Re: High price of gas, ADV-NEWS, Drivers run out of gas to save money.

Drivers run out of gas to save money

Wednesday, April 26, 2006; Posted: 12:10 p.m. EDT (16:10 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Some California drivers are resorting to
desperate measures to beat the surge in gas prices at the pump -- deliberately
running dry on the state's freeways and simply waiting for rescue.

"Every time fuel goes up, we start noticing it. But right now we are noticing it
a lot more," Andy Lujan, owner of California Coach Towing in Orange County, said
Tuesday.

Lujan's 20 trucks roam the busy freeways of Orange and Los Angeles counties as
part of a publicly funded patrol that gives a free gallon of gas to drivers who
have run out of fuel. It also offers other basic assistance to drivers whose
vehicles have broken down.

"You say to some of them 'hey, you've run out of gas' and they say 'yeah, it's
too expensive.' I think the percentage is going to increase," Lujan said.

Gas prices in California, where the car is king, are some of the highest in the
nation at more than $3 a gallon and rising. (Watch why a gas station in the
South got sued for its cheap gas prices -- 1:13)

Moshe Ben Dayan, whose TipTopTow company performs a similar service in Los
Angeles' affluent west side, said some people were taking advantage of the
freeway service patrol.

"There was one guy a while back who was stopping every morning and trying to get
his one free gallon," said Dayan. "I think it is going to be more drastic when
the price of gas is closer to $4 a gallon."



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