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Re: Damage to fiver due to road construction
This is 'the wife' who was passenger on this trip. The warning sign actually only showed uneven lanes, which was fine, because we just stayed in our lane. Unfortunately, as mentioned above, they had graded down the road to prepare for new asphalt but had NOT put in any short ramps at that particular bridge before knocking off work for Memorial Day. When we made our return trip and all the work crews were out there, the ramps had been added :-/ My hubby, who has been a police officer for 26 years is an EXCELLENT driver and is MORE than aware of what can happen to workers on the side of the road. He was simply asking for help in how to handle the situation we're now in. Telling him what you think he did wrong in the first place is kind of rubbing salt into a wound. KWIM? :(418Views0likes0CommentsRe: Damage to fiver due to road construction
Let's clarify a bit for those of you that feel the need to chastise me for "having my cruise control on in a construction zone." There was no one working, very little traffic, there were no cones, it was a holiday and the road was actually marked as "uneven pavement",not an actual active construction area AND I was traveling under the posted speed limit, so if you don't have anything constructive to add, how about just keeping your opinion to yourself because I really don't care about your petty little comments that only reflect your negative attitudes. I really don't think that some of you who post freely on the internet would be so bold in person.......418Views0likes0CommentsDamage 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 off of a bridge and experienced a rather large drop in the road level. It was such a dramatic drop that it knocked my cruise control off. A few miles down the road I heard a knocking sound so we pulled over to find a metal panel had come loose from the front edge of the trailer and was banging against the side of the trailer. So there I am, on the side of I55 with my cordless drill doing a temp fix with a few screws. At the campsite I found that the panels on the other side of the trailer were now bulging away from the side in what looked like a bubble. There was a seem in the master br (in the front of the trailer) that had come apart between the wall panels and a part of the canopy arm had been knocked off where the arm hooks over to secure it for storage. I contacted MDOT and the referred me to Leahmon Roberts, who was contracted to do the construction. I have left a message for them and am awaiting a return phone call. Has anyone ever experienced something like this? What was the outcome? Thanks Tracy7.1KViews0likes38Comments
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