Vermont is a beautiful state and a welcoming place for truck drivers. Just please, for the love of God, put down the GPS and stay away from Smuggler's Notch.Vermont State Police
Update: Since this article's publication, yet another truck has gotten stuck in the same spot, and Vermont has announced plans to do something about it.
The winding, steep contours of the Smuggler’s Notch stretch of Vermont state route 108 have claimed another foolhardy driver who trusted GPS over the objections of at least a half dozen signs in multiple languages, and the frenzied warnings of local bystanders watching the tractor-trailer plow uphill to certain doom.
We've recently chronicled what many readers call worst stretch of interstate in the nation, I-40 in Arizona, and the equipment problems it causes, but Notch Road might just be the single most dangerous road for truck drivers in the U.S.
The good news is that it's absolutely positively marked off as unsafe for drivers, only open seasonally and outfitted with heavy signage warning trucks to steer clear.
The bad news is that drivers keep getting stuck there anyway. Regular readers will recall this report from way back in 2017 when eight tractor-trailers fell victim to the most avoidable mistake in New England. Vermont has recently raised the fine for driving a truck on this road from $200 to $2,000, but some drivers remain undeterred.
[Related: Truck stuck in Smuggler's Notch, again, and Vermont plans to take action]
