79.25%	No
6.41%	Yes

Comment: I will drive more now that gas is cheaper. from Portland by Mike

Comment: i will not do anything different than before.we all know that this is price gouging against the consumers.just a yo!yo!game that all the gas stations play.has been since the beginning. from augusta,maine by sandy

Comment: IT'S A PLOY TO GET VOTES BY REPUBLICANS; AFTER THE 4TH, GAS PRICES WILL SKY ROCKET AGAIN from Greene, ME by Wilhelm Scream

Comment: I'm going to keep driving my Honda which gets 40 m.p.g. and donate the savings to Barack Obama's campaign. No surprise gas is going down before the election with McCain on the ropes. Next Republican play is to increase the terror threat. from Oxford, ME by Wendell

Comment: No, we still need to be careful in this economy. Anything that I can cut back on I will. Even though it is below 3.00 it is still higher than I like to pay. by Patty

Comment: It's great, but it doesn't help much. Everything else is priced so high, the little bit you save on gas prices is eaten up at the grocery store. There's just no way to get ahead. from Limington by Cat

Comment: No, we must stand strong and continue to so the oil companies we can do well without depending on their oil products. Watch out after the Election, it will go back up. from Appleton, Maine by EG

Comment: no we changed that is in part what is bringing down the price from Naples by Tim

Comment: No conservation is a good thing. If the demand goes back up, so will the price from Auburn by Darryn

Comment: No. My family budget has always been the same- survival. We haven't driven excessively, for the heck of it, since the teen years. Driving today is fast and dangerous, in Any-Town USA. If I do not HAVE to go, I do not. Combining trips is a no-brainer. from OOB by Kathy

Comment: no will still drive less .if we drive more the price will go back up from lewiston maine by dan

Comment: No, I still believe it's necessary to conserve to help keep in down & protect the environment. We'll need the savings to pay for everything else that's going up! from Brunswick, ME by Nancy

Comment: No. gas prices could still start go up. still need to play it safe from Brunswick/ Maine by Jay

Comment: Not at all. Gas prices may be better but the economy is not. We're all hurting. from Phillips, Maine by Sharon

Comment: Going to keep gas consumption as low as possible. Don't believe this lower price will last. from Bowdoinham, Maine by Sandra

Comment: Absolutely Not!!!People shouldn't be lax about using their fuel judiciously. Continue to use fuel-saving tactics and you and our planet will benefit. from Saco/Maine by Diane

Comment: No my family will not change their driving habits..... from Yarmouth by Denise

Comment: opec announced that they are holding talks to cut back production to raise oil prices,now is not the time to drive more,now is the the time to drive less to send them a message. from roxbury by dan

Comment: no it will make my drive easier from benton to portland every day, gas is 2.59 from benton / me by george

Comment: No. I was always conservative anyway and refuse to own one of those gas hog land barges. My car gets close to 40 MPG. from Portland by Rob

Comment: No, keep conserving and the price will keep going down. from Topsham, ME by WB

Comment: No, food, oil and many other things are still high. Until things even out, I will still watch my driving habits. from Casco, Me by Jo

Comment: I continue to cut as much road time as I can. I am not only restricting my driving because of the cost, financially but also the cost to the environment. Lower CO2 emmisions = Cleaner air from Westbrook by Peter

Comment: I won't be changing my driving habits but I might be able to change my eating habits. from auburn by heather

Comment: Absolutely NOT! I plan on driving even LESS! It could go up again just as fast as it came down -- and I'm going to ready! from Portland by Nancy

Comment: When prices were getting close to $4.00 I started buying a monthly METRO pass. The price of the pass is $37.50, which was less than half a tank of gas. My commute is now my "personal time" for reading! from Portland, ME by Dan

Comment: No. I am very happy with the amount of driving I have been able to cut back on. As a bonus I have reconnected with my love of walking, and Portland is such a manageable city for pedestrians that I hope NEVER to use my car as much as I did back when gas was under two dollars a gallon. from Portland, ME by Alex

Comment: maybe... I had a couple photographing trips I've had to put off, and they aren't dependent on the seasons. I may start them up again... when my schedule clears up! from Standish by Stephanie

Comment: Absolutely not. Chances are the gas prices are going to go back up in the near future so I am planning to put the extra money away to prepare for the prices we could get this winter. from Biddeford by Jeff

Comment: no I am. not. It took the high price of gas to realize we should of been driving less. I still will be planning to shop and do what I have to do on one day a week. by Diane

Comment: I am always changing my driving habits to better save the miles that I drive. Saving money and the environment is the only thing I have control over. from Turner, Maine by Kelly

Comment: no from naples by kev

Comment: No, as I didn't when prices went up. I'll just have some extra $$$ now. from Scarborough by Charlene

Comment: No not really. We are still being over charged for gas. With Crude Oil selling around $70 a barrel gas should be lower. It's a joke that $2.89 a gallon gas is considered "cheap" from Buxton by Shawn

Comment: not really, i think we all need to start getting back to the basics in life again. and this has been a huge eye opener for a lot of us, and i know personally i have proven to myself i can do it and i am going to work on continuing to do so. brenda-saco from saco, maine by brenda

Comment: No, It's the law of supply and demand. If we increase our consumption of Gas then our reserves will fall and prices will climb again. from Alfred, Me. by David

Comment: not for using more gas. The rest of the economy such as food prices,building materials, and clothing is too high priced for the recession we are passing. from Phippsburg, ME by Kat

Comment: Sure the Gas prices are a nice change but sure is made up in the Grocery Stores. My god can't even stay in budget and get a good bunch of groceries. from North Waterboro by Crystal

Comment: Still can't afford it because all other prices have gone up and hasn't gone down. from Lisbon Falls by Brian

Comment: Gas may be getting cheeper, but but everything else is still so high that I still need those funds to buy things like Food... from Kennebunk

Comment: I'm not going to get my hopes up...Winter is coming and so won't the high prices of heating oil. from Turner,ME by Cheryl

Comment: No not at all i'm still gonna take random trips in my SUV with friends and drive fast like i did when gas was almost $4 a gallon GO MCCAIN PALIN 08!!!!!! from South China,ME by Peter

Comment: I have already started taking trips by car that would have been financially irresponsible a few weeks ago. from Bridgton, ME by Art

Comment: cost are so high we all need to pinch pennies taxes are high cost are high so prices on everything from food to diapers are high and with obama raising them on businesses cost will only go up even higher. by j

Comment: No the lower gas prices will not effect if I drive more or less, it will make it easier on the wallet though, now if oil prices could come down as well, then we could pump more money into the economy. from gorham nh by steve

Comment: Again, listen to people on here blaming the politicians. Can you take some responsibility and influence change in your way? from Brunswick by Joe

Comment: I don't plan on changing-- I always have tried to do all errands in one trip, and very seldom go out unless I have to. by Wilma

Comment: No I won't be changing my conservative habits. Folks rave that gas is way down to below $3.00 a gallon. No one seems to realize that with the drastic drop in crude values, gas should be $2.00 a gallon. We are still being gouged..... from Harrison by Kip

Comment: Most of us do not realize that collectively we can control prices by continuing our reduction of usage. Mass transportation needs to be expanded. from South Portland, ME by Phil

Comment: I still have to go to work, get my kids to soccer and football practice, grocery shopping,run all my other errands, if anything, I wish I could reduce my drving. from Gorham by Al

Comment: I think people won't trust the oil prices to stay down this time. The changes people have made in driving habits are here to stay. from Raymond by Duane

Comment: I didn't before and I wont now! If I could afford a hybrid I would look into one, but I still drive the same distances at the same speeds and still try to maximize my MPG. from Damariscotta by Will

Comment: Still conserving. Its just down because of the elections. Once McCain loses, they will skyrocket. from PORTLAND by Cole

Comment: Keep my habits the same to save on fuel no matter how low it goes. from Cumberland/ME by Alan

Comment: No, if gas prices nearly touched 4.00 per gallon and a barrel of oil is less than half it's all time hi, why have gas prices gone back down half at the pumps much closer to 2.00 per gallon? from Yarmouth Me. by Tim

Comment: $3/gallon is still a horrible price, if they day traders werent so greedy, the price would be down where it ought to be. i will not change my driving habits, in hopes of saving money when they get the prices up to $5/gallon (like we know they will) from South Paris by Toni

Comment: I am not planning on changing my driving habits anytime soon. Just because gas is down, does not mean other expenses of mine have gone down - not a time to splurge on gas and long drives; that money saved at the pump can go towards another bill or oil. With these poor economic times, it is a time to save and only spend on the basics needed. from New Gloucester by Melissa

Comment: Why are car companines so slow in developing an automobile that does not rely on gasoline. Imagine if other industries were as slow. You may still have black and white T.V. There would be medicines still not developed. I would not be able to participate in a Web poll. Think how the world would be if other industries were as slow in developing new and better technologies. I can imagine that the car manufactures still use 8" floppy disks for their 286 computers. from Portland by Harry

Comment: Someone in the media must think that the price of gas drives the economy. If you can't afford to shop or go out to dinner, why make the drive? from SP, ME by S

Comment: I was struggling when the gas prices first got this "high." My income still has not increased...so, No, I will not change my driving habits. Ask me again when it's below $2.00/gallon. from Windham by Velma

Comment: no way....we CAN control the way those oil people treat us.we MUST...the politicians won't!! from bowdoin by harvey

Comment: The economy is still in a huge mess and will continue to be until a new president is named "OBAMA" from Richmond, ME by Robin

Comment: Gas prices may have fallen, but we know it wont be for long. What money you save in gas money you spend at the grocery store. There is no relief in sight for struggling families, its terrible. from Standish, Maine by Michelle

Comment: Just because they have fallen does not mean that they will stay like that so therefor i would not get to trustful about it yet. from Biddeford by Sarah

Comment: Everything else has gone up, so I still need to conserve !! from Auburn by Debbie

Comment: No way. It's just a matter of time before they find some other excuse to jack the prices up even higher. from S. Berwick by Cathy

Comment: The Price Of Everything Else has Gone Up! from Portland/Maine by John

Comment: The first electric car I can get my hands on for $20,000 or less, I'm buying and I've never bought a new car in my life. But I won't be holding my breath. I'm sure we'll remain dependent on oil. from Farmingdale by Dean

Comment: I try to be as efficient as I can...always have, always will. from Falmouth, ME by Eric

Comment: i cannot change my driving habits because i do not drive. if i can not get there by foot then i usually do not go from portland,maine by j

Comment: I am still going to do everything in one trip! by Laurie

Comment: weto continue to make it known that it is still unacceptable from Auburn by ron

Comment: Any price higher than $2.00 a gallon is still too high and if we are led to believe this is relief, then everyone will go back to their old habits and the price will rise again. I will continue to car-pool and cut my weekend driving excursions as long as I continue to struggle to fill my gas tank, which started around $2.00 a gallon. from Saco by Heidi

Comment: I conserve gas anyway. I still like to go on a sceenic route throughout the seasons. I have missed a few drives this year. from Rumford, Maine by Amy

Comment: I use to drive all the time. Now that gas prices have gone down, will they stay down??? from Gorham by Beth

Comment: Save save save while you can. It wont stay this way for long. from Auburn by Neal

Comment: No not really from Portland,me by Michael

Comment: I will continue to conserve. With the country facing a financial crisis, we never know when the price of gas and fuel oil will start to increase rapidly once again. Manitaining conncervative habits is easier to maintain than to adapt to again. from Portland, Me by Robert

Comment: The price of gas seems just like a bad joke the government is playing on American's. I am and will be more conservative about my driving habits not only because of the gas prices, but also to try and do what I can to lower my fuel emissions. from Standish, ME by J.

Comment: I will continue to drive at slower speed and get better gas mileage, after all slower is better for the overall vehicle. I may do a bit more on the weekends but nothing excessive. from Arundel by P.

