The highly-travelled Route 1 is undergoing renovation – therefore the only other viable route between Rockland and Thomaston is via Old County Road. Rush hours are heavily monitored. Men driving trucks are rarely stopped – women in cars and the ‘caboose’ driver in a line of traffic are the preferred easy targets. This street has a speed limit of 35 – most roads that are comparable to Old County Road have speed limits around 40-45 – and some even at 50. First timers on the road are often ticketed instead of warned. (Inside source said that speeding ticket revenue has Doubled since traffic was diverted to this road.)

1/2008