Gas prices are very high, but this can't be just a bad thing. During the first 5 months of the year the death rate has dropped 9 percent.
The cost of gas is making more people stay home and only drive when necessary.
This may be bad for the economy, but good because less people are driving and less people are dying on the road.

You can watch this video on CNN

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/24/dougherty.us.high.gas.low...

June 19th was national Dump the Pump day. The community is encouraging its citizens to not drive their vehicles and instead to take public transportation. The price of gas continues to rise and there seems to be no stop to the increase. The Orange County Transportation Authority, also known as OCTA, has offered a week of free 1 day passes to anyone who prints out a coupon on their website. This is a great way to encourage people to not use so much gas and save on natural resources.