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Gas prices hit record; motorists hit ceiling
Drivers pay $3.05 a gallon, change lifestyles
Ron Pratt isn’t dining out this weekend.
It’s not that the 55-year-old Fremont artist can’t find a babysitter or would rather cuddle up with a good book.
His problem: record gas prices. On Friday, filling up his 2002 Chevrolet van cost him $66.54. And, like other Bay Area drivers who are mad as heck about the above-$3-per-gallon cost, Pratt figures it’s time to change his lifestyle.
Gas prices hit a record Friday in San Jose, averaging $3.05 a gallon on the same day that crude oil prices hit a record $75 a barrel, up from $69 a week ago, according to AAA.
And it’s going to get worse, with prices expected to climb through Memorial Day.
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