The memorial day road trip is certainly back. aaa telling us just look at this number they anticipate more than 37 million americans will be taking to the roadways this memorial day weekend which is just, jim, underneath the 2019 pre-pandemic levels that we saw three years ago. but in terms of what advice aaa has for all of us taking the roads, here s what they told us. definitely inspect that vehicle before you take that long road trip. check your tire tread and inflation, make sure your battery has a good charge. make sure your fluid levels are topped off. during this memorial day weekend aaa anticipates coming to the roadside rescue of 460,000 stranded drivers. jim, we ve got to talk about gas prices. today the national average $3.58. a year ago it was all the way up to $4.60. it hit a record of $5 the national average june of last
The 405, and people heading to santa monica, to the beach, or the san fernando valley in front of us, you can see california highway patrol already out in force, pulling over their first driver of the morning here, along sepulveda boulevard, and also, we spoke with aaa, and they say in short, the memorial day road trip is back, but not quite back to pre-pandemic levels. so this is the story. we looked at the numbers, and in short, we re expecting just over 37 million drivers to hit the road for the memorial day weekend. but before the pandemic, 2019, it was approaching 38 million drivers, so we are not quite back to the before times. but when we were checking in with aaa, talking about the numbers, they gave us some travel tips for people watching us here on cnn this morning, and are about to hit the roads, listen to what they told us. definitely inspect that vehicle before you take that
Memorial day road trip. we re expecting more than 37 million americans to hit the roads. that is just slightly underneath pre-pandemic levels in 2019. if you are going to be one of the people who is setting out on their own great american road trip, we have some tips. definitely inspect that vehicle before you take that long road trip, check your tire tread and inflation, make sure your battery has a good charge, make sure your fluid levels are topped off. aaa anticipates coming to the rescue this weekend of more than 400,000 stranded drivers. reporter: gas prices are still historical high, but they re coming down. the national average this morning is $3.58. last year the average was $4.60. it hit a record of $5 for the