Gas prices have been increasing steadily for the last couple of weeks as we approach the inaugural weekend of the “driving season”. You don’t have to be an expert to know that the summer driving season brings more than just congested highways. While the cost of gasoline is certainly escalating, we’re far from the record-setting prices of last summer:

But while pump prices have increased nearly 17% over the last 24 days, and are likely to go even higher over the coming weeks, experts don’t foresee anything like the record levels of 2008.

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