Tire safety in focus as summer heat hits

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Tire safety in focus as summer heat hits

PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ)  - With temperatures soaring in the Coachella Valley, tire safety is back in focus — especially along the I-10 freeway, where tire debris often litters the roadside this time of year. Joshua McCartney, manager at America’s Tire Company in Palm Desert, said tire failures are all too common in the summer heat. “The heat and tires are not great friends,” McCartney said. “The more you stay on top of the rotations, the long…