Catherine Rossi
Catherine Rossi
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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.
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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.
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If we each try to conserve gas, collectively we can reduce the demand for gas.
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August is the heaviest driving month of the year. A lot of it has to do with the number of people taking family vacations.
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All of these factors are being reflected at the pump.
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This is the first time we?re saying something like this because we haven?t seen this kind of increase before. We know there?s no shortage of crude oil right now. Oil inventory data shows there is more oil available now than a year ago.
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It's going to get worse before it gets better.
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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.
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Sometimes it takes a crisis to make people think of their driving habits and vehicles.
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People planned to drive less and expected to change their driving habits. They figure out ways to make vacations happen.
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Every five miles over 60 mph is like adding a dime to the cost of a gallon of gas.
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Transportation costs are imbedded in everything we do.
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We expect our fourth consecutive summer of record-high fuel prices.
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We'd like to know why prices are not declining in line with the national average.