U Turn where right turn is allowed

[User_0e24569e]

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User_0e24569e
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February 24, 2025 at 4:05 am

I was near Leopold Cafe, Mumbai, earlier today and I was returning back towards CSMT. Google Maps asked to me to a U turn and I did – at the signal right after Leopold towards South Bombay. Right after that, a traffic cop asked me to stop the vehicle and mentioned that I wasn’t supposed to take a U Turn there. Took my vehicle’s picture, Dl picture and told me that it’d be a fine of 500.

I tried explaining him that I took a U Turn when it was a green signal to take a right. He said that while that is true, that doesn’t mean that I can take a U turn unless the signal explicitly says that I can take a U turn. I replied asking him to show a sign where U turn was explicitly banned. But he didn’t listen to me and I had no patience to argue with him.

Please help me out with these questions:

1. ⁠How long does it take for the penalty to reflect on the portal?
2. ⁠How can I contest this after it shows up on eChallan portal?
3. ⁠Is appealing the challan possible and worth it? And what is the procedure?
4. ⁠I’m not worried about the 500 penalty but about the penalty points, if any, that gets added to my DL. Please share if that happens for this alleged violation.
5. ⁠Would Mumbai Traffic Police’s X handle help on this and should I try it?

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[Happybear2986]

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Happybear2986
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February 24, 2025 at 4:49 am

Don’t take U turn unless it is on the sign board or on the signal. That is the law.

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[Luckytara4910]

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Luckytara4910
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February 24, 2025 at 5:14 am

If you’re talking about the electric house signal right outside Colaba police station- yes, you’re not allowed to take a u turn there.

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