AAA Study Finds that Americans Might be Numbing to the Prices at the Gas Pump

When it comes to filling-up at the pump, Americans appear to be changing their perception of what they consider “too expensive.”

According to AAA’s 2019 National Gas Price Survey, 50 percent of consumers think paying $3 per gallon is too high – an increase of 30 cents from last year, when half of consumers reported $2.70 as “too expensive.”

2019’s price point is also 50 cents more than in 2016, when half of consumers thought $2.50 was too much to pay for a gallon of gas at the pump.

The price at which 50 percent of consumers consider gas price to be too high (2016 – 2019), per AAA’s surveys: I...