The action begins with Blancheâs arrival at her sister Stellaâs apartment in New Orleans. She is seeking refuge. Using recitative Blanche sings that she was told âto take a streetcar named Desire then transfer to one called Cemeteries for six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields.â The neighbor Eunice shows her into her sisterâs apartment.
This week, we will examine the rest of the code. The tire performance index is displayed after the wheel diameter, and represents the tireâs load and speed ratings. In this case, the 93 load index represents 1,433 pounds, and the speed rating of V represents 149 mph. Letter. Max.
What Are Tire Speed Ratings? Every tire approved for highway use by the Department of Transportation, including those on your vehicle, comes with a particular speed rating. The speed rating is a letter corresponding to the maximum safe speed at which a tire can be driven, as determined by laboratory testing. Tire speed ratings first originated in Europe in the 1960s, as a way to make sure increasingly faster vehicles were equipped with appropriate safe tires. These early speed ratings set the foundation for the current speed rating system used by the DOT and tire manufacturers.