Encounter with tbe Michigan Highway Patrol
Rolling north on I-94 northbound out of Indiana bound for Plainwell MI, heavy rain but light traffic. Potholes (as in large enough to swallow a VW), especially along the right lane where I travel at ...
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Lowsuv wrote:
I have to kick the Michigan-ers when they are down .
I have driven in 44 of the states .
I think I have to give Michigan the trophy for the worst roads out of those 44 .
The next worse were in Pennsylvania , although there were some good roads in PA .
My judgement about Michigan is further tainted by their " no fault " insurance law .
If somebody hits you , you get to pay for your own car repairs .
We got rear ended while at a stoplight . We were stationary .
Ann Arbor about 5 pm .
An officer arrived and explained to me about the " no fault " policy .
Not fair in this particular case . There was a car immediately in front of me and I could not go if I wanted to .
Other than that Michigan does have redeeming virtues , of course .
BTW . The best roads we encountered were in North Carolina .
I presume some crooked politician robbed the federal tax dollars from the Michigan-ers and gave the highway funds to his home state of NC .
I'd have to disagree on a few points. Having lived in Ann Arbor for 15 years, I can attest to the fact that their drivers are idiots. That being said, the craters on I94 may be bad, but I think I69 through Indiana and the Ohio Turnpike (I80) have most of Michigan's roads beaten. I remember a statistic when I lived in MI which stated the state used 23 tons of salt per mile every winter. 23 tons per mile????? No wonder cars tended to rot out in 5-6 years if not taken care of and washed frequently. And since moving to Colorado, I have found that outside of mountainous areas, they know NOTHING about winter road maintenance here. A quick plowing if more than 6 inches of snow and hope for the best......
