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Family Ties Forever! · 08-06-2008, 05:24 AM

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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.

dawsongirl · 08-06-2008, 08:59 AM

Nice try though; we've all wanted to do the same. Although complaining about her cat didn't help her cause.

Stormtracker TF · 08-06-2008, 04:10 PM

If you could get away with that here I'd be rich.

InspectorExstead · 08-06-2008, 07:56 PM

Chocoholic · 08-07-2008, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Stormtracker TF

If you could get away with that here I'd be rich.

I'd be a freakin' quatrillionaire!

Furienna · 08-09-2008, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

Nice try though; we've all wanted to do the same. Although complaining about her cat didn't help her cause.

Hearing a cat howl in a car is not a pleasant experience though.

BarneyFife · 08-09-2008, 08:27 PM

My lord, people will try anything.

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dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,134	Nice try though; we've all wanted to do the same. Although complaining about her cat didn't help her cause.