Providence, R.I., March 8, 2021 — Rhode Island’s average gas price is up five cents from last week ($2.64), averaging $2.69 per gallon. Today’s price is 26 cents higher than a month ago ($2.43) and 26 cents higher than March 8, 2020 ($2.43). Rhode Island’s average gas price is 8 cents lower than the national…
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100 Years Young & Generations Yet to Come: AAA’s School Safety Patrol Program Celebrates Centennial
Click here for video: School Safety Patrol Alumni Karen Guilbeault Speaks About Leadership & Public Service AAA is proud to celebrate its School Safety Patrol program’s centennial anniversary. For 100 years, Patrollers around the world have provided school-aged children an extra sense of safety and security when going to and from school. The program…
Gas Prices on the March!
As 2021 enters its third month, gas prices on the statewide and national levels continue to climb. Compared to last week, Connecticut’s average gas price of $2.75 for a gallon of self-serve, regular increased 7 cents, while on the national level, today’s $2.72 price rose 8 cents. Since the beginning of the year,…
AAA: Rhode Island Gas Prices Up Nine Cents
Providence, R.I., March 1, 2021 — Rhode Island’s average gas price is up nine cents from last week ($2.55), averaging $2.64 per gallon. Today’s price is 25 cents higher than a month ago ($2.39) and 18 cents higher than March 1, 2020 ($2.46). Rhode Island’s average gas price is 8 cents lower than the national…
AAA: Massachusetts Gas Prices Up Eight Cents
Westwood, MA, March 1, 2021 — Massachusetts’s average gas price is up eight cents from last week ($2.56), averaging $2.64 per gallon. Today’s price is 25 cents higher than a month ago ($2.39), and 18 cents higher than March 1, 2020 ($2.46). Massachusetts’s average gas price is 8 cents lower than the national average. …
AAA Survey: Drivers Tell Automakers To Focus on Safety More Than Autonomy
Automakers hold the key that will allow more people to embrace self-driving cars: they need to fine-tune existing automated technology so more consumers will buy such vehicles, according to a new AAA Automated Vehicle Survey. More than half of drivers (58%) surveyed said they want automated safety systems like automatic emergency braking and lane-keeping…
AAA: Today’s Vehicle Technology Must Walk So Self-Driving Cars Can Run
Automakers may already hold the key to improving public acceptance of self-driving cars: fine-tuning existing vehicle technology. AAA’s annual automated vehicle survey finds that only 22% of people feel manufacturers should focus on developing self-driving vehicles. The majority of drivers (80%) say they want current vehicle safety systems, like automatic emergency braking and lane keeping…
AAA: Today’s Vehicle Technology Must Walk So Self-Driving Cars Can Run
Automakers may already hold the key to improving public acceptance of self-driving cars: fine-tuning existing vehicle technology. AAA’s annual automated vehicle survey finds that only 22% of people feel manufacturers should focus on developing self-driving vehicles. The majority of drivers (80%) say they want current vehicle safety systems, like automatic emergency braking and lane keeping…
Icy Temps Fuel Spikes at Pump
Since last week, Connecticut’s average gas price for a gallon of self-serve, regular spiked a dime, while on the national level, prices rose 13 cents. These increases are fueled by icy temperatures sweeping the Gulf Coast and the Midwest, says AAA Northeast. Storms have forced shutdowns of refineries in some Gulf Coast and Midwestern…
AAA: Storms, Icy Temperatures Fuel Spikes at the Pump
Westwood, MA, February 22, 2021 — Massachusetts’s average gas price is up nine cents from last week ($2.47), averaging $2.56 per gallon. Today’s price is 20 cents higher than a month ago ($2.36), and 7 cents higher than February 22, 2020 ($2.49). Massachusetts’s average gas price is 7 cents lower than the national average. “When…