Truck drivers use this nickname over the radio to warn each other about the presence of highway patrol vehicles in California. The term derives directly from the CHP acronym. Spotting them early allows drivers to check their speed and ensure their logbooks and equipment are in order before a potential inspection.
Heard on the job
Slow it down over the grapevine, we've a pair of chippies sitting in the median at mile marker 204.
Also heard as
- CHPs