>In this manner, she traveled around Mexico for a month, and she never had a dangerous ride. >the consequences for her would probably have been much worse The

>In this manner, she traveled around Mexico for a month, and she never had a dangerous ride. >the consequences for her would probably have been much worse These are the two linked statements — if she had had a dangerous ride, the consequences could have been worse (abduction in a foreign country etc.) than the consequences of a mugging in your own city.