The Washington Post, July 4th, 2004
According to the AAA, which always seems to know these things in advance, 34.4 million Americans will be on the roads this holiday weekend. That's a 3.3 percent increase over last year's estimate from the auto club, in spite of the highest July 4 gasoline prices in our nation's history. Apparently, there isn't a gasoline price high enough to keep us Americans out of our dearly beloved automobiles. So if we want to cut costs and conserve fuel, we'll simply have to bite the steering wheel and adjust our driving habits. Oh, you've heard all that before? You already know that you'll use less gas i...
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