If you were born and raised and/or spent a significant amount of time in Michigan, you would know what the title meant. If you were fortunate enough to never spend any time in Michigan, you may think this will be a blog about liberals in Michigan. You would, however, be mistaken. The Michigan Left is nothing short of a phenomenon, part of every day life for drivers in Michigan, and quite possibly a gleaming example of the ass-backwards manuvers that take place when commuting in this state.

Why the hell am I talking about the Michigan Left? I had somewhere to be today which I had never gone to before, and I needed Google directions. I could not, for the life of me, figure out why the last direction was telling me to turn right (south) on a north-south running road when I needed to go north. Then it hit me…Google was telling me to make a Michigan Left! Upon closer inspection, the criptic previous step made complete sense. Here’s Google’s example of a Michigan Left:

Something just happened there. If you were part of the Michigan group, you thought “….ooooooooh…” The rest of you are thinking “what the fuck?” To sum it all up, the Michigan Left is the act of making what would normally be a simple left turn by turning left, then left again, then right down the road you would have normally turned left down. A number of roads in Michigan require such a feat.

OK, so I’m desperate for blog material. I know I’m not the only one! I was just fascinated to see this in Google’s own terms.