Massachusetts Junior Operators Face New Stricter Driving Laws

Terrance on Sat, 5th May 2007 3:28 pm 



Keep the kids off the road. They’re the one’s that kill good people like me.

Joe on Mon, 21st May 2007 8:57 am 



The inclusion of speeding in this law is complete and utter bullshit. Even the law’s authors know it. If you look at the text, every paragraph that pertains to speeding has the following - “Drag racing and speeding”. Like the two things are the same.

A kid who’s otherwise a good driver, keeps up with traffic on the interstate, but gets pulled over by a Trooper needing to fill his quota. Bad enough this used to cost them a minimum of $100. Now it’s closer to $1000 PLUS a 90 day suspension. How is this going to teach kids anything but contempt for the justice system?

Meanwhile, the idiots down on Beacon Hill pile up reckless driving and OUI offenses (see the recent Herald article) without consequence. I think they were at least 1/2 in the bag when they wrote this law.

Ashley on Thu, 24th May 2007 9:33 pm 



I just head about this today. And I’m still thinking about the idea. I say it wont hurt to give it a shot. Teenage drivers do have bad luck and make mistakes. I believe its true that I’d think twice before speeding with all that kinda shit to go thru. But I think it should go for everyone. I’m 21 and I’ve had my share of bad luck with cars. But now I’ve been driving for 5 years. I’m on the road all the time. And 7 times outta 10, when I see someone speeding or doing something stupid, its an older adult. And I know they should be driving better and setting an example. And it is true, as a teenager the cops tend to pick on you. But I think if a lot more teens acted better then the cops wouldn’t be such ball busters.
All in all, I say try it out and see if it makes a diffrence. Maybe teens will learn and we wont see horror stories on tv.

“I’m Just Waiting On The World To Change”

lori on Mon, 4th Jun 2007 6:29 pm 



I want to know how to fight this new law. I am a voter in Mass. and this is a law I was not allowed to vote on. My daughter is one of those junior drivers who was bagged for speeding on the highway trying to get into the slower lane with a tailgater on her ass. The tropper got her but did he get the tailgater or the person in the slow lane driving to fast for her to pass. NO! and now with one mistake she had to paid a ticket and lose her license for 90 days not to mention the reinstatement fees the road rage course (ridiculas) take the driving test again and all the ser charges that go with it. I what to repeal this law. I want this law to say exactly what it is…the state needs money so lets get it from the kids and their parents. stupid law .. stupid law makers.

Ken Savage on Mon, 4th Jun 2007 7:39 pm 



But what’s wrong with logging 12 hours of driving time that is supervised by a driving instructor instead of 6?

And if you are a Junior Operator who gets pulled over for speeding you will now have a different punishment than just a citation. Sounds ok to me. You want road respect kiddies? You gotta earn it.

Mike Rags on Mon, 11th Jun 2007 8:07 pm 



I just got pulled over for speeding in a town i have never been in…i was lost…i will lose my license for 90 days…250 for drivers ed again….300 for the road rage course…plus 250 for the ticket and insurace fees! im all done…and i dont know what to say

mark on Sun, 17th Jun 2007 5:52 pm 



i got pulled over 2 days ago tryin 2 catch up to someone that was supposto be following me. i turn 18 on july 1st so if they take my license away after i pay the fine on july 2nd im gonna be so rippin. 1st time and ive had my license for a year. bull shit law

Jordan on Mon, 18th Jun 2007 11:05 am 



I got pulled over April 1st (yes, the day after the laws went into affect) for speeding. The officer gave me the minimum fine, said I should know better because I lived close, and gave me my ticket. He said I had the right to appeal the ticket, or pay it within 20 days. Knowing I was speeding, and after talking about it with my parents, I paid the ticket. I learned my lesson because I hate taking money out of my account, especially for my own stupidity. This was my first offense, and I’d been driving for a year and three months.
Two weeks after I paid for my ticket, I got a letter saying my license was being taken away for 90 days, I’d have to pay a $500 reinstatement fee, take the SCARR program and a driver attitudinal retraining program, and retake my road and written test. My parent’s received the same letter (so i wouldn’t be able to lie to them about it? or not tell them about it? way to trust people, Mass) My dad was furious and my mum didn’t believe it. After going for a hearing, which apparently does nothing unless you appealed the ticket and won, we applied for an appeal (which cost $50) and I finally received the court date: June 29th, not only the day before I turn 18, but nearly 2 months after my suspension started. I’m in the process of writing to my state representative AND senator, and I urge everyone else who either don’t approve of this law, or were victimized by it.
In our wonderful country of democracy and by the people for the people, I can only start wondering where the ballots were when this bill was passed. The Registrar, Anne Collins, when asked about these new penalties, said “the law’s the law,” and that “speeding tickets for Junior Operators have been cut in half from last year, thanks to the new law.” How is it that it takes years to process statistics and curves and such, but suddenly that information is so easily obtained? And my favorite is when she said “people wouldn’t be complaining if their child was dead.” Thanks for that one.

