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‘We put up like 100 signs’: DCR unveils latest plea for drivers to avoid getting ‘Storrowed
“Don’t risk it, you’ll just become a local meme for a few days and neighborhood children will hear the bang and come out to make fun of you as a state trooper patiently backs you out.”
With several area universities starting school next week, Labor Day weekend marks move-in time for thousands of students.
In anticipation of the infamous phenomenon that is ‘Storrowing’ — when a truck gets stuck or hits the underside of a bridge — the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation beseeched visitors to take caution.
In a mock newscast posted to the department’s X account, “Jeff Hairdo,” an anchor for “DCR Action News,” told residents to drive with their “eyes open,” specifically on Storrow Drive, Soldiers Field Road, and Memorial Drive, the locations most prone to seeing drivers get “Storrowed.”
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“We put up like 100 signs all over the place, warning folks of the low clearance heights. Seriously, they’re everywhere.” Hairdo said. “You have to be able to see at least one of them to understand that yes, it does apply to you.”
Hairdo said DCR installed more than 40 high visibility signs that read “cars only.”
He warned drivers to not be cocky.
“Don’t shear off the top of your truck, you’re not going to make it,” Hairdo said. “Don’t risk it, you’ll just become a local meme for a few days and neighborhood children will hear the bang and come out to make fun of you as a state trooper patiently backs you out.”
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He recommended drivers download free apps like Truck Map and Hammer, that can reroute directions based on a vehicle’s height.
“Prove to everyone that you belong at one of Boston’s very nice colleges by driving with clear eyes, full heart, can’t lose … the security deposit on your truck,” Hairdo finished.
Take the advice of DCR Action News Anchor Jeff Hairdo and don’t get Storrowed when you move to Boston this week! Remember that trucks and moving vans aren’t allowed on Storrow Drive & Soldiers Field Road in Boston and Memorial Drive in Cambridge pic.twitter.com/odXxQfuYgD
— MassDCR (@MassDCR) August 25, 2025
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