Motorbike deaths up as gas prices drive people to two-wheels

NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters Life!) - As gas prices rise, more people switch to motorcycles -- and the number of people dying in motorcycle accidents rises, according to a U.S. study.

"If gas prices increase by a dollar, that leads to about 1,500 more people dying a year on motorcycles," Dr. Fernando Wilson of the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth told Reuters Health.

While deaths in car crashes have been falling steadily since the 1990s, ...