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By
Megan
Dattup, DIESEL JOCKEY NEWS
Elk
City, Vt. --
Taking full advantage of a loophole in
Vermont’s new same-sex union laws,
long-haul trucker Chris Holmes married himself
Tuesday evening.
After
a small ceremony at the local Justice of the
Peace in which Holmes' younger brother served as
Best Man and Maid of Honor, the newlywed told
close friends that he would be changing his
truck driving status from “solo” to “one-person
husband-wife team” as soon as he returned from
a short honeymoon at the local adult video
store.
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The
happy couple's wedding cake.
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Vermont
DOT officials had no comment about the wedding
itself, but did say that driving as a one person
team, married or not, would require the
simultaneous use of two logbooks. "Although
Mr./Mrs. Holmes' individual driving status is
somewhat disturbing to this Department,"
said a spokesman for the DOT, "we are more
concerned about other professional drivers
viewing this one-person-married-team thing as a
quick way to double their miles (and their pay).
Unfortunately, many of those same drivers are unaware of the considerable math
skills and additional training
required to properly use two logbooks
simultaneously."
Mr./Mrs.
Holmes told Diesel Jockey News that he is in
fact aware of the need for what he called
"high-end log book skills." He
has since enrolled in a mail-order correspondence course.
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