Damage to fiver due to road construction
Monday, Memorial day May 27, we were s/b I55 in MS just north of exit 271 in Desoto Co going thru a construction zone. Cruise was set below the speed limit and I was in the right hand lane. We came of...
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More than likely, you'll get nowhere with MDOT. Besides, what do you want them to do anyway? You you might as well put a claim on your insurance and get it fixed. If it were to come down to a court of law, the courts would declare it a "road hazard" and YOU as the driver should have control to keep such damage from occurring.... I know, this isn't right, but that's what would happen.
When we lived in Ohio many years ago, we learned that if you slid off an icy road in the middle of winter and called the authorities, you'd get a ticket for "failure to control your vehicle", even if no one else was involved. Well, when this happened to my wife on a curvy road, a local farmer on a tractor helped pull her out of the ditch and never called the authorities, and never claimed (minor) damage to the insurance (for the same reason), and bit the bullet and got the dent fixed on our own dime.
I'm just saying ... you'll get nowhere with MDOT.
When we lived in Ohio many years ago, we learned that if you slid off an icy road in the middle of winter and called the authorities, you'd get a ticket for "failure to control your vehicle", even if no one else was involved. Well, when this happened to my wife on a curvy road, a local farmer on a tractor helped pull her out of the ditch and never called the authorities, and never claimed (minor) damage to the insurance (for the same reason), and bit the bullet and got the dent fixed on our own dime.
I'm just saying ... you'll get nowhere with MDOT.
