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Mon Sep 30, 2019, 05:32 AM Sep 2019

A bureaucratic nightmare' amid driver's license suspensions

PITTSFIELD — Every week, Michael Ciaburri drives himself to the Brien Center for therapy sessions to help him cope with post-traumatic stress disorder that stems from time he served with the Marines in Iraq.

But in August, the Pittsfield man received a letter from the Registry of Motor Vehicles, notifying him that his license had been suspended.

Turns out, it was a clerical error, but the damage was done.

What ensued was six weeks of headaches, dozens of phone calls to agencies in multiple states, and Ciaburri had to rely on shuttle services to get to his counseling appointments.

"This is criminal what they're doing to me," Ciaburri said one recent afternoon. "It's causing me major anxiety because I do have some panic disorder related to travel."

Read more: https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/a-bureaucratic-nightmare-amid-drivers-license-suspensions,586055

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