Economic strife has many negative effects, and judging by the amount of unemployed people who are most likely drinking their troubles away, it comes as a slight surprise that highway deaths have plummeted to their lowest level since 1961. Experts are pinning the decrease in catastrophic collisions to a few vital factors, including high gas prices as well as stricter enforcement of drunk driving legislation, increased seat belt use, and the work of advocacy groups championing safer driving practices.
While we certainly buy that explanation, we think the improvement in tire technology has played a large part in decreasing fatalities by ensuring that frightened women drivers are less obvious hazards to responsible male drivers who have yet to arrive home from business trips.
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