Families already crippled by soaring energy and food prices face even more financial agony as motoring chiefs warn the cost of petrol will continue to rocket.
Drivers could today be charged on average £100 to fill up tanks for the first time as fuel hit another record high of 180.73p a litre on Tuesday.
The 2p rise was the biggest daily jump in 17 years. And diesel, already at least £100 a tank, rose by more than a penny to 186.57p a litre.