TV SCRIPT: =========HEADLINE: Gas Prices Soaring---------------------------------------CAPTION: Gas Prices Going Up, Up, Up----------------------------------------[Location: PEMBROKE PINES, Florida, USA]VOICEOVER:GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL IS GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE, AS GASOLINE PRICES CONTINUE TO SOAR ACROSS THE NATION. PRICES HAVE ALREADY CLIMBED 23 PERCENT SINCE DECEMBER, THE HIGHEST EVER FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. AND ANALYSTS SAY THEY'RE GOING HIGHER STILL [SOT JUAN RIVERA /SENIOR MANAGER, AAA SOUTH FLORIDA]"We're looking at gas prices to probably go up above the four dollar anytime soon, as we continue to see an increase in gas prices. So we'll feel it at the pump, we'll feel it in the pocket."VOICEOVER:ANALYSTS SAY RISING OIL PRICES ARE TO BLAME -- AND WITH TENSIONS MOUNTING WITH IRAN, RECORD PRICES -- AS HIGH AS 4.25 A GALLON -- AREN'T FAR AWAY. AT THE PUMP, MOTORISTS ARE ALREADY FEELING THE PINCH[SOT: KEN FRAZIR /MOTORIST] "Probably drive a little bit less, drive with friends sometimes, a little bit more. You know, things of that nature. But, you know, sometimes it's inevitable, so we're kind of trapped sometimes, I feel" [SOT: Amanda Norona /Motorist]"There's nothing I can change, because I have to go to work, I have to go back home, there's nothing I can change. My car is small. I can't get anything smaller than this." [vo: various of gas station]VOICEOVER:THE PAIN IS LIKELY TO BE MORE INTENSE ON THE WEST AND EAST COASTS, WHERE PRICES TEND TO RISE MORE THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. AND WITH THE SPRING BREAK AND THE SUMMER DRIVING SEASON AHEAD, HITTING THE ROAD FOR VACATION COULD PRICEY TONY WINTON, ASSOCIATED PRESS, MIAMI(****END****)+++++ CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE:There might be additional Wire, Photos and Interactive material to which you are entitled under your OpenWire Contract.AP STORY SLUG: BC-Oil Prices===============Regards,James TurnerAssociated Press Television.
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