Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 11354641)

I resent that remark. Our dead people vote too! :D

Originally Posted by MBM3 (Post 11354824)

Have we all not experienced the wonderful Michigan lefts? That is right, go past the street, cut through the turnabout in the median, continue back in the direction you just came from, and then take a right.

Um, how about a left turn signal folks? While you are at it, try repairing the freeways BEFORE you can see China through the potholes?

Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 11354849)

Flying into MEM Sunday morning (after the previous night's snow/ice), it appeared from the air that every parking lot that wasn't access-controlled had been used for this purpose ...

Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 11354853)

I lived in Michigan for a few years and I can safely say that it has some of the worst roads (conditions and layouts) and the worst drivers I have ever encountered in the US.

Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 11354739)

I, for one, like circles. Until a certain point they move traffic much more efficiently than traffic lights. The problem is that drivers in the US are rather uneducated when it comes to the rules of the road and the traffic here is quite a bit denser than in places like the UK.

Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 11354782)

I made corrections to your statement above.

Originally Posted by windwalker (Post 11354851)

Sometimes more than once

Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 11354853)

I lived in Michigan for a few years and I can safely say that it has some of the worst roads (conditions and layouts) and the worst drivers I have ever encountered in the US.

Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 11354853)

I lived in Michigan for a few years and I can safely say that it has some of the worst roads (conditions and layouts) and the worst drivers I have ever encountered in the US.

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 11354894)

I'm wearing the CO shirt I bought at the Do out to the bridal thing tonight. It is tangerine orange. That way if I wander off into the snow, I can be found easily.

Originally Posted by MBM3 (Post 11354841)

I got busted in college on the far east side of Cleveland using a wide traffic circle as a skidpad for my VW Golf. ^^

Originally Posted by MBM3 (Post 11354866)

I did this a LOT in my younger years and learned skills that have helped me many times since, including my years giving track rides.

That is one of the reasons that skid pads are used in teen driving classes as too many people freak out when their car gets off kilter.

Originally Posted by zippypinhead (Post 11354915)

Fairmont circle by any chance? That was one of my favorites when I worked out that way.



I do the empty parking lot doughnut routine first decent snow every winter. Knocks the cobwebs out of the driver's head. (I had a window sticker once that said, "Rocket powered-monkey navigated") It takes me a while to re-learn not to touch the brakes when things go pear shaped. Takes every ounce of will to press the gas down instead.
With a Scoobie, just mash the gas and point the steering wheel where you need to be.:D

Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 11354903)

Have you been to Atlanta?

Originally Posted by MBM3 (Post 11354941)

Also a fun one, but this was the one on Chagrin.

Giving it gas helps in most situations, but as one of my pro driver friends likes to say, when it is black ice simply pucker and brace.

Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 11354739)

I, for one, like circles. Until a certain point they move traffic much more efficiently than traffic lights. The problem is that drivers in the US are rather uneducated when it comes to the rules of the road and the traffic here is quite a bit denser than in places like the UK.

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 11354894)

I'm wearing the CO shirt I bought at the Do out to the bridal thing tonight. It is tangerine orange. That way if I wander off into the snow, I can be found easily.