Driving Around in Detroit

goldwing2000

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You must learn to pronounce the city name. It's Di-troit. NOT DEE-troit or D' Troy-it. If you pronounce it DEE-Troit then we will assume you are from Toledo and came here for the country Music Downtown-hoe-down.

Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Detroit has its own version of traffic rules... Hold on and pray!

The morning rush hour is from 6:00am to 10:00am. The evening rush hour is from 3:00pm to 7:00pm. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday morning. Weekends are open game.

If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear-ended, cussed out and possibly shot. If you're first off the starting line when the light turns green, count to five before going. This will avoid getting in the way of cross-traffic who just ran their yellow light to keep from getting shot.

Schoenherr can ONLY be properly pronounced by a native of the Detroit Metro area. That goes for Gratiot too.

Construction and renovation on I-94, I-96, I-75 and I-275 is a way of life. Just deal with it.

If someone actually has their turn signal on, it is probably a factory defect or they are "out-of-towners."

All old men with white hair wearing a hat have total right-of-way.

The minimum acceptable speed on I-696 is 85 regardless of the posted speeds. Anything less is considered downright SISSY. Oh, and don't even think of allowing more than one car length between cars!

The attractive wrought iron on the windows and doors in Detroit is NOT ornamental. "DO NOT get out of your car"

Never stare at the driver of the car with the bumper sticker that says "Keep honking, I'm reloading."

If you are in the left lane, and only going 70 in a 60 mph zone, people are not waving 'because they want to be your friend. I would suggest you duck.

I-275 or I-696 is our daily version of NASCAR.

It's not M-10, it's "the Lodge."

That's not a lake, it's a pothole.

If someone tells you it's on Outer Drive, you better hope you have a map.

The left turn is simple. If you want to turn left, go a 1/4 of a mile past your turn, get to the left, then make a left, then make a right. NOW you have gone left.
 
hahhahaha nice.... you forgot to add " to us a traffic jam is 40 people waiting to pass a f*cking orange cone" and " people not from michigan are wrong, we only have 2 seasons: winter and construction"
lol just thought i would add those
Kris
 
lol kane, after living in GP for 18 yrs, and then detroit for another 2 years, that's DEAD on hahah, its kinda funny reading all that and being able to relate to 90% of them (w/ the exception of the being shot ones)... funny stuff :D
 
hey how would like to drive in that s*** everyday in a 70ft travtor traliler
but kane is right its a hole different ball game driving in the D!
 
Kane, right on with that. The potholes and construction are the worst things....I took my speed down to NC a couple of weeks ago. She's been acting up ever since. I think that she wanted me to leave her down there.
 
Speaking of driving around the 313, I won't make it to the drive this weekend, Kane. Autocrossing with the SCCA. Hopefully next time...
 
I'm in Detroit practically every other week for business. With everything torn up it's going to be a b**** driving this summer.

lol at the left turn thing. What's the deal with that anyway? You guys scared of crossing two lanes of traffic?

BTW I was planning on getting 17's with 40 series rubber. Anbody have problems with damage due to those well paved interstates?
 
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Boston said:
Speaking of driving around the 313, I won't make it to the drive this weekend, Kane. Autocrossing with the SCCA. Hopefully next time...

No sweat, man. Glad to see you finally made it to the boards!
 

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