulgar or obnoxious is not welcome on the radio waves--and that includes those who use curse words.

1. A delivery truck full of cheese
   A yellow station wagon
2. A school bus
   Not sure, but you're taking a knife and spreading it on a cracker

Trucker slang can be colorful--sometimes literally. A big yellow school bus looks like the color of cheddar. It's also a big vehicle, sometimes with children aboard, so in terms of safety and giving other truckers a heads up, identifying school buses can be helpful.

1. Fat roller skates
   Volkswagen Beetle
2. A reckless driver
   A turtle

In trucker talk, small cars are typically called "roller skates." So a "pregnant roller skate" talks about the bulbous features of this iconic car--although you may call it a "slugbug" or "punchbug."

1. A large reptile usually found in Florida
   A cop
2. Parts of a blown-out tire
   An accident

If you've driven on highways, you've seen blown-out tires on the road, usually on the shoulder. For truckers, alligators can hit or get caught in their trucks and could possibly cause damage to the truck and/or an accident, so getting a heads up about them is helpful.

1. A pizza you get at a road stop
   Roadkill
2. Debris on the road
   A specific brand of pizza

It's an unfortunate part of driving, finding dead animals on the road. But if it's a big animal that's on the road, it's best to give other truckers a heads up to avoid it.

1. The shoulder of the road
   Any road that is not the highway
2. The lane where all senior citizens must drive
   The right lane/slow lane

Move over, granny! The slow lane gets a little bit of a punchier name in trucker slang. And the "granny gear" is the lowest gear for driving (no offense to all grandmothers out there).

1. A type of tire tool truckers use
   A police officer
2. Someone who is a chatterbox on the CB radio
   The grooves on the shoulder of the road

CB radio etiquette is a must. Someone who hogs a conversation on a channel becomes a bother. It's important to keep the CB radio waves open so other truckers can alert each other of hazards and smokies.

1. Switch lanes.
   Drive faster.
2. Pull your emergency brake.
   Drive slower.

Truckers have more than one way to talk about getting faster. "Stand on it" and "hammer down" are both ways to explain that you should step on it (your accelerator!).

1. An affectionate name for a baby
   A trucker's brother
2. A legendary trucker
   Nickname for a fellow trucker, usually in a joking way

Bubba can mean different things to different people. For truckers, there's a similar fraternal affection in calling each other Bubba. It's not meant to be a derogatory nickname or a slur.

1. Check yourself out in your vanity mirror.
   Pay attention to the attractive driver driving by.
2. Slow down, a radar trap is ahead.
   Smile and comb your hair.

Truckers are always looking out for each other when it comes to speeding. Getting a heads up about speeding when you're a trucker is important since trucks take longer to slow down.

1. Washing your windshields
   Driving on wet roads
2. Going to the restroom
   Paying your water bill

Eventually, after hours of driving, you need to take a break, get off the road to refuel your truck and your body and heed nature's call. And paying the water bill is exactly what you think it is.

1. A truck that scatters salt and sand during the winter months
   White and gray clouds
2. A driver with salt and pepper hair
   Someone who loves salt

Salt trucks that help make roads less slick by helping to de-ice and melt snow on the roads during in the winter. But they are also big trucks, so it's good that truckers keep an eye out for them.

1. A toll lane
   A lane paved with $100 bills
2. The lane that only expensive sports cars can drive
   The far left lane that 18-wheelers aren't allowed to drive on

In more populated or congested areas, you may see signs that prohibit trucks from being in the left-hand lane. This is to ensure that other motorists can have this lane free for passing. If this rule isn't followed, there can be heavy fines for the violators.

1. Keeping the outside of the truck clean
   Slick roads
2. A truck has not rolled over after an accident.
   Too sunny while driving

Rollovers are more common with trucks due to their higher centers of gravity. So being "shiny side up" is always better than "greasy side up." To that end, "Keep the shiny side up" is a wish for a safe trip.

1. Boulevard
   Country road
2. City street
   Interstate/highway

Although you'll occasionally see them on byways, most of the time you'll see truckers on the highway. Other nicknames for the highway are "big road" and "super slab".

1. Large traffic cones
   Road markers
2. Reverse lights on someone's car
   Fog lights

So Schneider eggs have a specific origin. There is a trucking company called Schneider with trucks of the same colors as traffic cones. It's a clever way to say "traffic cones," but we're not sure what eggs have to do with it...

1. A minivan
   A fancy truck
2. A station wagon
   A tour bus

Truckers humorously use this antiquated name for tour buses. Stagecoaches did similar things as tour buses back in the day. It's another large vehicle that truckers need to be aware of as they're driving.

1. Money
   Special stamps truckers have to use at weighing stations
2. Stamps used to pay for tolls
   Postage stamps

Talking about cash on the radio waves may be too risky. But thankfully there's a code word for that. It's just another colorful way truckers talking about everyday items.

1. Tailgating
   Listening to a CB conversation without talking
2. Coming too close to another vehicle from the side
   Putting sand on the roads

Sandbagging is also known as "reading the mail." Usually, it means one's presence isn't made known to those who are talking. For truckers, this CB radio version of "lurking" can feel intrusive and rude.

1. Interstate 95
   In a city
2. On a country road
   On 95th street in Chicago

Truckers love using understatement for humor. For interstates, they use streets. So 65th Street would be Interstate 65, 10th Street would be Interstate 10--you get the idea.

1. Moving through traffic
   Switching highways
2. Exiting the highway for the byways
   Riding the shoulder

Although many times truckers are typically on the highway, eventually they have to leave the highway for slower surface roads. But soon, they'll be on the big road again.

1. A motorcyclist without a helmet
   A reckless driver
2. A slow driver
   A cyclist

Truckers are pulling no punches here with this slang word. Calling motorcyclists without helmets "organ donors" speaks to the high risk of suffering a fatal head injury in an accident.

1. Destruction
   A car crash
2. Road construction
   Roadkill

As you can tell, truckers have a sardonic sense of humor. Although construction does require some destruction, construction sites usually mean that vehicles need to slow down so that everyone can be safe. But slower speeds can mean that truckers won't be able to get their hauls to their destinations on time.

1. Blown out tire
   Sleepiness while driving
2. Engine trouble
   Broken taillight

Getting tired and sleepy over long distances while driving is a big and common issue with truckers. Getting enough rest while trying to get a haul to its destination on time is the tricky balance truckers try to maintain.

1. A person who tells jokes for a living
   A funny person on the CB
2. The median in between opposite lanes of traffic
   A prankster

This median is a grassy one. And if they have a dip in them, as many of them do, sometimes you can see bears hiding out there, waiting to pull vehicles over for speeding.

1. What Alicia Keys sings about on "Empire State of Mind"
   The highway
2. City streets
   A playground

Truckers have many nicknames for the highway, including big slab and big road. And when you're driving fast with a lot of cars and other kinds of vehicles of all sizes, it really can be a jungle out there...

1. An exit the highway
   A police car's flashing lights
2. A clear road without cops
   Sighting of low gas prices

As a sarcastic way to describe a cop's flashing lights, the trucker slang word "jackpot" is also known as "gumball machine." Knowing about where police are can help truckers slow down in time.

1. A very narrow bridge
   A toll booth
2. A convenient store
   The bank

Going through the "credit card machine" speaks to the tight spaces truckers occasionally have to pass through. Making clearances under bridges can be a harrowing experience. Driving a large truck can be tough for narrow bridges, too--with little space to maneuver.