And remember, driving is a privilege, not a right!

Ed DeGagne on Wed, 4th Jul 2007 6:42 am 



This is a step in the right direction. All too many times, jr. operators get speeding tickets with no consequence, other than their parents insurance premiums going up and a ticket.

This is a step in the right direction and is long overdue. I am just surprised that the nutless sacks up on beacon hill actually had the testicular fortitude to put this new law into effect.

Ed DeGagne on Wed, 4th Jul 2007 6:47 am 



BTW, you “kids” complaining about this? Your jr. license is a probationary license to drive and you are correct that it is a privilege not a right.

By breaking the speed limit, you are telling adults that you are not capable of abiding by the laws of the state.

I would have liked to go further with the law and also see your licenses suspended permanently until your 21 if you again are stupid enough to speed after the 1st offense.

Eric Johnson on Thu, 12th Jul 2007 1:12 am 



Do people over 21 get speeding tickets too? How about driving drunk? I’m pretty sure that people dont get much smarter instinctually (which is what the decisions of operating a motor vehichle require)from the age of 17 to age 21. The new law had good intentions but completely, and I hate to be cliched, lost the forest for the trees. If they really wanted to prevent more kids from dying they would fix the terrible driver’s ed. system. Observation time is a joke, that should be slashed, and the numbers of hours required with an instructor on the road should be increased. That should be a better solution than giving the police (who in some limited cases have little better to do than pull over people they perceive as young) the power of road god.

BBB on Thu, 12th Jul 2007 7:32 pm 



Yes Eric but statistics show that more teenagers get in wrecks more often than the rest of the adults driving.

Jenny on Sun, 15th Jul 2007 1:40 am 



So us “kids” have to have our mommies and daddies paying over $500 for driver’s ed?

Lucky me, I am late by EIGHT DAYS to get my permit before the August 31 deadline and therefore I have to ask my parents to pay over $500 for driver’s ed to sit in a crowded classroom and watch videos of teen car crashes.

So tell me, how the hell is any generation going to drive? We’re all going to be fatasses not getting jobs because well, how the hell do we get there?

Buddy on Wed, 18th Jul 2007 6:26 pm 



Here is my story about the new junior operator law. I got pulled over about a month after the law went into effect and got a ticket for going 20 miles an hour over the limit.(i deffinetley wasnt going this fast the cop didnt have me on radar and he was a huge douche) I had no idea that the law had been passed so what did I do, I payed my ticket. This was a huge mistake, about a week later I recieved a letter in the mail saying my liscense was suspended for 90 days and that I had to retake the permit test and road test, also I have to take the two required classes, and pay a 500 dollar re-instatement fee. I couldnt believe that this was going to happen so I decided to appeal the suspension. On the back of the suspension letter it said that I could go to any RMV branch that holds suspension hearings and that they are on a walk in basis, so this is what I did. And of course because nobody at the RMV is ever helpful and when i went there they said I had to send in a form for an appeal to the Board of Appeals in Boston and that there was nothing they could do for me there at the RMV. So I sent in the form and I also had to pay 50 dollars to file for an appeal. After that I waited for a letter in the mail telling me when the date of my hearing would be, a few weeks later I got my hearing date. Finally the day of my hearing came. I had to go all the way to the RMV in Boston for this. So i get there and i wait for my turn to plead my case to the board of appeals. My time comes and I tell them that I dont feel that the punishment i am receiving doesnt fit the crime. They sort of agreed but they said that i was going to fast when i was pulled over for them to fully reinstate my liscense, so what they did was grant me a hardship liscense, what this means is that i am supposedly allowed to drive for 12 hours a day, 12 pm to 12 am. I thought oh this isnt so bad at least I can drive again, boy was i wrong. In the letter i had received from the board of appeals arrived i read it and i said ok i can drive then i read it again. I first have to pay 500 dollars to reinstate my liscense, take the permit test and then the road test. Once i figured out that i said that kinda sucks but I will be able to drive soon again, I was wrong again. When you get your permit again you have to wait 6 months or until you turn 18 to take the road test to get your liscense. So after i do all that i can drive from 12 pm to 12 am. Then i get to complete the required courses so i can get my liscense back. So I’m all set after that right? No of course not, then i have to go back to Boston to The Board of Appeals and prove to them that i have completed the required classes. Then finally after this i can drive again.
If you didnt think that this law was rediculous already im sure you do now. The 90 day suspension is actually more like 9 months. This law is way to harsh for speeding, this was the first time i ever even got pulled over and look what happened. The rmv blows.

