Eagle Mountain opens voting for names of snowplows
Utah Department of Transporation
and last updated 2021-02-02 01:16:35-05
EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah â Eagle Mountain needs your help to choose names for its snowplows.
The city asked residents for name suggestions last week â inspired by
Scotland s fleet of gritters going viral for their names like âMr. Plow,â âGangsta Granny Gritter,â and âSpready Mercuryâ â and the responses poured in.
After the
Facebook post received more than 200 comments, the city narrowed the suggestions down to 20 creative names.
They posted an
The choices are, in order of appearance:
Snow Way Jose
Origin
On Dec. 10, 2020, radio and podcast producer Jackie Sojico posted a charming observation she made on Twitter namely that she had noticed Scotland gives names to vehicles in its national snow plow fleet, and the names are pretty funny.
Scotland keeps a live tracking map online showing approximately where its snow plows (known to the Scottish as “gritters”) are at work, keeping the country’s road network clear.
Some of the names are pretty straightforward, like “Mr. Plow.” Others are more creative, like “Gangsta Granny Gritter,” “BFG Big Friendly Gritter,” and “Sir Grits-A-Lot.” And let’s not forget “Spready Mercury.”