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< By MALCOLM SCULLY Staff Reporter Not all trucks are equipped j with citizen's band radios or general radio service radios as they are officially called in Canada, nor are they likely to be. Max Haggarty, president of Belleville-based L a f f e r t y Smith Express Lines and president of the Ontario Truckers' Association says the CB radio craze is just starting in Canada and he predicted the craze will really catch on in the next four or five years. But he said. Lafferty-Smith trucks do not and will not carry CB radios. Mr. Haggarty added his company has its own radio system for communicating with trucks and CB radios are not needed. Company despatcher Roy Phillip explained that CB radios have a limited range of ^bout 15 miles an4' channels are open for all to hear, "With our system we can call a specific truck," he said. more Mr Haggarty said it "house policy" not to allow drivers to install CB radios in their trucks in case they are assigned to a different truck. "Generally," .he said, radios have saved lives because drivers are able to rail police if they see a traffic acciden CB radios also allow families to contact husbandSers on the road for perM r . Haggarty, u s a "manv drivers just chaUer over the CB airways jamming 'C problem with CB radios is that they "foster carelessness for law . Too often, he said, CB radms are used to warn drivers of radar speed-traps, bpeedmg drivers, he said, slow down Sen they approach a spotted police car and speed up again ^ftpr thev pass. Brian MacKay, vicep r e s i d e n t and general manager of Smith Toronto said in an interview from Toronto his company does not use CB radios but the policy is being reconsidered. Last winter, he said, was "particularly tough" and the company is considering using CB radios for runs in Northern Ontario to report road conditions. Mr. MacKay suggested that before Ontario truckers invest heavily in CB radio equipment, they need "a lot more experience" with its use. He said independent truckers are at this stage, the main users of CB radios. A spokesman for the department of communications in Kingston said there has been an increase in the volume of applications for general radio service licences. Although he had no total figures, he said the department receives an average of 100 applications a week. i