Yesterday prices on the Border remained at about 114.9 cents a litre for unleaded fuel, defying speculation there would be a 14-cent price rise throughout the day.

The RACV had yesterday morning urged motorists to fill their tanks by 9am or cop the predicted price rise.

But RACV spokesman David Cumming said it had not eventuated in the metropolitan or country areas.

“We haven’t seen that rise as yet,” he said yesterday afternoon.

“It was more a community service announcement as the normal pattern is that the prices go up before Easter.

“We hope that it doesn’t eventuate, but past history had shown us that it would go up.”

APCO North Albury station manager Darryl Dawson put the warning down to scare tactics.

“They haven’t gone up today and we don’t expect them to go up tomorrow,” he said.

“If they did go up it would be marginally and certainly not by 15 cents a litre, there is no way.

“They are just scare tactics.”

Mr Cumming said with petrol prices last Easter hitting $1.50 a litre, motorists would certainly be better off.

“There is no doubt that it is more affordable for motorists this Easter,” he said.

“They are 30 cents a litre better off.”

Last year on the Border, supply of petrol was a concern with two major petrol stations running out of fuel.

Motorists at Wodonga’s United petrol station in Melrose Drive and the Shell-Coles Express in Guinea Street, Albury, were left high and dry when they tried to fill their vehicles in preparation for the Easter weekend.

The problem was put down to an unprecedented demand on supplies.

Last Easter proved dramatic in the world of petrol with oil giant Shell exposed for ripping off Victorian drivers by boosting its margins ahead of Easter.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission monitors petrol, diesel and LPG prices and has urged consumers to shop around.