Lucy Wightman on Wed, 18th Jul 2007 9:47 pm 



Aversion is the weakest form of reinforcement. This is a political band-aid. Pathetic.

Ed DeGagne on Wed, 25th Jul 2007 4:58 pm 



You can make up any excuse you want, early statistics are showing that because of this new law, less junior operators are getting speeding tickets, period.

Could it be that just the thought of the punishment is now making jr. operators more…

…RESPONSIBLE DRIVERS?!?!

Oh the horror, you liberal types just cant stand that now can you?!?!

Ryan on Sat, 28th Jul 2007 12:55 pm 



i have a question. Im 17 yrs old and I got a speeding ticket back in January and paid the ticket and didnt lose my license or nothing. I got another ticket for $100 for wet road condition and $1 for speed greater then risk and the cop marked it as $100 I got that in april, a month after the new JOL laws took affect. And i got a letter in the mail saying im losing my license may 20th 2007 for 90 days. Iv almost completed all the requriements to get my license back until my dad and I went to the rmv and they’re telling me I lost my license for a year because of the first offence i got back in january before this new law even took effect. I never got anything in the mail saying i lost it for a year only a bunch of papers saying 90 days for speeding. Can they do this or what?

Kevin on Wed, 1st Aug 2007 1:58 pm 



I really think this law is stupid…. They should atleast give people a chance before…. I can see this happening if someone is repeatedly pulled over but com’on now on the first offence. This is just a stupid way for the state and the goverment to make money so they can buy more weapons and send more troops to the middle east for no reason. I dont see this law staying to much longer. And just so you know all you people who are saying statists this statists that… well they are right. But what you not seeming to understand is this. Many teenagers get into car accidents, yes. But who do they get into them with? ADULT DRIVERS who are normaly speeding and doing all the things you guys say that we shouldn’t be doing and 90% of the time IS the adults fault. Plus all you adults that are like “Ohh man i love this law!.” Just think about it. If you had to do what we teens are going to have to do if we get caught speeding then u wouldnt like this law AT ALL!!!. So really you guys need to think about want because for all you know…. your next!!!

Jenny on Sun, 23rd Sep 2007 7:54 pm 



Im 15 and im starting drivers ed tomorrow. the new law is making me pay $700, and my parents have to sit in a 2 hour class with me. they work.. all parents work! how are they supposed to take time off ?? this law is so unfair to jr operators like me.. this is completely discouraging all teens to want to drive.

Jenna on Tue, 25th Sep 2007 4:28 pm 



wow that sucks. i’m sorry to here that jenny.
my boyfriend got pulled over just a month ago and got the letter today in the mail. he doesn’t have it that bad cuz he turns 18 3 days after he can get his permit again. =D lucky for him.

i have a question….i’m taking drivers ed on Oct. 9th and i don’t have to pay 700 $
i got my permit in june. is that why?? i heard after august you have to pay more?? i’m confused.

oh and they shouldn’t have to pay all these dumb fines for speeding…u should just have to have the supspesion and only have to pay for your permit to get your license again….and $500 for reinstatement is a little out of hand!! don’t you think???

Ben on Mon, 1st Oct 2007 5:27 pm 



i think these laws are fucking insane, everyone speeds, not just teens. FUCK THE SYSTEM!

