BY GEORGE KRIMSKY REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
Question: Why do we need an official sign telling us when we are driving along a "scenic" byway?
Perhaps you have seen those distinctive blue signs on some rural state roads announcing: "Scenic Road next 3.6 mi." Why do we need to be told this? Can't we judge that for ourselves?
And why such a specific distance? What happens at 3.7 miles -- instant wasteland? Is it the road itself that is regarded as scenic or its surroundings? And does the absence of such a sign mean other stretches of road in the Connecticut countryside are not as scenic? Of course not.
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