Gasoline is a necessary evil; its price could go sky high but we still buy them. Even at gasoline’s highest pump price at $4.50 per gallon, people keep on buying them as there is no alternative to it. The only way to mitigate the high cost of gasoline is to look for savings options. One can minimize driving by taking public transport, trading your gas guzzler for an economical model, or learning how to drive at a speed that is considered most fuel efficient.
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Car insurance is mandatory at whatever age. Insurance companies have classified drivers to their personal circumstances allowing for a gradiated scale of risks per group and their equivalent premium rates. In this scenario, college students fall within the highest bracketed risk group and thus are charged higher for their insurances. This is because historically, college student drivers figure in more mishaps, accidents and pile-ups than any other group. With this data, insurance companies, and even the drivers themselves, causing great monetary, physical and equipment damage. And as a consequence, they are charged for higher premium rates.
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