Houston drivers already wrestle with unpredictable traffic, but one motorist recently found out the real surprise sometimes shows up in the mailbox. Four months after dodging road debris and wrecking her car, Christine Diaz says Harris County’s toll road authority billed her for the scrapes her Ford Mustang left on a concrete barrier.
Diaz explained that the chain of events started when she swerved to avoid a large green storage container on the Beltway
With little time to react, her car clipped the wall, ricocheted, and lost a back tire.
She managed to get off the tollway with the help of a wrecker and a constable. The Mustang was later totaled, ending what she described as her first fully paid-off vehicle.
To get back on the road, she purchased a replacement car with a monthly payment nearing $500.
Months later came the certified letter: a $187 bill from Harris County’s Office of Management and Budget
Houston officials said her crash left black marks on the barrier that required power washing and repainting…