Coleen on Sun, 7th Oct 2007 1:21 am 



i’m a teenager and ive had my license for about a year now. the only accident that’s happened to me was that i got rear ended. that wasnt MY fault. not all teenagers are bad drivers

Patty on Fri, 26th Oct 2007 11:13 am 



As a parent, I have to DISAGREE loudly with this law. I didn’t know what it actually entailed until my 17yr old daughter was stopped and got a ticket in NH for driving 13 miles over the speed limit. She paid that ticket and then she gets the letter suspending her license.

First, I do not think this is fair to her or OTHER Junior operators. This law is a farce and is not helping to lower statistics. Come on, they have lumped ALL Junior Drivers into ONE category! Criminals get 3 strikes before they are out, JDO get noting! My daughter is a good student, plays varsity sports, works and stays out of trouble. Is it fair that she gets lumped in with the drag racers on this form? NO it is not and nor is if fair that other drivers are lumped in with them!

Come on, 3 months? $500? 2 courses, which btw, are NOT EVEN NEAR where we live, and them pay to take the drivers test and road test again and all those fees? Only in Massachusetts does one get punished over and over again, unless you are a repeat drunk driver or criminal. That you get a hearing and a lawyer and get off so easily.

What is this showing our young children? yes, I believe their should be some kind of ‘fine’ when they get a ticket, but not this severe for a first time offense? Now that she can’t drive which means she can’t get to work, because her father and I work and can’t be there to drive her around, how is she going to work to pay the $500 fine? She can’t and we can’t afford to pay the fine for her! Massachusetts is expensive enough to live in. And btw, what is the RMV doing with all that money they are now collecting? Tell me it’s not lining someone’s pocket.

They say they do this to protect the children, again, as a parent, I am so far against this and think it is so very unfair. There should be levels of “punishment” not one big lump of punishment that takes away her rights.

SUng on Fri, 2nd Nov 2007 7:38 pm 



This is mad!!!!Teens arent the only bad drivers. I myself is a calm, not crazy person. who will not road race, or break a law.

I have a question though. Does this affect everyone who registers for a license after september?

because i thought before like that if you were born on 1992 or later that new laws would be enforced on them. i was born on june 1991 so i thought i was safe but i guess not?

DDebbie on Sat, 3rd Nov 2007 1:46 am 



No one should be on the road until after the age of 17 anyways.

They simply CAN NOT drive well enough and there’s not enough supervision until they can!

Ben on Sat, 3rd Nov 2007 3:16 pm 



no one should be allowed to have breasts as large as yours either

DDebbie on Sat, 3rd Nov 2007 7:07 pm 



that’s what you Mom said.

wait a minute…that doesn’t make sense!

Ben on Mon, 5th Nov 2007 6:52 pm 



Nope, but at least your breasts are large, because your IQ isn’t.

Lucy on Tue, 6th Nov 2007 10:01 pm 



My breasts are large and my IQ is not so bad - get your hands on the wheel DDebbie and think about lives lost and the burdens of pain rather than your saline bags

Karen S on Fri, 16th Nov 2007 7:59 pm 



I think both parties of this argument need to take a chill pill. I’m 17, therefore the law still applies to me. I’ve never been pulled over, but I feel that if these laws weren’t in place, perhaps I would speed here and there. The only place I ever speed is the highway, and that’s because everyone else is. Some one the stories that you guys have posted sound like really unfair cops. It’s true, you do begin with the young people, because we will eventually be the 30 year olds that are driving now. What about the, though? I’ve definitely had adults cut me off or done stupid things to cause me to almost get into accidents. Why shouldn’t they also have to take courses? It takes so many different offenses for them to have to retake driver’s ed classes. Most of the adults are so confident that they know how to drive that they speed. Since they know the road and know their car, some feel that they can do whatever. Why aren’t there any laws reinforcing that? A speeding ticket does nothing.
The only thing that I find unfair in these new laws for JOLs is that we would get our license suspended for 90 days. Why not until we complete our courses? Or a month? Why does that first offense have to be so harsh?
I guess these laws are a lot better than raising the driving age though.

kel62108@yahoo.com on Tue, 8th Jan 2008 7:42 pm 



youre an idiot.
you speed tooo
so shut up
and stop hating on kids
cuz you ya know ONCE WERE ONE
and im sure you wernt any better
nice talking to someone so perfect like you.
bye idiot.

