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Woman Stuck In Traffic, Bills Mich. For Gas Woman Claims She Was Stuck In Construction Zone
Posted: 7:30 am CDT August 5, 2008
Updated: 8:00 am CDT August 5, 2008
Toledo, Ohio -- An Ohio woman has sent Michigan transportation officials a bill for the $16 she said she wasted on gasoline sitting in construction zone traffic.
Carol Greenberg told the Toledo newspaper The Blade there were no signs warning about the work on southbound Interstate 275, about 30 miles north of Toledo. So, she said she got stuck idling for about 50 minutes while trying to get home with her cat after a visit to a veterinarian outside Detroit.
She said her cat, Sammy, disliked the delay and howled the whole time. In response, the Michigan Department of Transportation wrote her, saying it's unable to reimburse drivers for time, wages or gas lost in work zone back-ups.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Woman Stuck In Traffic, Bills Mich. For Gas Woman Claims She Was Stuck In Construction Zone
Posted: 7:30 am CDT August 5, 2008
Updated: 8:00 am CDT August 5, 2008
Toledo, Ohio -- An Ohio woman has sent Michigan transportation officials a bill for the $16 she said she wasted on gasoline sitting in construction zone traffic.
Carol Greenberg told the Toledo newspaper The Blade there were no signs warning about the work on southbound Interstate 275, about 30 miles north of Toledo. So, she said she got stuck idling for about 50 minutes while trying to get home with her cat after a visit to a veterinarian outside Detroit.
She said her cat, Sammy, disliked the delay and howled the whole time. In response, the Michigan Department of Transportation wrote her, saying it's unable to reimburse drivers for time, wages or gas lost in work zone back-ups.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.