On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:58:56 -0500, "Douglas W. \"Popeye\" Frederick"
wrote:

Contrary to Stupid Richard's rantings, I've never seen an FCC roadblock in
35 years of driving.

....They actually *tried* that something like four times in three
different test locations back in 1976, and while they did bust a lot
of truckers for running footwarmers, they had to drop the program when
the Carter Misadministration neutered the FCC by slicing their budget
to damn near next to nothing - the only smart act Mr. Peanut's reign
of idiocy accomplished! By the time the number of CB channels was
increased from 23 to 40, the maximum number of FCC field agents was
reduced from a max of 100 in some states to a maximum of *two* for
each state(*). This occurred at the same time the courts ruled that
the FCC didn't have the right to levy fines, and some 14,000 CBers
who'd been fined for breaking some of Part 95's more bull**** rules -
QSOs longer than 5 minutes, failure to use callsigns, using profanity,
talking over the 60-mile limit in areas where the metropolitan region
was *over* 60 miles as the crow flies, etc, etc - suddenly found they
had their cases overturned and those who paid fines during a specified
period were issued refunds and license reinstatements were applicable.

(*) I never did get this confirmed, but one report was that Montana
and Wyoming had to share one field agent, and he was only a part-time
employee!
OM
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