driving

NEW BEDFORD - Police have charged a city man they say was drunk when he hit two cars with his vehicle Monday afternoon. New Bedford Police responded to 289 MacArthur Drive at 4:16 p.m. Monday to a report of a hit and run accident in which a driver struck a parked vehicle, causing damage to the rear bumper, and then sped north on Acushnet Avenue...

TAUNTON - Taunton Police have arrested a woman after a drunken crash and a more-than-bizarre investigation. On their Facebook page, Taunton Police say they were called to the scene of a crash in the area of 501 Staple Street early Monday afternoon, where a 1999 Mercedes sedan had crashed off the road in a wooded area...

What's age got to do with it?

If you like to talk on your cell phone while driving in Massachusetts, it might be time to invest in some hands-free technology. The state's Transportation Committee voted unanimously Friday for legislation that would ban all Massachusetts drivers from holding a cell phone to make a call, use the phone's camera or access social media...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man is arrested for driving drunk during yesterday's snow storm. Police say a plow truck driver notified police after seeing another driver hit two vehicles and drive off in the area of Brock Avenue and Charles Street after 6 P...

Andrea Vigus of Dartmouth noticed something was very wrong with how some motorists are dealing with school buses stopping to pick children up and dropping them off. She posted about how a USPS truck illegally passed a school bus in front of her house on Friday, December 2nd...

Police departments across the Commonwealth are gearing up to ensure drivers are safe this holiday season. The Fairhaven Police Department is joining over 200 other police forces across the state in this year's "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign, having received a $2,500 federal grant from the Highway Safety Division...

A “Sobriety Checkpoint” will be in effect in Plymouth Co. this weekend.

A Dartmouth man is arrested for the second time this year for driving under the influence of drugs. Police responded to the intersection of Dartmouth and Rogers Streets around 5:30 Wednesday evening for a report of a man slumped behind the wheel of his car which was stopped at the intersection...

Dartmouth Police are advising motorists about ongoing roadwork taking place Thursday at Route 6 and Route 177.