According to the Transportation Research Institute at the Univ. of Michigan, high gas prices have helped reduced the number of fatalities to their lowest levels since 1961. The study’s author, Michael Sivak, says $3.00-plus per gallon gas has caused a tipping point not only in how much they drive but also where, when and how they drive. Accoring to the AP story, if the pattern continues it could lead to "an unheard of improvement" in motor vehicle fatality statistics. Based on data from three government agencies, Sivak predicts predicts 2008 will drop below 37,000 deaths.
Source: MSNBC.com
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Yeah but did you notice the leap in the divorce rate, or the leap in children with ADHD, or the leap in breast cancer? Sometimes one annual statistic has zero relation to gas price changes people.
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