Rules for Driving in Tulsa, Oklahoma

by **Admin** Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:16 pm

Only those that drive in Tulsa or those that have driven in Tulsa will appreciate this.

Rules for Driving in Tulsa, Oklahoma

If your Tulsa map is more than a few weeks old, throw it out and buy a new one. If you're in Broken Arrow where
one street has three names...such as Lynn Lane aka, 177th E. Ave
and 9th St ...... and your map is one day old, it is already obsolete.

Forget the traffic rules you learned
elsewhere. Tulsa has its own version of traffic rules.

All directions start with 'Get on Memorial' which has no beginning and no end. Everything in Tulsa is 'just off Memorial.'

The morning rush hour is from 6 to 10. The evening rush hour is from 3 to 7. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday morning.

If
you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear ended, and
possibly shot. When you are the first one on the starting line, count
to five when the light turns green before going to avoid crashing with
all the drivers running the red light in cross-traffic.

Construction on I-44 is a way of life and a permanent form of entertainment.

All unexpected or strange sights are explained by the phrase, 'Oh, we're in Jenks.'

If someone actually has a turn signal on, it is probably a factory defect.

All old ladies with blue hair in Mercedes have the right of way. PERIOD.

I-44 is called the
Skelly Bypass. No one has ever figured out what it
bypasses... State Highway 51 is either the Broken Arrow Expressway or the
Keystone Expressway, depending on which way you're headed. US64 comes
up Memorial from Bixby, joins 169 for a few miles, and then heads west
with SH 51 towards Sand Springs. Several highways like the Creek
Turnpike have no number. We don't understand it either.

Maps of Tulsa show an Interstate 444
in downtown Tulsa . If you find it, let us know. The alleged I-444 is
half of the inner-dispersal loop, which is not for the faint of heart.

Highway 169 in rush hour is the Tulsa equivalent of NASCAR. Just shut up and drive like the rest of us.

If asking directions along North Utica or in west Tulsa , you must have knowledge of Spanish. If you're on East 21st Street , Mandarin Chinese or Vietnamese will be your best bet. If you stop to
ask directions on Pine orPeoria , you better be armed.

The minimum acceptable speed on the Broken Arrow Expressway is 85.
Anything less is considered downright sissy.

If
it's 100 degrees, Thanksgiving must be next weekend. If it's 10 degrees
and snowing, it's homecoming at TU. If it's rained 6 inches in the last
hour, and it is spring, it's opening day for the Drillers. If it is fall, the Tulsa State Fair is going on.

All
amusement parks, stadiums, arenas, race tracks, airports, etc., are
conveniently located as far away from EVERYTHING as possible so as to
allow for ample parking on grassy areas.

With these simple rules in mind, you are now ready to drive in Tulsa .
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