Tow truck operators are circling Queen’s Park today to protest Bill 15, which includes tow-specific measures designed to protect consumers.

The drivers gathered at a number of staging areas before heading to Queen's Park along the 400-series highways, as well as the Don Valley Parkway and the Gardiner Expressway.

The rally is being staged on the south lawn of the legislature, and is expected to last until about 1 p.m.

Bill 15 limits the number of hours that operators can work a day, and requires operators to accept credit card payments, clearly display towing rates before accepting payment and get clear permission from drivers before providing towing services.

Some of these sections have already been phased in but the majority of the new regulations are scheduled to take effect in early 2017.

According to a released statement, operators scheduled the rally as a “day of awareness” against the bill, which they say will only drive rates they charge upwards.

A series of tow operators spoke to the media Tuesday morning, stating the bill “was passed very quickly to appease insurance companies.”

A similar protest was staged when the bill first passed in 2014.

With files from Fakiha Baig