Trucker shortage may mean driving farther to fill your tank
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More Americans are expected to take road trips during the summer travel season, boosting demand for gasoline and pushing up prices at the pump. Gas is likely to hit around $3 a gallon by the Memorial Day holiday, according to the American Automobile Association.
And while a shortage of truck drivers is delaying deliveries of everything from flowers to fuel, concerns of gas shortages are overblown, AAA says. A spike in demand and a dearth of drivers is delaying some fuel shipments, temporarily leaving a number of pumps running low or empty, AAA spokesperson Jeanette Casselano told CBS MoneyWatch. "The good news is where we've seen it happen, it's definitely not marketwide and pumps are back full in a day or two."More Related News