The effects of high gas prices

A MapQuest survey of 1,001 Internet users found people have dramatically changed their behavior and lifestyles because of high gas prices. Some of the changes people are making are drastic!

- Due to soaring gas prices, 94% of consumers have made lifestyle changes

- More than 80% of respondents are forfeiting day-to-day activities and changing their spending habits

- Nearly one out of ten consumers are stopping or cutting back on medications

- 19% are giving up heating and air conditioning

- 18% are resorting to paying the minimum balance on credit cards and delaying bill payment

- 66% of consumers say gas prices have caused them to alter vacation plans

- 34% have canceled vacation plans altogether

- 24% of consumers are turning to the Internet to search for cheap gas prices

- More than half of respondents intend to utilize websites to determine the cost difference between driving and flying when planning their next trip

- 78% of those surveyed feel that the Federal government should step in and set limits on gas prices

- 27% of consumers believe oil companies are to blame for continually rising prices

MapQuest worked with the online marketing agency DMS Research, which interviewed 1,001 Internet users age 18 and up between June 5 - 11, on the survey.