The passenger departments still had faith against the automobile then so it possible that they could have just gotten to placing a shiny new fleet on Long Island before these 2 accidents. The explanation for the telescoping risk still being there in 1950 could then be a combination of weak technology, restrictive politics and large outside events. More @Wikipedia
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