Wally Smith, Vice President, AAA Western and Central New York.  “Gas prices are top-of-mind, and as signatures keep coming in, we know that relief from state sales tax would be welcomed by motorists,” concluded Smith.

            Gas prices across New York State are already breaking the $3 a gallon barrier, and experts predict that summer prices could outpace last year's local record of $3.33 a gallon, reached last September, by mid-summer. Earlier this week, gas prices peaked at $2.87 a gallon in Rochester, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report, slightly less than the statewide average of $2.93.  Today, in some areas of Monroe County, we have begun to see prices exceeding $3 per gallon.

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AAA offers the following tips for motorists: