  Ro_resident Member Username: Ro_resident Post Number: 233 Registered: 11-2003 |
The feds released a tech brief on the use of Michigan lefts on roads. Their verdict--they work pretty well. Although they do call them MUTITs (mutants?) through the whole report. http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/pu bs/07033/07033.pdf It's nice to have some positive press from time to time. | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 941 Registered: 07-2004 |
U.S. Government Releases Report on Michigan Left OK, that's what I thought this thread was about ... | ||
Alexei289 Member Username: Alexei289 Post Number: 1307 Registered: 11-2004 |
I never had a problem with em.. Better than having an 8 lane road that at one intersection has 5 lights on a single pole.. Stop, Go, Yield, Right turn, Left Turn... And you have to wait out each cycle to go where u want to go.. Those are brutal in florida... | ||
Yaktown Member Username: Yaktown Post Number: 170 Registered: 02-2006 |
Michigan left? Where did it go? http://www.michiganhighways.or g/indepth/michigan_left.html | ||
Nere Member Username: Nere Post Number: 32 Registered: 04-2007 |
Around what years did they start implementing Michigan Left's? | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 467 Registered: 10-2003 |
Do not confuse the Michigan left with the West Coast Turnaround. They are very different things. Although you could have a West Coast Turnaround while making a Michigan left, but this is not condoned behavior. | ||
Dnvn522 Member Username: Dnvn522 Post Number: 250 Registered: 11-2004 |
The posted link says 1960. | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 516 Registered: 01-2007 |
That’s a very good report Ro_resident. My chief driving complaint regarding turns comes with the left hand turn lane: when did it become a right hand merge lane?? | ||
Thesweetlycool Member Username: Thesweetlycool Post Number: 1 Registered: 05-2007 |
I've never had a problem with them at major intersections like Alex described... but they seem to be making a lot of roads unnecessarily into divided highways, creating a LOT more Michigan Lefts | ||
6nois Member Username: 6nois Post Number: 282 Registered: 11-2006 |
I love them. And dividing roads into Blvds. makes areas more walking friendly, ie Livernois. Long live the Michigan Left. |
