That's not entirely accurate, nor even true. 11 meters is still alive an
kicking: even a brief encounter with it will show this. Granted, the manners
have taken a left and it is a real circus, especially in close proximity to
truck stops. But where you get this bull**** about 2 meters being occupied
with all these drivers is lost on me.

Being one of these drivers myself, I can tell you that there is little to no
action on 2 meter simplex and most drivers that are Hams are to be found on
20 meters. What keeps CB alive is the vast amount of hardware available for
the band, the ease of acquiring and using it, and the practicality of
seeking traffic information on this band for the above mentioned reasons.

I've been a driver for several years and during that time, if I were to
derive a percentage from what I've seen about the number of truck driving
hams I'd have to put the number in the single digits, on average.

Talking about "dumbing down" the amateur radio tests, I'm not sure how to
respond to that. They aren't like the old tests, to be sure, but they're not
exactly pedestrian either. It's not like making a book report.

Suffice to say that there is still a Morse code requirement. It is greatly
more difficult to learn CW at 5 wpm than at 20 wpm and perhaps that's a
major factor in keeping so many people from passing it. I don't like to talk
at less than 30 wpm and prefer about 35 wpm because it's like talking on the
phone then. Enough said.

Pray for a continued code requirement.