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| Low gasoline prices may seem like a great development, but they bring with them many negatives, such as discouraging commuters from using mass transit and encouraging some drivers to hold onto their gas guzzlers. |
By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR
Today's upbeat Page 1 story on low gasoline prices could have been written by the automobile dealers who advertise so heavily in The Record.
There is nothing here on how cheap fuel encourages more driving and aggravates air pollution and traffic congestion.
There is nothing on how low gas prices discourage drivers from trading in their gas guzzlers for a more fuel-efficient car, as Joseph Christ did (A-1).
Sales of hybrid and emissions-free electric cars fall with falling gasoline prices, and bus and rail commuters may decide to start driving again and fight those colossal traffic jams.
Piecemeal correction
On A-2 today, the editors finally got around to correcting a second error in Thursday's A-12 photo caption.
A drowsy copy editor misreported on which hand Giants rookie Odell Beckham Jr. wore bracelets from a cancer patient and used to make his celebrated touchdown catch.
"It was his right hand," the correction notes, stating what was plainly visible to readers.
