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VTPeWPeW247 t1_jamdole wrote

There’s a reason you regularly see SUVs with out of state plates in the ditches that line our roads. “Do as the locals do”, even if you don’t understand it.

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GaleTheThird t1_jamexu1 wrote

> “Do as the locals do”, even if you don’t understand it.

It's not like snowy roads are some phenomena unique to Vermont. Doubly so when the picture just looks like it's of a highway

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ratamadiddle t1_jamg49a wrote

Snowy roads aren’t a phenomenon unique to Vermont, but having the lowest auto insurance premiums is.

I wonder why that is. 😉

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GraniteGeekNH t1_jamiih9 wrote

Is that true - lowest premiums?

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ratamadiddle t1_jamj02w wrote

A quick google search may steer you otherwise, but when looking at rates a little deeper, VT bounces between 1-3 in most cases.

Safer drivers, lower speeds, more of what you see in the pic above.

Certainly not a “Live free or die” mantra here.

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random_vermonter t1_jampqd7 wrote

And yet, people bitch that we’re “too slow.” 🙄 Worth the lower premium to me!

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[deleted] t1_jamig92 wrote

Tourists come to vermont generally from less snowy areas.

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Formal_Coyote_5004 t1_jamtf4t wrote

Server in a tourist town here: can confirm. I have tables from Florida and other places with rental cars who are clearly freaked out about the road conditions. I give them my best advice, but i usually don’t have enough time to ask them specifics about their rental car. If I don’t have time for a step by step (I usually don’t) immediate advice for them in snowy conditions is DO NOT SLAM ON THE BRAKES! But yeah. Many people who come here aren’t used to the snow. I’m happy to give advice when I can because I don’t want anyone freaking out on the road.

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GaleTheThird t1_jamiq1k wrote

Most of the out of staters driving in VT this time of year are going to be from other New England states or NY

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[deleted] t1_jamjyzx wrote

Yes, thank you for helping make my point.

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GaleTheThird t1_jamm28e wrote

What? The bulk of NE/New York is completely comparable to VT when it comes to snow, if not worse

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[deleted] t1_jamptb5 wrote

Most of the people who live up in the Adirondack’s are not driving to vermont to ski.

The vast majority of ski tourists come from MA, CT, NJ, downstate, etc.

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Formal_Coyote_5004 t1_jamtj21 wrote

This really isn’t true. Read my comment above… there are many people from Southern states and overseas that come here too.

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