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Radi5h t1_je9vbqf wrote

Reply to comment by Twombls in In Vermont, trucks keep getting stuck in Smugglers’ Notch. Locals are at their wit’s end. by bostonglobe

Think it thru. I doubt there’s a single truck driver who’s gotten stuck twice. The key is to get drivers who aren’t aware of the hazard to take a different route before going up, not making them bankrupt afterwards..

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No-Midnight-2187 t1_je9zoap wrote

For what it’s worth—I’ve heard from a truck driver before that it’s usually the carrier company dispatch/ terminal manager directing the driver to “keep going that route” when the driver stops after seeing the signs and they call to report.

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Twombls t1_je9yhc9 wrote

Have like 20 warning signs. Telling them they will go bankrupt if they do this.

As far as I can tell the only people still doing this are idiots who assume the signs are exagerating or something.

Stopping people from only going in once isnt enough. Since there are a ton of idiots.

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thisoneisnotasbad t1_jea626t wrote

To be fair to truckers, there is a history of tourist towns putting up signs to prevent truck traffic when no such restrictions actually exist.

I assume the folks that still get caught in the notch are ones with out of state driver's who think stowe is full of shit.

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Twombls t1_jeade1d wrote

Thats why the fine should be 100k the truckers wont risk it. There are already like 10 signs starting all the way back on the interstate. There really is no exuse unless they are like actually dumb

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5XTEEM t1_je9wyle wrote

After thinking it through... Make it a million?

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