CB Slang / Location talk
What's Your 20 in trucking
Plain-English explanation
What's Your 20 is CB shorthand for a way to ask for someone’s location. If the meaning is unclear, tie it back to the next step in the load: pickup, delivery, billing, inspection, fuel purchase, or recordkeeping.
CB slang is road shorthand. It can help with awareness, but dispatch notes, load paperwork, inspection records, and claims still need formal language.
Why it matters in trucking
What's Your 20 is informal, but drivers still use phrases like this to pass quick information about traffic, lane problems, scale houses, and road hazards. It belongs on the radio, not in load paperwork or compliance records.
The value is speed and shared awareness. The limit is that slang should never replace exact times, locations, document names, or safety-critical instructions.
Example in real use
On a busy interstate, "What's Your 20" is the kind of phrase a driver may hear while scanning for road hazards, lane changes, or enforcement activity.
Common mistakes or confusion
- Treating "What's Your 20" as formal paperwork language instead of informal CB shorthand.
- Forgetting that CB slang can vary by region, age, and driver group.
- Using the phrase without the practical detail that makes it useful: location, direction, condition, or who needs to respond.
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Last updated: 2026-05-08