Comment: The price of everything is so high right now. I will continue to drive only when necessary. We have to cut back somewhere. Wages are not keeping up with inflation. The price of food, utilities, and healthcare always seem to be rising. It is getting impossible to make ends meet. from Waterville by Heidi

Comment: NO THIS WILL NOT CHANGE MY DRIVING HABITS WE WILL CONTINUE NOT TO LIFE ABOVE OUR MEANS JUST BECAUSE THE GAS PRICES ARE GETTING LOWER OTHER THINGS ARE STILL COSTLY LIKE FOOD, WOOD HEAT ETC.... from bridgton by cathie

Comment: Wait until after the election they will increase them again from Fairfield Me by Scott

Comment: Even though gas prices are still going down, I still have to pay for it, so riding my bicycle is my preferred method of transportation (at least right now while the weather is still nice). from Portland by Tom

Comment: No I will continue to drive less. from Litchfield, Maine by Deborah

Comment: I am very happy the price is going down but I travel alot with my job and because it's going down I'm affected in other parts of life.Oil and food etc.I'm trying to catch up from prior months when it was high priced. from Dresden

Comment: Because of my work, I cannot change my driving habits. Because of the lower gas prices, now I will not have to worry as much about the distances I have to travel. This is quite a relief. from Westbrook,Me. by Joseph

Comment: drive less now that gas is back down people will use more and the price will go back up again from lewiston by scott

Comment: I will indead take advantage of the fall leaves in their glory,pumpkin getting-Mums,next year gas prices might be sky high again,get going while you can. from maine by Rita

Comment: We're still trying to catch up from the higher prices . . . from Bowdoin by Sherrie and Bill

Comment: I have been unemployed since May (imagine that!) and had to change my driving habits when the prices rose and now that they have dropped (temporarily) nothing will change. Winter is coming, who knows what will happen, I'm sure the will rise again. from Norway, Maine by Daphne

Comment: We live in a rural area. I have to get to work, shop, and see friends and family. Hard to do without driving. from Farmington/ME by Thomas

Comment: No, I have always been conservative with my fuel and will still be even though gas is cheaper now. from Winthrop Maine by Jean

Comment: I have made changes as a result of the higher gas prices and have learned to be content with those choices. from Lewiston by Scott

Comment: I may go more places but I drive slower and try to stick to closer places. from Durham, Me. by Tammi

Comment: I won't change my driving habits...its only temporary till after the election anyway! from Old Orchard Beach, ME by Barbara

Comment: If we all go back to driving they way we did the gas price will go back up !!!!!!!!!!!!The more we use the higher we will pay !think about it . from Oxford , ME . by Lindsay

Comment: Why is gas trading at $1,57 on the stock exchange,yet the price around portland is still in the $2,70s.It seems to me that we are still being gouged!Could news 13 do a story on this? Thanks . from Portland,Maine.04103 by John

Comment: No I will still try not to travel as much still have to think of the environment. That will just make gas prices go back up. And from what I hear the oil company's might start giving us less gas. from Biddeford by Muriel

Comment: not really, because i dont travel much as it is so it wont make a difference in my driving habits. but it is nice to see them fall from greene/maine by kaci

Comment: They are still too high. Our conservation habits are here to stay.

Comment: my opinion is that after the elections the prices will go back up. from Sidney, Me. by Doug

Comment: I am on a "fixed" income and want to stay warm this winter; this means less driving. from Sanford, Maine by Ruth M

Comment: Nope, I learned thru the high prices that I was not being financially responsible. Learned to consolidate all of my errands into one trip and have finally recongnized that I work too hard to give my money to the oil billionaires that are raping the American public. No, I wont change my driving habits. I'm going to keep putting money away. The recent high gas prices are only one crisis our country is facing. There are more to come and I hope that others are taking this time to prepare. by Conservative

Comment: because if everyone decided to drive more it probably would make the gas prices higher again. from gorham by kim

Comment: i'm sure they will go back up from hiram me by kenneth