What is your most annoying experience with road construction?

@beckish (641)
United States
July 18, 2007 6:59am CST
I have never really enjoyed dealing with road construction, but I have always felt it was a necessary evil. After all, we need good roads to drive on. But last night was ridiculous. I have an insomnia problem anyway, and I finally fell asleep around 11:00. Then at 2:00 a.m. I was rudely awakened by flashing lights, back-up beeping noises, and the sound of gravel being dumped on the road. They were working on the road in the dark! We live in the country, so there are not any streetlights even. Now, I have to wonder how good of a job they could be doing in the dark to begin with, and I was very unhappy at having my sleep disturbed. Every time I started to doze off again, they were back in front of my house. I finally got up at 4:00 a.m. (my usual time) and they are still out there. I am not even sure who one complains to about road construction - does anyone know?
1 response
@Nardz13 (5054)
• New Zealand
18 Jul 07
Hi there. The thing that annoys me most about road works can be the delay in travel time and waiting for them to move stuff or for the on coming traffic to pass, especially on the temporary one lane roads... At the sametime, they are there making the roads safe and usuable for drivers of all vehicles, so I cant complain too much lol...
@beckish (641)
• United States
19 Jul 07
It is a catch-22. Can't live with it, can't live without it. LOL. I think I was cranky this morning because they interrupted my sleep. At least today I didn't have to deal with it either on the way to work or on the way home. But I hope they don't show up at 2:00 a.m. again tonight!!