Couple of options: - Plea-bargain to a municipal by-law infraction - Fight the charge, including setting a trial, getting disclosure (officer's notes + copy of by-law prohibiting the turn), going to court and fighting it tooth-and-nail (sort of) If the officer took decent notes, your best bet it to call the Prosecutor and plead it down. The advantage is, a municipal infraction won't go on your driver record. Plea-bargaining can be done at any point should you decide to go that route, up to the trial. Thanks for the info. I ended going with Option 3 on the ticket and setting up a trial - more ...

This was in Owen Sound, ON. I was pulled over by a City Police Officer.

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Hi all, I wish I could introduce myself under better circumstances. Anyway, I was driving home from work one night and got pulled over for making a left turn onto a street where left turns are prohibited. I was going down a hill, it was 5:30PM (cloudy and dark) and turned my signal on. The next intersection has a set of lights that just turned green, allowing many oncoming cars towards me. I focused my attention to the oncoming traffic and arrived at where you would normally stop before turning and waited - looking for a hole to safely execute the turn. I honestly did not see any signs (there ...