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cwillm t1_itulicy wrote

Reply to comment by Sudden_Dragonfly2638 in Yet another truck stuck in the notch. How many does this make this year? I've lost count by grnmtnboy0

Its 2022. Between Google Maps traffic updates, drivers knowing better, and trucking companies needing to do better route planning, there aren't any excuses. The dozens of signs on 89 and 100 are either not being payed attention to, or simply being ignored. Honestly, it doesn't affect my day-to-day at all as I'm not commuting through the notch or anything, but it just irks me that vtrans complains constantly about this issue but in the last 10+ years haven't done anything other than raise the fines. Almost makes you think the hassle of getting trucks out of the notch is less objectionable to the state than the money they receive from the fines levied.

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Sudden_Dragonfly2638 t1_ituw4or wrote

I agree there's no excuse and truck drivers should be using truck gps. An engineering solution won't fix drivers ignoring signs and blindly following GPS. At best it can get them stuck in a location that makes it easier to remove them or that allows cars to bypass them while stuck (not a small or simple solution).

Not sure the whopping $3600 bucks from fines this year is incentive to "keep letting this happen", but an engineering solution to prevent trucks from ending up in the Notch will be very expensive and most likely entirely state funded.

If we're waiting on the $3600/yr to fund a half million dollar project, we'll be waiting about 135 more years.

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showmeyourbrisket t1_itvu9b2 wrote

It would cost bajilions of dollars to plop down a couple jersey barriers.

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showmeyourbrisket t1_itvu02z wrote

> Almost makes you think the hassle of getting trucks out of the notch is less objectionable to the state than the money they receive from the fines levied.

Bingo Bango!

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Paid-Not-Payed-Bot t1_itulj7l wrote

> not being paid attention to,

FTFY.

Although payed exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:

  • Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. The deck is yet to be payed.

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Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.

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