Tony on Tue, 5th Feb 2008 2:31 am 



I think Your a retard, for thinking that just because your over 17 your going to be a good driver. Thats the same as sticking a 30 year old in the drivers seat for the first time. Eitherway people are going to be horrible the first time they drive. What sucks is I just got a speeding ticket for doing 52 in a 45. Too bad the fucking cop estimated that I was doing 60, its all crap all fregon crap. Ive never had a problem with the law and now just because I was doing 7 mph over the speed limit I have to loose my license for 90 days and pay more than 800$ total to get it back, so all in all it ends up being about 6 months. You think thats fair, well I think your a moron.

Nancy on Mon, 18th Feb 2008 1:18 pm 



This exact same thing happened to my daughter. She got a speeding ticket before the law passed and then she got one three weeks before she turned 18. We got the letter in the mail stating her license was suspended. We figured it was for 90 days but after talking to the registry it is for one full year. It doesn’t seem fair to me. I understand we need these laws but she never lost her license of 90 days so how can they take it for 1 year? We have already filled out the appeal form (which cost another $50). I can’t find anything in writing saying that the ticket before the law passed should count! If anyone has any info please let me know!

jenna on Wed, 20th Feb 2008 2:17 am 



wow who ever this is is a complete idiot.

cindy on Wed, 20th Feb 2008 2:18 pm 



hi

my son got a speeding ticket on 1/26 he got his license in october of 2006 this is his first speeding ticket he turned 18 on 2/11 now we are going to the rmv and further if necessary i dont understand why the NEW laws should hold up in this case he was licensed before the NEW law went into effect this system is so damn unfair yet if you are a drunk driver you can receive a hard ship license where is the justice there? you can drive drunk and kill but if you get a speeding ticket and most of us do or will you are treated the same as a drunk driver where is the justice in that system and where is the money all going certainly not to make our streets and highways and better so where is it i ask?

cindy on Thu, 21st Feb 2008 5:01 pm 



i agree with you it just doesnt make any sense
why if my son was licensed before the law went into effect should he penelized now its just so unfair i paid the ticket thinking that was the end of it but oh no not now we have to do all this crap to get him reinstated i almost want to tell him to take his car and take his chances he was on the highway keeping up with the traffic he has been driving for two years with incidents now this. He is on the high honor roll at school and was expected to go to UTI in Norwood in July now all that is over now that he has a suspension they will not allow him in the school so for one speeding ticket his life has turned upside down my heart is breaking and now i have to kiss all their asses just to let my kid drive again by the way he works 4 days a week and i have no way to get him there so now what???? we should all picket the registry against this ridiculous law

Patty on Thu, 21st Feb 2008 5:23 pm 



Cindy,

Make sure you call now for the road rage course. They are booking 8-12 weeks out and my daughter had to wait an extra month on her suspension to get the class. She takes it next week. Then we get the lovely job of paying 500 to get her license back as well as paying AGAIN for the drivers written/driving test. She was driving for two years before her ticket. What is taking the written and road test going again going to prove? Nothing.

Picket the registry? Good Luck! We had our state senator (Baddour) trying to help us. Got us no where. He was one of the authors and admits that the law is too tough and that it is written incorrectly. The road rage course is suppose to be a SECOND OFFENSE course, not a first time offense course. But neither he, the law makers or the director of the registry give a rats ass about this law. They can’t seem to get the correct language through to change it. But notice, they never have a problem putting through their raises every year for work they barely do the rest of the year!

cindy on Thu, 21st Feb 2008 5:35 pm 



im sorry i had to respond to this
lives lost i think that would be more older people not knowing when to put the bottle down most teens are speeding like we all have when we were teens they are not killing people.

I have lost three people in my life because of drunk drivers that were over the age of 30 I myself was hit by a drunk driver when i was 16 walking down the road and he was 52 lets put strickter laws on that why is it if you are caught and convicted drunk driving you can receive a hardship license?????????what kind of sense does that make but a teenager that gets a speeding ticket cannot get one to make it to school and work comeon where is the justice there

cindy on Thu, 21st Feb 2008 5:39 pm 



Patty
thank you for responding to me. I have already called for the road rage course and left my message which is stupid why cant you ever talk to anyone. Did you guys go to Boston for a hearing? That is what im trying to do next i just dont know what to do this law just SUCKS

Patty on Thu, 21st Feb 2008 6:53 pm 



No we didn’t go to Boston for a hearing. We heard that it was a waste of time and she wouldn’t get her license back. I guess what we should have done was fight the ticket when she got it instead of be law abiding citizens like we are. She would have had more of a chance of getting the hardship license then.

