Motor vehicle fatalities are down 9% this year. "Experts" cite the decrease in driving (and speeding) - especially drunk driving- as a major reason. And this is due to the increase in gas prices.
Sounds like some convoluted reasoning, but hey, why not?
WASHINGTON -- The high cost of gas may be hurting your bottom line, but it could also be a life saver.
The authors of a new study said gas prices are causing driving declines that could result in one-third fewer auto deaths annually, with the most dramatic drop likely to be among teenage drivers.
Professors at Harvard Medical School and the University of Alabama at Birmingham said they found that for every 10 percent increase in gas prices, there was a 2.3 percent percent decline in auto deaths.
For drivers ages 15 to 17, the decline was 6 percent, and for ages 18 to 21, it was more than 3 percent.
The study looked at fatalities from 1985 to 2006, when gas prices reached about $2.50 a gallon.
With gas now averaging more than $4 per gallon, the study's author expected to see much greater drop, by about 1,000 deaths a month.
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