Motoristsmotorists/ˈməʊtərɪsts/L2驾车者，机动车驾驶员people who drive cars or other vehicles on the road in the UK are seeing cheaper fuel prices after the US and Iran agreed to end their war. The conflictconflict/ˈkɒnflɪkt/L2冲突，战争a serious disagreement or fight, such as a war began on 28 February and caused fuel costs to jump. However, prices have dropped recently. The AA motoring group said, 'the timing is perfect for the start of the summer holidays.'
Crude oil is a key ingredient in petrol and diesel. Higher wholesale costs make filling up a car more expensive. For example, every $10 increase in oil price pushes up pump prices by roughly 7p a litre. Since the war began, the price of Brent crude was very volatilevolatile/ˈvɒlətaɪl/L2不稳定的，易变的likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, especially in a bad way, and it peakedpeaked/piːkt/L2达到最高点reached the highest point or level above $120 a barrel. After the deal, it fell to around $76 a barrel and later droppeddropped/drɒpt/L2下降，下跌fell to a lower level or amount below $72.48.
In the UK, petrol reached a war peak of 159.53p a litre on 28 May. Diesel's highest price was 191.54p on 15 April. Since then, prices have fallen. On 26 June, petrol averaged 151.98p and diesel 168.64p. Filling a 55-litre family car costs £83.59 for petrol and £92.75 for diesel.
