Due to increasing fuel costs, almost a quarter of motorists are putting a limit on what they spend when it comes to filling up their cars.
In Northern Ireland and North West England and Wales women are the ones drawing a line on what they spend more than men. 44 per cent of middle class pensioners and unemployed drivers that were surveyed have admitted to limiting their spending. This is followed by 21 per cent from the upper classes.
In this survey 23 per cent have raised their budget, 13 per cent have cut back on spending and 29 per cent are just simply using their cars less.
These figures are understandable when taking into consideration that £30 of fuel in 2008 would buy you 25.1 litres. Just a year ago the same amount of money would get you 25.9 litres in comparison to now where £30 will buy you just 22.3 litres of fuel, a deficit of 3.6 litres in just 12 months.
When a standard new car purchased does only 9.6 miles per litre, we are having to cut our journeys by 34.6 miles to keep our spend the same. When your journeys to work and the shops tend not to change this becomes a difficult enterprise. When combined with excessive public transport costs, it does not leave many people with much choice other than to foot the bill of these ever climbing prices.
The largest worry is that due to the increasing prices, more and more drivers are risking their own lives and the lives of other drivers by braking down in unexpected places after running their vehicles on fumes.