All of these factors are being reflected at the pump. |
As we learn more and more about the teenage brain, which tells us that teenagers brains are not fully developed, and that might be part of the reason why they are prone to take more risks and not make good, sound judgement calls, and it may simply be because part of their brains have not fully developed. And there was a study done at Temple University that goes into greater detail on that. |
August is the heaviest driving month of the year. A lot of it has to do with the number of people taking family vacations. |
Being lost doesn't always have to be a bad thing. After all, when Columbus got lost, he discovered America. |
Contrary to popular belief, our research suggests that men are just as likely to stop to ask for directions as women are. |
Crash rates are much higher when teenagers travel together. In 2004, a little more than half of all crash deaths involving 16-year-old drivers occurred when they had teen passengers in the vehicle. |
Every five miles over 60 mph is like adding a dime to the cost of a gallon of gas. |
If we each try to conserve gas, collectively we can reduce the demand for gas. |
It's going to get worse before it gets better. |
Oil companies are responsibly reflecting the public?s outcry at the pump over gas prices. We have not seen this phenomenon before -- prices dropping this rapidly. |
People planned to drive less and expected to change their driving habits. They figure out ways to make vacations happen. |
Sometimes it takes a crisis to make people think of their driving habits and vehicles. |
They aren't going to go down as fast as they went up. |
We are seeing gas prices drop dramatically. Thirty states are below $3, compared to 17 last Monday. |
We expect our fourth consecutive summer of record-high fuel prices. |