Those trendy Californians… Recent jumps in gas prices have seemingly driven them [sic] to adopt a new chic habit: letting their cars run out of fuel on the highway. Allstate has announced that the number of Californians running out of gas on the highway jumped 17% in the first 5 months of 2008 compared to the same time period in 2007.
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High Gas Prices: Empty Tanks Are the New Black In California
(via gas2.org)
Submitted by niccha on Wed, 2008-06-25 15:19. | Tags: transportation | AAA | Allstate | American Automobile Association | California | California Highway Patrol | fuel economy | fuel tank | gas prices | high gas prices | Stranded vehicles