What I want to know is, where is all this money going? It’s not fixing our roads or going for more education to the teens. I think it’s lining a lot of politician’s pockets, including the registry directors. My daughter lost her job because she couldn’t drive and now I’m having a hardship for all the fees to reinstitute her license. But the state doesn’t care about that.

cindy on Sat, 10th May 2008 12:30 pm 



ok so here goes again
we went into boston trying to get a hardship license he was denied and now they say he can reapply in august that would be 6 months oh yes they suspended his license for a full year he received a ticket in 06 going faster than road conditions allowed we paid the ticket no problem then he received a speeding ticket in 08 well i thought the right thing would be to pay the ticket but NO now his license is suspended for the year i dont understand the law how can they piggy back rules the 06 ticket was before the new law took effect i can see the 90 days for the ticket in 08 but a year come on now and all the fees that it entails 200.00 for the ticket 75.00 for one of the classes the 500.00 for the reinstatement fees then the road test and the written test what the hell are they thinking this is not going to help with these kids speeding this will only make them madder at the system my son graduates in 2 weeks from high school i dont know how i will get him back and forth to work and college i could see if he was a constant trouble maker but he has never been in trouble in his life this is so unfair one bad apple does not spoil the whole bunch………………the law really does need to be changed god get caught drunk driving and get a hardship license way to go mass

anonymous on Fri, 16th May 2008 11:40 pm 



As a Junior Operator, I admittedly have a bias on this issue, but don’t we all.

Some of these new rules are absolutely ridiculous. Forcing teenagers to pay heavier fines than adults for speeding is one of them. Both of my parents speed all the time (typically forty in a twenty-five zone, etc), but I don’t. Teenagers are *not* the only offenders, nor do I think we are the worst. Adults are just as likely to go above the speed limit, and it’s not fair to mete out two different punishments for the same crime.

Furthermore, observation hours? Complete and total bullshit. Yes, I observe - to the effect of, “Gee, those are some nice trees… oh, look, a bird!” No one actually pays attention to the other driver; the whole exercise is the biggest waste of time ever invented. It would make so much more sense to increase the *driving* hours, which are far more important. Observation hours should be eliminated.

Finally, a road rage course? For speeding? I rest my case.

I understand that teenagers are statistically the worst drivers out there. However, that’s just due to lack of experience. If the driving age was changed to forty, forty-year-olds would be the new worst drivers. You can only fault someone so much for not having been on the road long enough. Occasionally you will have the “bad apple” who knowingly and recklessly speeds (or otherwise endangers other drivers), and deserves his punishment, but for the most part, teenagers are still learning behind the wheel. Taking away our licenses for months at a time isn’t going to make us better drivers. It’s just going to drain our parents’ pockets with all the fees that come with the suspension.

Jack on Sun, 1st Jun 2008 1:04 am 



I think the new JOL laws are the stupidet thing ever. FIrst off I would like to start off with the 30 hours class room. It is the biggest waste of time ever all you do is sit there and watch old boring movies that teach you nothing and sing dumb ass songs about driving safe its like paying $500 to watch Barney. It takes experience to become a good driver and by siting on your ass for 30 hours watching tv you wont be anything exept a Idiot. Second of all the 6 hours observing somone is a waste of time to becuase as I said before it takes EXPERIANCE to become a good driver the faster they get that threw their thick heads the better. Third of all who the hell do those law makers think they are to tell me who I can and can’t drive in my car. Its BS I paid $600 to get my lisence I pay insureance and I pay for gas which is crazy as hell to and I pay to fix my car and take care of it. As long as I am the only one paying for all those things they have NO RIGHT to tell me when I can drive my car and who I can or can’t drive in it. The only reason we have these laws is so are state can make more money which they dont even use to make the RMV better. I was there the other day and the computers broke. Its crazy we pay all this money for their services plus taxes in order for them to run properly and its stil the same crap. I think they should get rid of this law ASAP!

