Tickets Keep Coming for Illegal Turn onto Fairchild Bridge
191 tickets issued by Kent Police in May for illegal turn
Kent cops are keeping a watchful eye on the intersection of North Mantua Street and Fairchild Avenue, and the number of tickets issued there shows it. The police department announced officers wrote 191 tickets to drivers making an illegal turn at city intersections, and most were issued to drivers making the prohibited left turn from the southbound lane of S.R. 43 onto the new Fairchild Avenue Bridge. That's almost double the 106 tickets issued in April for the same violation. "You might not always see us, but we are out there enforcing the law," the department announced on its website. The total number of illegal turn tickets in Kent break down by month as follows: Turn Violation Tickets (citywide) Just 41 tickets total were issued in …
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Brando Andexler
10:12 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
I live right near Crowley Court and have noticed for months the increasing amount of cars pulled over getting tickets directly across from my front porch. It is like clockwork every 30-45 minutes. siren beeps, lights flash, ticket tickets tickets. I regularly count the cars being pulled over. It is at least twice an hour all hours, not just peak afternoon.... they are sirening at 2-3-4-5-6am. It … more ›