Northbound traffic starts to get heavy on the Maine Turnpike, ahead of Memorial Day weekend, in this May 23, 2024, file photo, in Saco. Credit: Robert F. Bukaty / AP

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I was happy to read a letter in the Bangor Daily News opinion section about the intolerable traffic noise being endured by another woman in this state.

From what I can gather concerning the Maine driver’s handbook, it is not a right but a privilege to drive on Maine highways, including town roads.

I can name at least four traffic laws that are broken every single day on this road where I live.

Does the ordinary everyday citizen have no recourse to address this torment?

Our U.S. Constitution states that we have the right to reside on our premises in peace. Well, I am a working woman of 76. I have lived here most of my life. I have yet to witness this issue being properly addressed.

Pam Spencer

Sedgwick

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