Sonja Singleton News Today

Not all traffic “violations” are alike. That’s the message that should have been publicly delivered along with data recently reported by the state board in charge of maintaining driving violation records.

Massachusetts drivers racked up nearly 40% more traffic violations last year than they did in 2020, driven in large part by a substantial increase in warnings issued by law enforcement,

Massachusetts drivers racked up nearly 40% more traffic violations last year than they did in 2020, driven in large part by a substantial increase in warnings issued by law enforcement,

Massachusetts drivers racked up nearly 40 percent more traffic violations last year than they did in 2020, driven in large part by a substantial increase in...

Massachusetts drivers racked up nearly 40 percent more traffic violations last year than they did in 2020, driven in large part by a substantial increase in warnings issued by law enforcement, new data show.

Speeding, inspection sticker issues, and failure to stop or yield topped the list of violations.

Police issued a total of 808,069 citations covering 1,076,336 violations in Massachusetts last year, according to MassDOT data.

State officials will choose between Sonja Singleton, of Quincy, and Jessica Perez-Rossello, of Canton.