Gas prices fall, but drivers don’t feel relief

Gas prices have declined for for the past two weeks, but try telling that to commuters around the nation.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Gasoline prices may have fallen over the last 13 days, but the decline has offered little relief to long-distance commuters who still blanch at the pump every time they fill up.

Motorist group AAA says the national unleaded average was $3.926 a gallon on July 29. But for many drivers, a gallon of unleaded still costs more than $4. Gas still exceeds this psychological barrier in Washington, D.C. and 12 states, including California, where unleaded goes for an average of $4.288 a gallon, and New York, where it’s $4.203 a gallon, said AAA.

“Having a long commute kind of comes with the territory and people in California love their cars,” said Dan Leavitt, a long-distance commuter in Murietta. “I look for reasons not to drive. It’s not bad enough to make a drastic change in where I live or my profession, but it’s getting close to that point.”

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