Gas prices continue to rise and although we have no control over how high they get, we can reduce the amount of gas we use.

The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in New York State and Pennsylvania is $2.44, up more than 50 cents since the big drop last year.

Here are a few bad habits many of us have that costs us precious gas money on this edition of Doug's Morning Shorts, see video below.

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