Gas prices are hitting a record high, and that news couldn’t come at a worse time. As summer kicks into gear across the country and Americans hit the road for vacation, prices at the pump reached more than $5 per gallon on average in the U.S. for the first time in history, according to GasBuddy. The crowd-sourced gas finder announced in March that the average had surpassed $4 per gallon for the first time since 2008 during the recession.AAA is showing an average of slightly less at $4.97, but it doesn’t seem worth quibbling about three cents when it’s that close. The organization also shows that California leads the country in high fuel costs with an average of $6.40 per gallon, and Georgia is the lowest at $4.41 per gallon.
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