Assignment 6/25

When found guilty of breaking a motor vehicle law, points are put on your driving record. The points given to you depends on which law you break and to what degree you broke it. Example: Speeding can be from 2-8 points depending on how fast or slow you went. When you are given a total of 10 points you receive a letter telling you that your driving privileges are suspended. The number of points received within a 2 year period will determine how long they are suspended for. You can call a hearing to confirm if you met 10 points or not. Points are not given for parking or defective equipment violations.

I personally like the law because it gives points values so that if you do just 3 violations you could lose your driving priveleges, therefor it will teach people not to mess up thier driving records if they actually still like driving.




Overturned flat bed closes highway ramp

Published: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
By Matt Sutkoski
Free Press Staff Writer

A large flatbed trailer carrying an aerial boom tipped over on an Interstate 89 on-ramp midday Tuesday, closing the ramp for hours and severely damaging the vehicle. Nobody was hurt, police said.

A state Agency of Transportation dump truck driven by Mark Robertson, 43, had been traveling west on Vermont 15 and slowly turned onto the Exit 15 Interstate 89 entrance ramp southbound when the incident occurred shortly after noon, Vermont State Police Trooper Brian Penders said.

At 2:30 p.m., crews were still on the scene and the ramp remained closed. However, traffic on Interstate 89, the Exit 15 northbound off-ramp, and Vermont 15 continued to move smoothly after the crash.

As the truck slowly turned the corner onto the ramp, the flatbed and the aerial boom being towed tipped over onto the ramp, Penders said. The dump truck remained upright, though its rear wheels were suspended a few inches in the air, supported by the upended flatbed.

Penders said a weight shift might have caused the flatbed to tip. The aerial boom might also have been placed too close to the front of the flatbed, decreasing stability, Penders said.

The aerial boom is owned by CCR Sales and Service of Essex Junction and had been leased by the state, said Casey Mathieu, the owner of CCR. Transportation workers were taking the boom to a Kennedy Drive overpass on Interstate 189 in South Burlington, Mathieu said. The Kennedy Drive overpass was damaged last week when a speeding motorist from Florida smacked into the span.

The boom, worth about $150,000, was likely severely damaged, Mathieu said. It was insured, he added.


my opinion: That is not good for the people involved, the vehicles/machinery, the highway, or the people traveling who need to use exit 15... the aerial boom should have been better secured so that it wouldnt have tipped over when the truck turned a corner. Also bad for the people who spent 2.5 hours straight just trying to help out. Again... not good!


1) Regulatory signs. These tell you what to do. Some examples are Stop signs and yeild signs.

2) Warning signs. These alert you to conditions ahead. They are yellow or orange and include pedestrian crosswalk signs, school signs, and crossing signs such as snowmobiles or animals.

3) Guide signs. Guide signs tell you where you are, what road you are on and how to get where you want to go. Some examples are route markers and information signs that might say state lines and city limits. They are usually blue or brown.