The Vermont State Plow Truck Rumbling By Your House This Winter Now Probably Has Cool Name

This Vermont State snowplow probably has a cool name
now, thanks to 163 elementary schools naming the state's
fleet of winter road clearing vehicles. 

I live along a Vermont state highway, Route 36 in St. Albans.

Early on winter mornings, it's actually a bit comforting to hear the state snow plows rumble past the house.  They're making things passable, and safer.  

Very soon, these trucks will be plowing, sanding and salting, like they reliably do every winter.  The only difference this year is, many of these trucks will have cool names. 

As VT Digger and several other news outlets reported, the Vermont Agency of Transportation asked elementary school students statewide to name snow plows that ply the roads closest to their towns. The kids came through big time. 

Some names the elementary school students came up with for these big orange trucks with the flashing lights are awesome. Captain Snow-Merica. Snowbigone Kenobi. Snowday Buster. Darth Blader.  Edgar Allen Snow. Green Mountain Plower. Yo Bro, No Snow. William Scrape-speare. 

And inevitably. Plowy McPlowface. 

Bakersfield Elementary named their plow Jennifer Snowpez.  That town is  close to me. I hope that's the plow that rumbles up and down Route 36 by my place east of St. Albans this winter. 

My favorite of all the Vermont snow plow names came from Christ the King School in Burlington.  They named a Vermont snow plow "Carl". Just Carl. It's perfect! 

The idea to name snow plows came from Scotland, which first had public contests to name snow plows. The trend spread to North America, and soon, plows in Michigan, Minnesota, Colorado, South Dakota and Canada had plow names. 

It was inevitable, and highly welcome, that the snow plow naming trend finally hit quirky Vermont. 

Maybe we should start naming State Police cruisers next,