An Ohio woman who was stuck in traffic because of a construction zone has done what many of us wished we would have; she sent the state of Michigan a gas bill for her time.
had to go to Detroit to take her cat to the vet from Toledo. She says that there were no signs warning that construction work was ahead on the southbound side of Interstate 275 about 30 miles from Toledo.
Greenberg and her cat were stuck on the way home idling for about 50 minutes. Sitting in a car with Sammy the cat was not pleasure. Sammy howled the entire time.
Greenberg decided to send a bill to Michigan's transportation officials for $16. She believed that was the cost of wasted fuel for the time she sat idling in her car.
Michigan Department of Transportation has written the Ohio woman back saying that it does not reimburse drivers for time, wages or gas lost to work zone back-ups.
If they had to fork over the money the state would go bankrupt if word got out that they paid up.
Ohio Woman Bills Michigan For Wasted Gas
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