Sunday Drivers

Description of the illustration: text, "Sunday Drivers", old-fashioned automobiles, driving goggles, car wreck, dust from the road,

       A Sunday drive is an automobile trip, primarily in the United States and Australia, typically taken for pleasure or leisure on a Sunday, usually in the afternoon. During the Sunday drive, there is typically no destination and no rush.

       The use of the automobile for the Sunday drive began in the 1920s and 1930s. The idea was that the automobile was not used for commuting or errands, but for pleasure. There would be no rush to reach any particular destination. The practice became increasingly popular throughout the 20th century. Parkways were constructed for recreational driving of this sort.

       The idiom known as "Sunday driver" comes from "an informal a person who drives slowly, timorously, or unskillfully, as if used to driving only on Sundays when the roads are relatively quiet."

 

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