TIPS FOR HOW TO HELP
How you can help reduce air pollution
•Gas up your vehicle in the evening, because ozone needs sunlight in order to form. If gassing up is necessary, avoid topping off the tank.
•Avoid mowing the lawn with older, two-cycle gasoline-powered mowers. Run for one hour, they can emit as many pollutants as a car driven from Oklahoma City to Houston.
•Avoid unnecessary driving; combine trips into one outing.
•Carpool. Every rider carpooling equals one less car on the road.
•Drive the speed limit on highways. Motor vehicles emit fewer pollutants when driven at a consistent speed at or below 65 mph.
Source: Association of Central Oklahoma Governments Clean Air Committee