Americans are driving less, canceling vacations, and tightening budgets. And it isn't me who is saying this. A survey conducted in March by Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos found that rising gas prices have taken a psychological toll on motorists in the country. With average gas prices at around $4.54 per gallon, up from $3.50 per gallon a year ago, 44 percent of the 2,500 respondents admitted they are driving less, and 34 percent have changed their travel or vacation plans. Around 42 percent said they have reduced household expenses to afford gas. At a time when average new-car transaction prices were already on an upward surge, this has come as a double whammy.

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