RMV taking steps to make the roads safer

POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WITHOUT A LICENSE. CIARA: HUNDREDS MORE MASSACHUSETTS DRIVERS LICENSES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED... AS PART OF AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE REGISTRY OF MOTOR VEHICLES. 22NEWS REPORTER MIKE MASCIADRELLI TELLS US WHAT ACTIONS THE RMV IS TAKING TO MAKE THE ROADS SAFER. MIKE MASCIADRELLI: THE REGISTRY OF MOTOR VEHICLES SAID THEY WILL IMPROVE THEIR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO GET ANYONE WITH SERIOUS DRIVING OFFENSES.... OFF THE ROAD. IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDABLE. HE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD. A COLLISION WITH A PICKUP TRUCK KILLED 7 MOTORCYCLE RIDERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE LAST MONTH THE PICK UP TRUCK DRIVER VOLODYMYR ZHUKOVSKYY, OF WEST SPRIGNFIELD, HAD MULTIPLE OUI OFFENSES AND HIS LICENSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED THE RMV IS NOW REVIEWING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO PREVENT DRIVERS WITH OUI ARRESTS AND OTHER SERIOUS DRIVING OFFENSES FROM GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL. KYLE ROBERTS: WESTFIELD IT OBVIOUSLY SHOULDNT HAVE HAPPENED AND ITS OBVIOSULY A BIG PROBLEM BUT THEY ARE GOING TO TRY AND FIND A WAY TO FIX IT. MIKE MASCIADRELLI: SPRINGFIELD MORE THAN 1600 MASSACHUSETTS DRIVERS HAD THEIR LICENSES SUSPENDED AFTER THAT DEADLY CRASH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE BUT THE RMV'S CORRECTIVE ACTIONS DON'T STOP THERE. THE RMV IS TRYING TO IMPROVE THE WAY IT SHARES DATA WITH OTHER STATES. THE RMV SAID THEY WILL BE NOTIFYING STATES TO LET THEM KNOW OF DRIVERS WHO SHOULD HAVE THEIR LICENSES SUPENDED BASED ON OFFENSES IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE REGISTRY IS CURRENTLY UPDATING MORE THAN 5 MILLION DRIVERS LICENSURE RECORDS IN THE NATIONAL DRIVERS REGISTRY, WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE TO LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS. MIKE MASCIADRELLI: THE RMV PLANS TO DISCUSS THEIR POLICES AND PROCEDURES WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEXT WEEK. LIVE IN SPRINGFIELD, MM, 22NEWS.

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