Higher Gas Prices, Lower Death Rate!!!
From Yahoo news:
AP IMPACT: Traffic deaths fall as gas prices climb.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago.
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