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Allstate Corporation
Texas Drivers Running on Empty
July 4th, 2008
The number of Texans running out of gas on the highway skyrocketed 53 percent in the first five months of 2008 compared to the same time last year, according to the Allstate Motor Club. From January through May of 2008, Texans called the Motor Club for fuel delivery 506 times. Allstate Motor Club set a Texas record in May with 140 out-of-gas calls across the state. "We can't directly correlate this rise in the number of people running out of gas to the rise in prices at the pump, but we know that consumers are trying hard to stretch their dollar and sometimes that means stretching fuel into fumes," said Evelyn Murphy, an Allstate Exclusive Agent in Austin. "Drivers...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-07-04)
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