Detroit living

[soothsayer]

Got this from a friend - thought it was funny.

1. First, you must learn to pronounce the city name.

It's Deh-troit. NOT DEE-troit. If you pronounce it

DEE-Troit then we will assume you are from Toledo

and here for the country Music hoe-down.

2. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere.

Detroit has its own version of traffic rules... Hold

on and pray!

3. The morning rush hour is from 6:00 am to 10:00

am. The evening rush hour is from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

Friday's rush hour starts Thursday morning. Weekends

are open game.

4. 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 across the

intersection. This will avoid getting in the way of

cross-traffic who just ran their yellow light to

keep from getting shot.

5. Schoenherr can ONLY be properly pronounced by a

native of the Detroit metro area. That goes for

Gratiot too.

6. Construction and renovation on I-94, I-96, I-75,

I-275, I-375, The Lodge and The Southfield Freeways

are a way of life and forever. Just deal with it.

7. If someone actually has their turn signal on, it

is probably a factory defect or they are

"out-of-towners"

8. All old men (or women) with white hair wearing a

hat have total right-of-way.

9. The minimum acceptable speed on I-696 and I-275

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!

10. That attractive wrought iron on the windows and

doors in Detroit is NOT ornamental. DO NOT get out

of your car to take pictures.

11. Never stare at the driver of the car with the

bumper sticker that says "Keep honking, I'm

reloading"; he/she is.

12. If you are in the left lane, and only going 70

in a 60 mph zone, people are not waving because they

are so friendly in Detroit. I would suggest you

duck.

13. I-275 and I-696 is our daily version of NASCAR.

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

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

16. If someone tells you it's on Outer Drive, you

better hope you have a map.

17. The Michigan 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 another left,

then make a right when you get back to the

intersection where you wanted to turn left in the

first place. NOW you have gone left.

18. And those 2 really ugly arches over

Telegraph????

DON'T EVEN ASK!! WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE!!!!!

[ManicQueen]

So true *lol*

[Brenda Starrr]

From what I saw, that's pretty accurate.

[Homicidalheathen]

That was good thanks. :devil

[Rayne]

I have seen that before -- and oh, how true it is!

[bean]

YES!!

[Goth Brooks]

those rules remind me of living in boston... only not as bad.

[Fierce Critter]

Ahhh, yes. So true. And I love every insane bit of it - nice to be back. :grin

[Crazed Vampyress]

not only have i seen that before, but ive shared it with many! thanks for doing the same!

[pomba gira]

Perfect. After 4 years of being back in Lansing, I still get impatient w/the totally pussified driving people do up here. 696 is beautiful... it's what a freeway was meant to be. All freeways hope to be 696 in their next life.

Only thing they left out- Lahser should've been included in item #5.

[soothsayer]

Only thing they left out- Lahser should've been included  in item #5.

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It should've.

[saechalyn]

Wow, I've been living here too long, because I actually get those.

[Aleister1]

i go through this everyday, for at least 14 hours. everything is pretty accurate except afternoon rush hour starts at 2:00 and ends at about 8:30ish.

[Nienna]

LMAO ohhh so true!

[Bicycle]

I love the dirty D!!

[Eric Cartman]

I love the dirty D!!

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eh baby I got somethin dirty right here for ya