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C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code

Section 359
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359. Unless otherwise directed by a sign or signal, when facing a red light, the driver of a road vehicle or a cyclist must stop his vehicle before the pedestrian crosswalk or stop-line or, if none, before the near side of the roadway he is about to cross, and may proceed only when a signal shows he may do so.
An arrow-shaped red light may be used to regulate stopping before a specific manoeuvre.
Despite the first paragraph and unless otherwise directed by a sign or signal, a cyclist facing a pedestrian light at a red light may proceed. However, the cyclist must stop before a pedestrian crosswalk or stop-line or, if none, before the near side of the roadway he is about to cross and make sure that he may proceed in safety. The cyclist must then ride at a safe, reasonable speed and give pedestrians the priority. In such a case, section 444, except the first paragraph, applies to the cyclist with the necessary modifications.
1986, c. 91, s. 359; 2018, c. 7, ss. 86 and 173.
359. Unless otherwise directed by a sign or signal, when facing a red light, the driver of a road vehicle or a cyclist must stop his vehicle before the pedestrian crosswalk or stop-line or, if none, before the near side of the roadway he is about to cross, and may proceed only when a signal shows he may do so.
An arrow-shaped red light may be used to regulate stopping before a specific manoeuvre.
In force: 2019-04-18
Despite the first paragraph and unless otherwise directed by a sign or signal, a cyclist facing a pedestrian light at a red light may proceed. However, the cyclist must stop before a pedestrian crosswalk or stop-line or, if none, before the near side of the roadway he is about to cross and make sure that he may proceed in safety. The cyclist must then ride at a safe, reasonable speed and give pedestrians the priority. In such a case, section 444, except the first paragraph, applies to the cyclist with the necessary modifications.
1986, c. 91, s. 359; 2018, c. 7, ss. 86 and 173.
359. Unless otherwise directed by a sign or signal, when facing a red light, the driver of a road vehicle or any person riding a bicycle must stop his vehicle before the pedestrian crosswalk or stop-line or, if none, at the near side of the roadway he is about to cross or enter, and may proceed only when a signal shows he may do so.
1986, c. 91, s. 359.
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