AAA Northern New England Newsroom

Gas Prices Continue to Rise in New England

March 21, 2019

Motorists in New England and throughout the country saw gas prices increase for another week as crude oil prices topped the $60 mark and a number of refineries continued planned and unplanned maintenance. At $2.59, the national gas price average is 7...

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Three in Four Americans Remain Afraid of Fully Self-Driving Vehicles

March 19, 2019

A year after several high-profile automated vehicle incidents, American attitudes toward fully self-driving cars have not rebounded. AAA’s annual automated vehicle survey found that 71 percent of people are afraid to ride in fully self-driving vehicles -...

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Think You’re In Your Car More? You’re Right. Americans Spend 70 Billion Hours Behind the Wheel

February 28, 2019

Americans spend an additional 20 minutes driving each week compared to 2014, according to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Over the course of the year, Americans collectively spent 70 billion hours behind the wheel- an eight...