DRIVING WILL BE JUST FOR THE RICH

As the crisis in the Middle East continued, analysts predicted the cost of crude oil could double, leaving drivers having to fork out more than £100 to fill up the average family car.

The RAC warned that prices at the pumps were already “unacceptable” and predicted more and more people will be forced to stop using their cars.

Adrian Tink, RAC motoring strategist, said: “It is clear that we are getting to the stage where drivers are going to be priced out of their cars. Before we know it the car will become the preserve of the rich.”

With fears that the unrest in Libya may soon spread to Saudi Arabia and Algeria, the cost of oil shot up again yesterday to $119 a barrel, its highest level for two-and-a-half years.

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