Turns Traffic Tickets

The fine attached to a traffic ticket for a disobey sign or prohibited turn ticket is not the only penalty for the ticket.

A prohibited turn ticket, including turn tickets issued under a bylaw can have four different penalties:

• Two demerit points
• A fine of one hundred and ten dollars ($110.00)
• A conviction registered on your driving record for three (3) years
• Determination of fault in accident cases
• Possible insurance increases

Disobey sign tickets, although usually nothing dangerous has happened, can affect insurance rates for three (3) years, and demerits can lead to licence suspensions.

Prohibited Turns are traffic tickets such as:

• Proceed contrary to sign at intersection – Highway Traffic Act 144.9
• Disobey sign – Highway Traffic Act 182.2
• Disobey sign – Municipal By-law

Highway Traffic Act – 144,9 – Proceed Contrary to Sign at Intersection

“The provisions of this section of the Highway Traffic Act are subject to any sign, as prescribed the the regulations, forbidding a left, right turn, through movement of combination thereof that is posted at an intersection and every driver shall obey every such sign.”

This ticket has two (2) demerit points, if you pay this ticket it goes on your driving and insurance record for three (3) years and can affect your insurance rates.

Highway Traffic Act – 182 – Prohibited Turn

“Every driver or operator of a vehicle shall obey the instructions or directions indicated on any sign.”

This ticket has two (2) demerit points, if you pay this ticket it goes on your driving and insurance record for three (3) years and can affect your insurance rates.

Municipal By-Law – Disobey Sign

“Every driver or operator of a vehicle shall obey the instructions or directions indicated on any sign so designated by any city bylaw”

Every disobey turn traffic ticket has 2 demerit points attached to it, including bylaw turn tickets, regardless of what the police officer may have told you!

If you pay one of these types of traffic ticket the conviction goes on your driving abstract and is available to your insurance company for 3 years.

The case to prove a disobey sign charge sounds simple, was there a traffic sign and did the motorist disobey it?

A trial for a disobey sign charge can become quite involved, and to be properly represented qualified legal help from OTT Legal Services is the best way to fight your ticket.  At court we ask questions that either you or the police may not know. For example,

• Was the sign clearly visible and properly erected?
• What distance was the sign visible for?
• What do the Ontario Regulations say about traffic signs?

These and other questions help OTT Legal Services to fight your traffic ticket.

If there was an accident involved the prosecutor may to want to have a trial. If you do not know how to run a trial, make legal arguments, or have not appeared in traffic court before, you might be at a disadvantage.

The prosecutor is a trained professional who represents the interests of the municipality; their job is to get a conviction against the driver. Most prosecutors are extremely fair individuals, however they are not there to help you, that’s our job.

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