February 3, 2022
A snowplow in southwestern Minnesota will soon be named “Betty Whiteout.”
The moniker is a nod to the actress and comedian Betty White, who died in December at age 99. It received the most votes during the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s second “Name a Snowplow” contest, in which the agency sought clever names for eight of its large orange trucks it sends out to clear snow and ice from the roads.
After plowing through the votes, “Betty Whitetout” cruised to victory with more than 40,000 votes. That was far less than last year’s top vote-getter — Plowy McPlowFace received 65,292 — but double the number of the second-place winner, Ctrl Salt Delete, with just over 21,000 votes.
