Elementary and middle school students named a fleet of snowplows in Vermont after popular characters, modern celebrities, and historic figures for Vermont’s Agency of Transportation’s “Plow Day.”
Students from over 167 elementary and middle schools pitched names for names to be emblazoned on the side of the snowplows. The chosen names included “Jennifer Snowpez,” “William Scrape-speare,” “Edgar Allen Snow,” and “Obi-Wan KenSNOWbi.”
“We had a lot of creative naming,” Todd Law, deputy division director of the agency’s district maintenance and fleet division, told the Boston Globe. “It was absolutely amazing.”
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Students were able to see the plows they named in person Wednesday when the plows visited the schools. Drivers spent the day talking to students and educating them on how the vehicles operate.
The idea for children to name the winter vehicles came from Scotland’s tradition of elementary students naming their snowplows, called gritters. Scotland’s tradition began in 2006 when the transport ministry encouraged students to come up with endearing monikers for the plows, according to the BBC.
Law said they were not sure what kind of responses they would get for the program, but they were pleased with the creativity.
“I’m like, ‘How did these elementary school kids come up with this?’”Law said.
Twists on characters from Star Wars were among the most popular submissions. Aside from “Obi-Wan KenSNOWbi” there were names such as “Baby Snowda,” “Luke Snow Walker,” “Snowbegone Kenobi,” and “Darth Blader.”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott praised the idea and the names on Facebook earlier this week.
“They had many great ideas,” Scott said. “[These plows] will unite to keep school commutes safe and, unfortunately for students, stop a few snow days this winter.”
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Scott’s observation on stopping snow days was not lost on children who chose names such as “Snow Day Crusher,” “Snow Day Reaper,” and “Snow Day Dream Crusher.”
Some of the snowplows started working last weekend and are expected to work again next week, according to WCAX, a CBS-affiliated station in Vermont.
