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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/motorway-services-ripoff-drivers.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Drivers filling up at motorway services pay on average 77 pounds more per year than those using other stations" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-motorway-services-ripoff-drivers.jpg" alt="Drivers filling up at motorway services pay on average 77 pounds more per year than those using other stations"/></a></p>
<p>Drivers are being ripped off by &#8220;greedy&#8221; motorway service retailers, according to a survey by What Car? magazine.</p>
<p>Motorists pay far more for such items as petrol, food and drink than they would at high street outlets, the survey showed.</p>
<p>What Car? said it found a WH Smith motorway services outlet that was charging consumers a 91% motorway mark-up over its high street outlets on a 750ml bottle of water.</p>
<p>It added that Marks &#038; Spencer also charged &#8220;inflated prices&#8221; in its motorway shops, including a 25% increase on a bottle of water, 16% on a sandwich and 15% on a large sausage roll.</p>
<p>Also, Burger King charged 12% more on the motorway than it did in its high street restaurants.</p>
<p>The survey showed that fuel was also more expensive at motorway services, with drivers having to pay an average motorway levy of 5.2% for unleaded fuel and 3.4% for diesel.</p>
<p>Consumers filling their fuel tank at motorway services will pay on average £77 more per year than they would if they filled up off the motorway.</p>
<p>What Car? editor-in-chief Steve Fowler said: &#8220;It is unforgivable for retailers to take advantage of motorists in such a brazen manner.</p>
<p>&#8220;With fuel prices at an all-time high, the 5.2% average motorway fuel mark-up is hard for consumers to fund, and a 91% mark-up on a bottle of water is utterly unacceptable.</p>
<p>&#8220;We suggest that all motorway users plan their journeys carefully and try to avoid using such greedy retailers as much as possible.&#8221;</p>
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