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Driving costs lower for North Carolinians in 2013

PRE News & Ideas | By George Olsen
Published May 1, 2013 at 5:18 PM EDT

AAA Carolinas reports it will cost North Carolinians less to drive this year than last. George Olsen has more.

A press release from AAA Carolinas says falling gas prices, lower insurance costs and improved fuel economy mean the average state motorist will pay significantly less this year to operate their vehicle than in 2012. It marks the first time in four years that has occurred. AAA says the owner of an average sedan will pay $9632 this year to drive… based on current prices… compared to $10,558 in 2012. Lower gas costs are among the reasons, with gas currently averaging $3.42 versus an average of $3.77 at the same time last year. AAA Carolinas bases their projection of yearly costs on 15,000 miles driven a year. I’m George Olsen.
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George Olsen
George Olsen is a 1977 Havelock High School graduate. He received his B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from the University of South Carolina in 1982 where he got his first taste of non-commercial radio working for their student station WUSC. After graduation he worked about five years in commercial radio before coming to work at Public Radio East where he has remained since outside of a nearly 3-year stint as jazz and operations coordinator at WUAL in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the early 1990s. On his return to eastern North Carolina he hosted classical music for Public Radio East before moving into the Morning Edition host position and now can be heard on All Things Considered. He also hosts and produces The Sound, five hours of Americana, Roots Rock and Contemporary Folk weekday evenings on PRE Public Radio East News & Ideas, and is a news and feature producer for Public Radio East.
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