C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code

Section 359.1 Disposition versions

2003-04-13

359.1. Notwithstanding section 359 and unless otherwise directed by a sign or signal, the driver of a road vehicle or a cyclist facing a red light may make a right turn, after stopping before the pedestrian crosswalk or the stop-line or, if none, at the near side of the roadway the driver or cyclist is about to enter and yielding the right of way to pedestrians, drivers and cyclists crossing the intersection and to road vehicles and cyclists approaching so closely that to proceed would constitute a hazard.

The Minister of Transport may, by an order published in the Gazette officielle du Québec, designate all or any part of the territory of a municipality as an area where making a right turn on a red light is prohibited.

2000, c. 31, s. 3; 2000, c. 64, s. 12; 2002, c. 62, s. 4.

See chapter C-24.2, r. 9.1.

2001-02-03

359.1. Notwithstanding section 359 and unless otherwise directed by a sign or signal or unless there are white or flashing pedestrian lights, the driver of a road vehicle or a cyclist, in a municipality or administrative region designated by the Minister by an order published in the Gazette officielle du Québec, may, when facing a red light, turn right after bringing the vehicle to a full stop before the pedestrian crosswalk or stop-line or, if none, at the near side of the roadway the driver is about to enter, and after yielding the right of way to road vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians crossing the intersection.

2000, c. 31, s. 3; 2000, c. 64, s. 12.

Effective from 13 April 2003, section 359.1 of this Code will be replaced and will read as follows:

359.1. Notwithstanding section 359 and unless otherwise directed by a sign or signal, the driver of a road vehicle or a cyclist facing a red light may make a right turn, after stopping before the pedestrian crosswalk or the stop-line or, if none, at the near side of the roadway the driver or cyclist is about to enter and yielding the right of way to pedestrians, drivers and cyclists crossing the intersection and to road vehicles and cyclists approaching so closely that to proceed would constitute a hazard.

The Minister of Transport may, by an order published in the Gazette officielle du Québec, designate all or any part of the territory of a municipality as an area where making a right turn on a red light is prohibited.

See 2002, c. 62, s. 4, s. 12; Order in Council 198-2003 dated 19 February 2003, (2003) 135 G.O. 2, 1047.

2000-07-01

359.1. Notwithstanding section 359 and unless otherwise directed by a sign or signal or unless there are white or flashing pedestrian lights, the driver of a road vehicle, in a municipality or administrative region designated by the Minister by an order published in the Gazette officielle du Québec, may, when facing a red light, turn right after bringing the vehicle to a full stop before the pedestrian crosswalk or stop-line or, if none, at the near side of the roadway the driver is about to enter, and after yielding the right of way to road vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians crossing the intersection.

2000, c. 31, s. 3.