Emma Spreng, Chapter 1, Question #6

The passage that stuck out to me the most was the one about gas prices going up and how that resulted in more motorcycle accidents." A study in the American Journal of Public Health estimated that every $1 increase in the price of gasoline is associated with an additional 1,500 motorcycle deaths annually". Buying a motorcycle, while gas prices were so high, initially seemed like it would be a great idea, a smaller vehicle would result in you paying less for gas, but because so many were in the road, and probably many were inexperienced at riding a motorcycle the death rate went up.