Holiday Travel Unfazed By Gas Cost
This weekend is predicted to provide still more evidence that while people may complain loudly about high gas prices, they're not likely to actually change their actions as a result.
If the high gas prices keep some from traveling this Fourth of July holiday, the good weather and long weekend will lure others out, enough that Puget Sound-area travelers can expect record numbers of people on the roads along with the high temperatures.Okay I don't know what that mumbo-jumbo is all about that allegedly the Iraq war makes people "nervous about traveling," but I certainly wouldn't be surprised to see the prediction of "record numbers of travelers" come true. When it comes to gas prices, 99% of people are all bark and no bite. It's as if they think they deserve cheap gasoline or something. Okay, I'm done ranting for now.
Record numbers of travelers are expected nationwide this holiday weekend, according to the Washington AAA, as people regain confidence about traveling in a post-9/11 environment.
"It was a trend that we saw for a long time prewar, but with 9/11 and the (Iraq) war people got a bit nervous about traveling," AAA spokeswoman Jennifer Harbison said. "We've seen the confidence build gradually and now we're seeing the confidence level as (high as) it was before the war. The gas prices are certainly not keeping people home."
(P-I Staff, Seattle P-I, 06.30.2006)
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Of course, if you spend an extra $10 on gas, that's $10 you don't have for something else. So people might not drive less, but something's going to give somewhere.
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