Petrol prices are predicted to rise above 120 pence a litre.
The AA says a jump in wholesale fuel costs plus a hike in vat and duty is threatening to lift prices to record levels.
The drivers' organisation is calling for an investigation.
It says the cost of wholesale petrol has risen by seventeen per cent since the beginning of the year.
The surge in costs aggravated by the weaker pound has already added four pounds to the price of a tank of petrol.
The AA says despite the UK being barely out of recession the cost of petrol at the pumps is rising to peak levels seen in 2008 during the economic boom.
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