I started driving in 1985 and was paying $1.25 for regular, it stayed the same or went down until recently. About 3 years ago I was paying 70 cents on a regular basis.
Wow, it certainly did stay fairly stable for a while after the huge increases of the 1970s. As I recall I only paid about $1.20 in Fla. back in '92. Lowest I ever paid in the U.S.A. was 99 cents in southern Ga. in 1993 (lower taxes!). When I left Nebraska in '96 I was paying around $1.10.
Our high prices in the U.K. are due entirely to the government's greed in putting a 300% tax on fuel. Yep, you read that right -- 300%! It's offset a little by the smaller engines and shorter distances, but it still makes getting around much more expensive than in America.
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