First of all, welcome to GreenHybrid.

That is an excellent question - at what point will gas prices induce people to change their driving habits?

The only thing that seems certain is that price threshold will vary from driver to driver. It will have to go higher for the affulent driver. When Hurrican Katrina was a very fresh memory, it was noted that considerably more people used credit cards to pay for gas (there is a thread on that here....) Bicycle sales were the highest in about twenty years. I personally knew of one person getting a motorcycle.

Some people could tolerate well over $5 a gallon gas because they have deep pockets or at least willing to charge up the bill. Here and articles I've seen suggest that sudden gas hikes or a sustained increase will be more likely to change driving habits.

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