I too have had a lid fly off and helplessly watched it get munched by trucks in the rear view mirror. I banged it back into shape, and it was sort of functional, or perhaps barely functional. Replaced it with a new one for
US $150.
$150 is pretty steep, so I have since made a couple of short straps out of nylon webbing, each strap has 2 parts connected by one of those nylon snap buckles you can find in a sporting goods store among the backpacking gear. One end is connected via the screw going into one of the footman loops on the lid, the other I attached on the inside of the case with a screw going through the side.
Now, if the lid comes lose it will just flail around in the wind and I can pull over to fix it, but if I want to remove it completely I only need to unsnap the buckle.
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