the.com/summer driving
the season when tar goes soft, tempers go short, and the road trip playlist goes on repeat.
means driving during hot months, defined by heat-stressed cars, crowded highways, and the eternal optimism of the family road trip.
from predates the interstate era, but exploded with postwar american car culture and the 1956 highway act, when gas was cheap and the open road became a summer ritual.
tire pressurerises about 1 psi per 10 degrees fahrenheit
blowout seasontire failures spike sharply in july and august
ac dragcan cut fuel economy by up to 25 percent
child heatstrokecars can hit 120 degrees in under an hour