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TS70 : undefined failure to comply with a traffic direction sign
Checked 22 July 2026 · How we check our figures
What it means
TS70 is the family's unmarked box: an undefined failure to comply with a traffic direction sign, recorded where the conviction fits none of the named codes. On a record it says less than its siblings, so the certificate of conviction, not the code table, is where its facts live; anyone reading it later, an insurer included, learns only the family and the flat 3. If the code on your paperwork is TS70, the paperwork is the page to keep.
Points and how long it stays
3 points.
On the licence for 4 years from the date of the offence.
The TS codes carry the flattest arithmetic of the table, 3 points each on the 4-year offence clock, no ranges. What varies is the instrument: traffic lights (TS10), double white lines (TS20), the stop sign (TS30), a constable's or warden's direction (TS40, s. 35 RTA 1988), the general sign catch-all (TS50 and TS70) and the school crossing patrol (TS60, s. 28 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984); the sign offences themselves run under s. 36 RTA 1988. Only the traffic light code is routinely enforced by camera, the rest need an officer on the spot, which is why TS10 dominates the family in volume. A sign supports a conviction only where it is lawfully prescribed and placed, and that is argued in a courtroom, not on the form. Flat 3s stack quietly: four of them inside 3 years reach the totting line, the mechanics in the totting up guide at /fines/guides/totting-up.
The usual route
Where it arises at the roadside it follows the family's fixed penalty pattern of 100 pounds and 3 points (gov.uk, checked 2026-07-22); the code itself is a recording label rather than a route.
If it goes to court
In court the fine is income-banded at the lower bands; mechanics in the fine bands guide.
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Authority
gov.uk, Penalty points (endorsements), checked 2026-07-22