Frankly, I liked the idea that proposed a fine to the GPS companies that the truck is utilizing.

One of the main reasons the trucks continue past the signage is that they trust the GPS. Forcing the hand of the GPS companies for trucks is a great way to tackle that issue without spending money.

That would be wild. If they put it in around where the AT dumps out its only like 2 miles to smuggs upper base lodge. Would be so fast.

Wait, outside of Boston and our playground destinations staffed by NPCs, what else is there in New England?

Absolutely! The costs are already high enough where I see plenty of people driving without a registered car or no license. This will only make it worse.

Another tax that’s not a tax. Any way the government can extort a few more bucks. Politicians love fees and licenses because it accomplishes the same thing as increasing taxes (raises revenue for the state) without as much political scrutiny. New fees and license requirements tend to fly under the radar.

In this case they want to raise fees (and in turn revenues) by 20%. Imagine if our politicians proposed raising property, income and sales taxes by 20% across the board…There would be hell to pay with voters and it would never fly but dmv fees? Well just a few bucks here and there what’s the big deal.

You could do that but that wouldn’t filter out long vehicles that could pass under it.

But it would probably work since the problem is with semis not short long vehicles.

But again - it’s money.

A pipe dream: What if Vermont built a tunnel that could enable the Notch to be vehicle-accessible in the winter?

It'd sure make driving between Smuggs and Stowe easier and likely lead to some economic development for Jeffersonville

Almost 20%! Wtf!!! 🤬

The notch road has been closed since November…

Raise the taxes on 2nd homes, 4th cars, and boats that cost over $75k instead.

What about a gate tp let car through that's too small to let semis pass? Like just an arch they'd have to drive through to get there. No person needed to be sitting there and you'd only need one on each side, signs would become obsolete.

Can this account be banned from the sub?

What appears in Waze, Google, Apple, Garmin? Any warning at all?

Height =/= Length

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.

That's Boston for you. They assume they're the only people in New England.

Thoughts? Personally I believe this is a regressive tax increase that unreasonably goes beyond what inflation has been. Idk about you, but even though VT’s services are good the affordability of the state seems to go down bit by bit each year.

This answer gets shot down every time, but there are a very few long trucks that aren't tall, but there are very few trucks that are short enough to not be stopped by a bar/chain chlurtain that are still long enough to get stuck in the Notch.

good first step because even if they violate it they will start facing criminal penalties.

Eviction is hard in the state but having a tenant violating laws is a great way to expedite the process.

I think all most folks are saying is that low barrier housing for former prisoners maybe shouldn't be in a building for the elderly and disabled that doesn't seem so outlandish/nimby-ish. It's just a bad combination.

If there is a large enterprise truck or ambulance or whatever that doesn’t fit they could go around by using the turnaround area next to the to the booth to bypass the height restricted bar over the road. This would be a cheap and easy to implement solution to the problem.

You still need someone to enforce a restraining order, and tbh I’ve heard many stories of those orders being ineffective even when police do respond to violations of said orders.

Honest question, where exactly are they planning to send the evicted people? An Opioid addiction isn't just something you can throw on the street. These people need help! Maybe the state needs to start actually looking at mental health and making better opportunities for people to get the help they need!!! So landlords like this don't have to just throw them out on the street! We already have a homelessness problem, and the current plan will continue to perpetuate it!

Arresting our way out of the problem has NEVER worked, but whatever.

Put a bend in the road prior to the climb that a tractor trailer wouldn’t be able to negotiate so they get stuck at the bottom not the middle and in a controlled environment.

Basically a pre-filter.

You could also have an actual gate with a person to monitor each truck that comes by.

Again - money.

The problem is easy to solve, just takes a little money which probably no one wants to spend.

So it’s really no “confounding” anyone - they just don’t want to spend the money to solve the issue.