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Updated: 5:37 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Posted: 5:33 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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WEST PALM BEACH — Tickets from red-light cameras plunged 75 percent in April after West Palm Beach stopped enforcing right-turn violations, according to statistics released today by city officials.

The city issued 665 citations in April, down from 2,675 in March, assistant police chief Dennis Crispo said.

After numerous complaints from drivers, West Palm Beach decided to stop issuing fines for right turns April 5. Mayor Lois Frankel was among the right-turn violators fined in March. A new state law that takes effect July 1 officially discourages fines for "prudent" right turns. Turning right on red without coming to a complete stop remains illegal, but the issue is how strictly to enforce it.

West Palm Beach became the first city in Palm Beach County to start issuing fines from three intersections with red-light cameras Feb. 21. The city issued 841 citations in the last eight days of February.
 

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