An official with the U-Haul Company of Boston said the company loses around 10 trucks per college move-in season (May through August) each year, despite cautioning customers who rent the trucks against hopping onto Storrow Drive.
A hanging “Cars Only” sign on University Road warning drivers of the low clearence on Storrow Drive.
And, as history shows, at least some of those trucks are doomed to cause traffic jams on Storrow Drive. To mitigate the number of times this happens, Massachusetts agencies — from travel to law enforcement — typically run social media campaigns each year to remind drivers of moving trucks to stay off Storrow Drive.
“It does become quite the headache,” said Jorge White, head of marketing at the U-Haul Company of Boston. He said his company loses around 10 trucks per college move-in season each year, despite cautioning customers against hopping onto Storrow.
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