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The WBZ I-Team recently caught several Suffolk County Sheriffs Department employees misusing RMV handicapped placards to illegally park in spaces designated for handicapped persons. The I-Team investigation documented able-bodied Sheriff’s Department employees  parking in the spaces used by Spaulding Rehab patients, many of whom are in wheelchairs. The employees were apparently using handicapped parking placards […]

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Immediate Threat Law, the Registry of Motor Vehicles revoked the license of Thomas Larivee, the 19 year old driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal accident that claimed the life of 15 year old Alessandra Castner of Marblehead on August 24th.  The RMV took prompt and decisive action to revoke Larivee’s

The Wisconsin state assembly passed a bill would make DUI penalties in that state more like the Massachusetts Drunk Driving Penalties. The new drunk driving law would make 4th offense DWI a felony and, like Massachusetts, it would require all DUI repeat offenders, and those with a blood alcohol level of .15 or higher, to

A controversial bill that would require Massachusetts drivers age 75 and older to pass an exam, every 5 years, at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, when they renew their Mass. Driver’s Licenses. The bill also gives police officers and physicians immunity from lawsuits when they notify the Mass. RMV about drivers, of any age, who

The Registry of Motor Vehicles announced on Thursday that it will open an express office in Attleboro to replace a full-service branch which was closed as a cost saving measure. The express branch will open in one to two months and it will be located in the old post office building next to the Attleboro

The Massachusetts Registry of Motor vehicles will open a new full service branch on Middlesex Street in Downtown Lowell, in February of 2010. The Registry’s Branch 450 Chelmsford St., which served approximately 400 RMV customers each day, was slated to close due to budget cuts. The Chelmsford Street location costs the Registry $172,596 per year.

Tired of waiting in long lines at the Registry? You can now get Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles wait time information on your iPhone, for free. By using a new iPhone App., you can plan your trip to the Mass. RMV to minimize your time in line. Other apps. allow you to find the nearest

If enacted, Massachusetts House Bill 4027 will allow the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles to establish maximum noise levels for automobiles. This noise level would be tested as part of the annual automobile inspection process. if a vehicle is found to be too noisy, it would be rejected and not receive an inspection sticker. Also,

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will soon rule on the constitutionality of the law which allows district court judges, instead of the Mass. RMV, to decide if a license which was suspended because of a breathalyzer refusal should be reinstated if the defendant is found not guilty. Dennis Bauer, who was found not guilty of