INDIANAPOLIS– Just think —  if you didn’t have to pay gas tax at the pump you would save almost 20 cents a gallon. But on the other hand, you probably wouldn’t have any roads to drive on.

Gasoline tax is rising to 19 cents a gallon, about one-half cent, on April 1 and that’s no joke.

The gasoline tax we pay helps maintain Indiana roads, says the Indiana Department of Transportation.