{"id":22905,"date":"2013-07-03T05:16:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T05:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/?p=22905"},"modified":"2018-08-13T09:56:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T09:56:08","slug":"our-great-american-car-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/blog\/our-great-american-car-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Great American Car Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s car culture draws from a history rooted in the ideals of freedom; the freedom to travel in the direction of our destinies, to break boundaries with every passed mile mark, and to always keep moving forward. In a way, it represents that independent spirit alive in every American, putting our dreams in motion and giving us good reasons to stay innovative in every aspect of our lives.<\/p>\n<p>From Ford\u2019s fledgling days, to building interconnected highways across the country, to regulated traffic laws, to crude oil\u00a0crises, the automobile sits at the center of it all. Take a closer look at some of its history with this fresh infographic and see why the automobile has apple pie beat as a blue-blooded American legend.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22906\" src=\"http:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CarCulture_Infographic-Final51.jpg\" alt=\"CarCulture_Infographic-Final51\" width=\"1250\" height=\"4860\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s car culture draws from a history rooted in the ideals of freedom; the freedom to travel in the direction of our destinies, to break boundaries with every passed mile mark, and to always keep moving forward. In a way, it represents that independent spirit alive in every American, putting our dreams in motion and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":25805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34434,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22905\/revisions\/34434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/25805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}