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| Drivers driven to fuel price desperation, says AA | |
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| Some drivers have had to pawn possessions to pay for car fuel, a survey has revealed, as successive price rises have driven them to "fuel price desperation". | Some drivers have had to pawn possessions to pay for car fuel, a survey has revealed, as successive price rises have driven them to "fuel price desperation". |
| Other drivers have become overdrawn, dipped into savings, or borrowed from friends and family to pay for fuel, the AA/Populus survey said. | Other drivers have become overdrawn, dipped into savings, or borrowed from friends and family to pay for fuel, the AA/Populus survey said. |
| Of the AA's 18-24-year-olds members surveyed, 4% had pawned a possession in the past 18 months to keep motoring. | Of the AA's 18-24-year-olds members surveyed, 4% had pawned a possession in the past 18 months to keep motoring. |
| Some resorted to payday loans. | Some resorted to payday loans. |
| 'Driven' into debt | |
| "Fuel price desperation has created a new and sinister twist to the phrase 'driven into debt," said AA president Edmund King. | "Fuel price desperation has created a new and sinister twist to the phrase 'driven into debt," said AA president Edmund King. |
| "Our survey has exposed the heavy impact of fuel price surges and which groups of drivers are particularly vulnerable" and had uncovered "unsettling evidence of fuel market-inspired deprivation", he said. | "Our survey has exposed the heavy impact of fuel price surges and which groups of drivers are particularly vulnerable" and had uncovered "unsettling evidence of fuel market-inspired deprivation", he said. |
| Average UK petrol prices have risen by nearly 3p a litre of 134.6p in June, said the AA. | Average UK petrol prices have risen by nearly 3p a litre of 134.6p in June, said the AA. |
| The average cost of a litre of unleaded petrol is now 137.5p; while diesel is 141.9p per litre. | The average cost of a litre of unleaded petrol is now 137.5p; while diesel is 141.9p per litre. |