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Shocking video shows cars illegally pass school buses in Peabody
Shocking new video from a school bus camera shows a car illegally passing the bus and nearly slamming into a student crossing the street in Peabody, Massachusetts. The student jumps out of the way and falls to the ground — just one of 865 illegal school bus passings caught on camera in the city through September and into early last…
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Will this new sign save trucks from Storrow Drive's bridges?
A new sign was hoisted over an entrance to Storrow Drive in Boston on Monday, the latest attempt to prevent trucks from crashing into the low-clearance overpasses on the highway — an occurrence that’s so common it has its own place in local lore.
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New Mass. PSA on ‘Storrowing': ‘Together, we can not hit a bridge with a truck'
Watch the funny new video, set to that well-known Sarah McLachlan song, on how not to have your truck “Storrowed” during the upcoming move-in season from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
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Sumner Tunnel traffic is so bad it has expecting parents making hotel plans
It’s all brake lights and long backups on the roads detouring drivers around the Sumner Tunnel closure. The routes leading to both the Ted Williams Tunnel and the Tobin Bridge into Boston were bumper to bumper once again for Wednesday morning’s commute. One week into the two-month shutdown and drivers in Eastie are getting the hang of it, but...
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Mass. RMV sees big spike in learner's permit applications under new law
Massachusetts has issued more than double the number of learner’s permits in the last 10 days than this time last year, after a law went into effect July 1 allowing undocumented immigrants who live in the state to apply for driver’s licenses.
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Florida stops recognizing some driver's licenses from 3 New England states
Certain classes of driver’s licenses from five states, including three in New England, are no longer valid in Florida under a new immigration law.
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Sumner Tunnel shutdown begins: How Day 1 is going
The highly anticipated — and, for some, much dreaded — two-month closure of Sumner Tunnel began Wednesday, giving commuters their first look at how the rest of the summer’s travel will go. About 39,000 drivers use the tunnel every day, which funnels people from Logan airport and East Boston to the North End and downtown. “If everyone that uses the…
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Volunteers help undocumented Mass. drivers get ‘a tiny piece of freedom'
The law allowing Massachusetts residents to apply for a driver’s license regardless of immigration status went into effect Saturday, and Monday was the first day they could visit the RMV for appointments
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Why Do Americans Drive on the Right Side of the Road?
The reason Americans drive on the right side of the road has a lot to do with horses and dates back to colonial times.
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Residents Prepare For Winter Weather
Freezing rain and heavy winds are moving their way into the state this weekend, and MassDOT is warning drivers to check the forecast before they go out on the road.
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Freezing Rain, Snow May Impact Driving, MassDOT Warns
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued a storm advisory to travelers due to freezing rain and possible snow through the holiday weekend. Our First Alert weather team’s forecast says that the most snow is set to fall over the Cape and southeastern Massachusetts Sunday morning, thanks to a coastal low developing in the Atlantic, but up to two inches...
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Determining If an Elderly Loved One Is Fit to Drive
Here’s what to say if you need a gentle way to tell grandma or grandpa they need to retire their driver’s license.
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Travel Trouble: Storm Snarling Traffic on Roads, Impacting Flights in Mass.
The Friday before Christmas is always a major travel day, but people hitting the roads and heading to the airport were dealing with major issues as a powerful storm was making it tough to get around.
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Snowstorm Prompts New Warning for Drivers in Mass. Thru Saturday
The winter storm barreling toward Massachusetts is going to make roads messy, the Department of Transportation warned Thursday. Drivers should keep a close eye on the weather over the next three days, with up to a foot of snow in the forecast in the west and heavy rain coming for the east, state Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver said. “Several inches…
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Parts of Maine Get Plenty of Snow, Good News for Ski Mountains
Areas of northern Maine were expected to receive as much as nine inches of snow through the day Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service office in Caribou. A winter storm warning for northern Aroostook, Piscataquis and Somerset counties. (See all weather alerts in your area here.) “It’s pretty cold and raw right now,” said Ken Gott, from Chelmsford,...