Parking ticket fines are paid at the Tax Collector’s Office located at the 7 Widger Road.
In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, local police departments may not obtain background checks on individuals as a public information request. This is called a CORI (Criminal Offender Records Information) and it is against the law for the police department to give out such information. However, you may call the Criminal History Board at (617) 660-4600 for more information on how to obtain a criminal check on an individual.
When there is over $1,000.00 in total accident damages and/or personal injury.
You will need all of the information from their operator’s driver’s license and vehicle registration.
Call the police immediately, and if possible, do not move the vehicle.
- Send one copy of your Commonwealth of Massachusetts Operators Report of Motor Vehicle Crash to the Police Department in the city of town where the crash occured.
- Send the original to the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
- Your insurance company may also want a copy.
- Be sure to keep a copy for your own records.
Child Safety Seats (car seats) do not last forever. The safety level of the seat may diminish without showing signs of weakness until it is involved in a vehicular crash. The best practice for protecting your child is; new child, new seat. This does not mean you have to go broke buying car seats. Cost has nothing to do with the safety of the seat. Here are some reasons for not using a second hand seat. According to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration.
- It may be a recalled seat.
- The manufacturer’s labels are missing.
- It may too old (over six years).
- It may have been in a crash.
- It may have broken or missing parts.
You have five (5) business day to file your crash report.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, it is safest to keep your baby rear facing up to the maximum, rear facing weight limit of your child safety seat. There is an old standard still in place that all infants must be rear facing up to one year of age and twenty pounds. Due to a large number of spinal injuries to forward facing infants, the academy increased the standard to at least 30 pounds rear facing. Allowable weight limits vary with child safety seat manufacturers but all convertible seats are now made to be rear facing to 30 pounds as a minimum.
Many children dislike the confines of a properly fitted harness strap or seat belts on boosters. This is a difficult disciplinary problem but here are some tips:
- Make sure everyone in the car buckles up on every ride.
- Dress the child for comfort, avoid heavy clothing between the harness strap and child.
- Pull over and stop and tell the child that you cannot drive unless everyone is buckled up, it’s the law.
There are harness systems specific to behavioral issues. Contact your pediatrician for references.