ADS-L Digest - 18 Sep 2005 to 19 Sep 2005 (#2005-263)

[Michael McKernan]

Geoff Nathan wrote:

>At 12:01 AM 9/20/2005, James Landau wrote:
>> >> Driving Tips for our 2006 Superbowl  Guests:

>
>[snip]
>
>> >> 17.  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.
>> >>
>And, on a serious note, this kind of turn is referred to as a 'Michigan
>Left'.  I believe the term is unique to MI, but I don't have the time this
>afternoon to do the research.  I just read a claim in the Free Press that
>the institution was invented in Michigan in the fifties in response to some
>bad fatalities after ordinary left turns.

I'm told that this turn originated in New Jersey (no authority given),
where it is called a 'jug handle turn'
Many of the first Google hits do appear to be from NJ (some are MA, perhaps
elsewhere too)   However, whether 'jug handle turn' means the same thing as
the 'Michigan Left' described above remains to be determined.

jug handle turn:  821 Google hits  (not located in ADS-L archives)

jughandle turn:   511 Google hits

US EPA: Wet Weather Flow Research: Driving Directions
Make a jug handle turn back onto Woodbridge Avenue, heading East. Stay to the
right after turn and enter before the bus stop. The entrance has a sign
that ...
www.epa.gov/ednnrmrl/main/directions.htm - 34k - Cached - Similar pages

NIKSUN Enterprise Network Surveillance Solutions
After you have taken the jug-handle turn, make a left turn onto Route 1 North;
Make first right turn onto Executive Drive. Follow to end. ...
www.niksun.com/NJ_Driving.htm - 20k - Cached - Similar pages

Directions To Energy Photovoltaics
Stay in left lane on jug handle turn.) * When you continue straight across US 1
you are now on Bakers Basin Road. * EPV is on left hand side, ...
www.epv.net/directions/directions.html - 26k - Cached - Similar pages

Schoor DePalma
At jughandle turn left to cross Route 9. Entrance to Justin Corporate Center is
on Taylors Mills Road just ahead on the right. ...
www.schoordepalma.com/_0inter0301/06/66.asp - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

MKA-Admissions-Directions
Follow signs for Bloomfield Avenue (Bloomfield/Montclair); left jughandle turn
Make right turn onto Bloomfield Avenue at traffic light ...
www.montclairkimberley.org/ pages/admiss/admiss_directions.html - 14k -
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Embassy Suites Embassy Suites Hotel® Piscataway-Somerset, NJ ...
... Take the next right-hand jughandle turn for Centennial Avenue. ... Take
the next
right-hand jughandle turn for Centennial Centennial Avenue. ...
www.extendedstaynetwork.com/ Maps/Maps.cfm?LocationID=18152 - 30k -
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Michael McKernan