Savannah on Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 3:06 pm 



ok so u all wanna hear a good one? i got my license at the end of march n had it for the required 6 mos. i was supposed to b4 anyone was allowed to drive with me n i never had been pulled over for anything. my friends would always pick on me because i was a slow driver but when we all wanted to go anywhere i was chosen to drive because i was the best driver. well i got pulled over for the first time ever doing 32 in a 25 only 7 miles an hour overr
the cop that pulled me over knew who i was because she doesnt like my father or anyone in my family so i knew i was gettting a ticket well i paid my ticket because i figured i would just get it out of the way n move on instead of trying to fight it or anything well surprise surprise two weeks later i got a letter in the mail saying i was losing my license n had to pay for all that crap to get it back…. now unlike most kids in this world my parents dont help me out w anything everything i own i have payed by 4 working at a crappy job making minimum wage i saved up for everything ive ever had to buy once i got this notice i went from being comfortable w my money to being absolutely broke… i had to turn in my car bc i couldnt afford it anymore i was constantly paying people gas money for rides everywhere i had no money for anything n somehow i was supposed to come up w almost $700 in 3 months?? not to mention find a car again n get it registered n insured? nobody realizes how hard this is to do w out n e help from anybody it ruins ur life n makes everything harder than it has to be iits complete bullshit to have to pay almost 1000 dollars for fucking 7 miles n hour over… this law should be changed immediatly i think the whole losing ur license part shoud depend on how fast u were really going n where u were speeding not just bc the state needs to afford some money so they decide to hit up the people who dont have any thing at all…..way to go fucking idiots who voted this shit in the office…. just remember we dont all get paid like u do to sit on our ass’s

Charlie on Sun, 17th Aug 2008 6:14 pm 



Fucking bullshit! The police and the lawmakers are all a bunch of fucking assholes. This law is ridiculous, instead of making me learn my lesson i just feel like killing a whole station of police officers as i pay my $200 speeding ticket and wait to get my letter in the mail for have passengers within 6 months. Fuck the police! Fuck the lawmakers too!

cindy on Mon, 18th Aug 2008 9:48 am 



ok so now it has been 6 months on my sons license suspension of one year after doing the classes going to the board of appeals twice we finally received a notice saying he is able to get his license back so we go to the registry to pay the 500.00 reinstatement fee and they tell me we have to go to boston or brockton to get the fee lifted so he can pay it we go to brockton got there at 12:30 and left there at 3:30 so there is another 3 hours of pay i loose but we paid it then he took his permit test as well so now tomorrow we go for the driving test 60.00 more dollars geeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz how do they think these kids will learn anything from this but hatred for the police department it is all a bunch of crap i feel so sorry for these kids its not only the kids speeding the adults seem to speed more than the kids and what about the eldery ever been behind one of them??????????

Sonny on Wed, 10th Sep 2008 3:43 pm 



Ed Degagne… your a moron. You obviously believe that one offense deserves this. I feel sorry for these kids and for the state that made these laws to “teach” them a lesson. It is not only pathetic but it is unjust.

cindy on Wed, 10th Sep 2008 5:47 pm 



I feel sorry for any teen getting their license in this state. The punishment far outweighs the crime…My son lost his license for a year he received a ticket in 2006 for going faster than conditions allowed paid the ticket nothing happened the new law went into effect in March of 2007 so my son received a speeding ticket 13 days before he turned 18 paid the ticket received a letter saying his license had been suspended for 90 days -(bunch of crap)- took the alive at 25 class and the road rage class which neither one was close to home went to the registry after 90 days to pay the $500.00 reinstatement fee surprise surprise his license was suspended for 1 year geez what crap that was. We were suppose to go buy his new car on that same day so he was disappointed twice. Went to the board of appeals in Boston twice that is 50.00 each time on the second trip i said the heck with it and took him to buy his dream car a week later we receive a letter saying he may get his license fully reinstated woohoooo finally so he laid low paid his fines took the permit test took the road test and now i can sleep at night and he has the car he has wanted for 2 years -(**ck the system)

Shawn on Mon, 6th Oct 2008 4:01 pm 



The law is okay to some degree, other than that all its doing is pissing people off to the point, no judge,clerk or cop can say they have never sped, This is bull, Yes by my tone you can tell that i have just gotten a ticket, the clerk didnt throw it out and its for 5mph over, Insane i say, Unbelievable, 500 for 5 mph, yes i was speeding but it wasnt worth 500,90days,gas money for roadrage courses that i will be paying for out of my pocket, oh yeah without my liscence how do i work, you cant. They should just raise the age of acquiring your liscence, case closed.

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