SOUTHLAND--Gasoline prices seem to have lost their volatility.

For the past 8-months, pump prices across Southern California have not been more than 15-cents-a-gallon above or below the 3-dollar mark for regular gas.

Spokesman Jeff Spring at the Auto Club notes that a 12-cent-a-gallon run-up at the beginning of the year fizzled out.

“It’s hard to say if we’re gonna see a run-up as we typically do in the springtime. Summertime gasoline costs more to produce, so I expect something.”

Spring notes that current prices are the second-highest Southern California drivers ever had at the beginning of the year. 2008 was the most-expensive year ever. (INT)

Story Date: September 2, 2010