[SMCARA] CB, GASP!

[Dave Q]

Hope I don't loose my HAM license over this but....

I travel to St. Louis a couple of times a year.  95 -> 295 -> 64 into STL.

Fairly often there will be a back-up and will end up sitting in traffic for
several minutes or a couple of hours.

Never had my Icom 880 in my truck on a trip yet.  So just wondering if
enough people/truckers have ham radios in their vehicles to find out what
is going on instead of just sitting there wondering.  I hear truckers on
the repeaters occasionally but don't know how common they are with truckers.

Or would investing in a CB be worth it?  Looking at a Midland 75-822 40
Channel handheld.

73
Dave - W3DLQ