PART X RULES OF THE ROAD
Traffic control stop and slow signs
146.1 (1) A traffic control person on a roadway or adjacent to a roadway where construction or maintenance work is being carried out may display a traffic control stop or slow sign.  2005, c. 26, Sched. A, s. 23. Same — automated flagger assistance device (2) Where traffic is reduced to one lane on a two-lane highway, a traffic control person may use an automated flagger assistance device in addition to or instead of a traffic control stop or slow sign on a roadway or adjacent to a roadway where construction or maintenance work is being carried out. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 12 (1). Driver required to stop — traffic control stop sign (3) Where a traffic control person displays a traffic control stop sign, the driver of any vehicle or street car approaching the person shall stop before reaching him or her and shall not proceed until the traffic control person stops displaying the traffic control stop sign. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 12 (1). Driver required to stop — automated flagger assistance device (3.1) Where an automated flagger assistance device displays a circular red indication and the gate arm is lowered, the driver of any vehicle or street car approaching the automated flagger assistance device shall stop at a sign indicating where a stop is to be made or, if there is no such sign, shall stop before reaching the automated flagger assistance device, and shall not proceed until the automated flagger assistance device stops displaying the circular red indication and the gate arm is raised. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 12 (1). Driver required to slow down — traffic control slow sign (4) Where a traffic control person displays a traffic control slow sign, the driver of any vehicle or street car approaching the person shall approach the person and proceed past him or her and past the construction or maintenance work or scene of an accident with caution and at a slow rate of speed so as not to endanger any person or vehicle on or adjacent to the roadway. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 12 (1). Driver required to slow down — automated flagger assistance device (4.1) Where an automated flagger assistance device displays a flashing circular amber indication, the driver of any vehicle or street car approaching the automated flagger assistance device shall approach and proceed past it and the construction or maintenance work or scene of an accident with caution and at a slow rate of speed so as not to endanger any person or vehicle on or adjacent to the roadway. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 12 (1). Unauthorized use of sign or device (5) No person, other than a traffic control person or an over-dimensional vehicle escort appointed under section 110.5, shall display on a highway a traffic control stop or slow sign or use an automated flagger assistance device. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 12 (1). Regulations (6) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a)  prescribing the type, design and specifications of traffic control stop and slow signs and governing their use; (b)  prescribing the type, design and specifications of automated flagger assistance devices and governing their use. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 12 (1). Definitions (7) In this section, “automated flagger assistance device” means a self-contained, portable traffic control system that is operated remotely by a traffic control person to control traffic movement and features a circular red lens, a circular amber lens, and a gate arm; (“dispositif automatisé d’aide à la signalisation”) “construction or maintenance work” includes work by a utility, including a public utility within the meaning of the Public Utilities Act or the Municipal Act, 2001, or by a transmitter or distributor within the meaning of the Electricity Act, 1998; (“travaux de construction ou d’entretien”) “firefighter” has the same meaning as in subsection 1 (1) of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997; (“pompier”) “traffic control person” means a person who is directing traffic and, (a)  is employed by, (i)  the road authority with jurisdiction over the highway, (ii)  a public utility within the meaning of the Public Utilities Act or the Municipal Act, 2001, (iii)  a transmitter or distributor within the meaning of the Electricity Act, 1998, or (iv)  a person under contract with the road authority, public utility, transmitter or distributor to do construction or maintenance work on or adjacent to the roadway, (b)  is employed by or under contract with a person who has been issued a permit or written authorization by the road authority with jurisdiction over the highway to occupy a lane or a portion of a highway in order to undertake work on or adjacent to the highway, or (c)  is a firefighter while attending to an emergency situation. (“agent de régulation de la circulation”) 2005, c. 26, Sched. A, s. 23; 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 12 (2, 3). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2005, c. 26, Sched. A, s. 23 - 31/03/2006 2017, c. 2, Sched. 17, s. 11 (1) - 22/03/2017; 2017, c. 2, Sched. 17, s. 11 (2) - 01/07/2018 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 12 (1-3) - 01/04/2022