Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-245 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-245
Sec. 14-245. Intersection. Right-of-way.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.

See Sec. 14-250b re obstructing intersection.

See Sec. 14-295 re assessment of double or treble damages.

Annotations to former section:

“Intersection of a street” and “arriving at such intersection at approximately the same time” defined; that cars are approaching so as to arrive simultaneously is important element. 95 C. 701; 96 C. 19; Id., 508; 101 C. 443, 444; 104 C. 737. Respective duties of motorman and chauffeur approaching at right angles. 100 C. 365. One having right of way at intersection is bound to operate as would a reasonably prudent person having knowledge that he has right of way. 106 C. 146; 108 C. 12; 124 C. 264; 130 C. 204. Driver coming from right has right of way though traveling on left side of his road; 107 C. 710; but not if the other car had nearly passed the intersection when car from right reached it. 108 C. 604. Test is not time of arrival at entrance to intersection, but reasonable apprehension of collision on part of driver on left. 109 C. 33, 37; 127 C. 450, 651; 130 C. 645; 133 C. 431. One with right of way may assume other will yield it until as a reasonable man he is charged with knowledge to the contrary. 109 C. 33, 37; 127 C. 450, 651; 130 C. 651. Rule at intersecting streets applies when one of two cars approaching each other on same street intends to make left turn. 109 C. 484; 111 C. 729. Right of way and duty of driver approaching green light at intersection; Sec. 14-299 applies, not this section. 114 C. 637. When vehicle which has entered intersection has right of way over vehicle on right. 117 C. 676; 118 C. 679; 130 C. 98; 132 C. 476. One having right of way at intersection has precedence in passing through and right not to be obstructed and delayed by any person who could reasonably avoid doing so. 123 C. 298. That cars came together outside intersection will not defeat recovery if collision was caused by failure to grant right of way at intersection. 124 C. 263. That car making turn enters intersection first does not necessarily give it right of way. Id., 264. Operator of vehicle approaching intersection from right who complies with stop regulation has superior right of way if vehicles arrive at approximately same time. 130 C. 400; 133 C. 455. Rules which apply when operator does not see car approaching from right; 130 C. 646; where bus obscures vision of both operators. Id., 223. Statute regulating right of way does not apply when cars are approaching intersection on same street and from same direction. 135 C. 443. Test concerning right of way is not time of arrival at entrance to intersection but reasonable apprehension of collision on part of driver approaching from left. Id., 446. Cited. Id., 600. If by failure to use reasonable care plaintiff did not see approaching taxicab, knowledge of what such a lookout must have revealed is imputed to him. 136 C. 97. If an ordinarily prudent person in position of driver on the left would reasonably believe that if the two cars continued at speed at which they were then moving it would involve risk of collision, driver on left should yield right of way. 137 C. 600. Since finding determined that defendant's invasion of part of highway to his left was involuntary, statute is inapplicable. Id., 640. Arriving at intersection first is not a test of the right of way but a factor to be considered by the trier in deciding whether the cars are arriving at approximately the same time. 138 C. 183. Statute imposes no general prohibition against driving in the middle of road. Id., 313. Cited. Id., 355; 140 C. 376. Violation is negligence per se but charge held adequate which stated that statute required a certain course of action; one with statutory right of way can be found negligent. 146 C. 10. Test of statutory right of way or common law right to proceed is not time of arrival at entrance to intersection. 147 C. 540. Cited. 154 C. 23; Id., 615. Where plaintiff failed to grant right of way to defendant's automobile which had already entered street intersection at his right, his failure to do so constituted negligence which was a substantial factor in producing his injuries and judgment for plaintiff is set aside. 157 C. 139. Right-of-way rule is inapplicable to an intersection controlled by a stop sign. 165 C. 635.

Statute not applicable to pedestrians. 3 CS 220. Cited. 9 CS 98; 12 CS 237; 13 CS 293; 15 CS 93; 16 CS 398; 18 CS 489.

Cited. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 19. Contributory negligence as a defense has no application in a criminal case. Id., 42. Cited. Id., 652.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 206 C. 608; 234 C. 660.

Cited. 4 CA 451.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-283a — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-283a
Sec. 14-283a. Pursuits by police officers. State-wide policy. Prohibitions. Reports.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in conjunction with the Chief State's Attorney, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association and the Connecticut Coalition of Police and Correctional Officers, shall adopt, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, a uniform, state-wide policy for handling pursuits by police officers. Such policy shall specify: (A) The conditions under which a police officer may engage in a pursuit and discontinue a pursuit, (B) alternative measures to be employed by any such police officer in order to apprehend any occupant of the fleeing motor vehicle or to impede the movement of such motor vehicle, (C) the coordination and responsibility, including control over the pursuit, of supervisory personnel and the police officer engaged in such pursuit, (D) in the case of a pursuit that may proceed and continue into another municipality, (i) the requirement to notify and the procedures to be used to notify the police department in such other municipality or, if there is no organized police department in such other municipality, the officers responsible for law enforcement in such other municipality, that there is a pursuit in progress, and (ii) the coordination and responsibility of supervisory personnel in each such municipality and the police officer engaged in such pursuit, (E) the type and amount of training in pursuits, that each police officer shall undergo, which may include training in vehicle simulators, if vehicle simulator training is determined to be necessary, and (F) that a police officer immediately notify supervisory personnel or the officer in charge after the police officer begins a pursuit. The chief of police or Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, as the case may be, shall inform each officer within such chief's or said commissioner's department and each officer responsible for law enforcement in a municipality in which there is no such department of the existence of the policy of pursuit to be employed by any such officer and shall take whatever measures that are necessary to assure that each such officer understands the pursuit policy established.

(2) Not later than January 1, 2021, and at least once during each five-year period thereafter, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in conjunction with the Chief State's Attorney, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association and the Connecticut Coalition of Police and Correctional Officers, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to update such policy adopted pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(c) No police officer engaged in a pursuit shall discharge any firearm into or at a fleeing motor vehicle, unless such officer has a reasonable belief that there is an imminent threat of death to such officer or another person posed by the fleeing motor vehicle or an occupant of such motor vehicle.

(d) No police officer shall intentionally position his or her body in front of a fleeing motor vehicle, unless such action is a tactic approved by the law enforcement unit that employs such police officer.

(e) If a pursuit enters the jurisdiction of a law enforcement unit other than that of the unit which initiated the pursuit, the law enforcement unit that initiated the pursuit shall immediately notify the law enforcement unit that has jurisdiction over such area of such pursuit.

(f) (1) Not later than December 1, 2018, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, established under section 7-294b , shall develop and promulgate a standardized form for (A) reporting pursuits by police officers pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, and (B) submitting annual reports pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection.

(2) On and after January 1, 2019, the chief of police or the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, as the case may be, shall require each police officer who engages in a pursuit to report such pursuit on the standardized form developed and promulgated under subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(3) Not later than January 31, 2020, and annually thereafter, each chief of police and the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall submit an annual report to the Police Officer Standards and Training Council regarding pursuits by police officers on the standardized form developed and promulgated under subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(4) Not later than April 30, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall compile, analyze and summarize the annual reports and submit, in accordance with section 11-4a , a consolidated report regarding police pursuits and any recommendations for legislation to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and security. The council may partner with an institution of higher education in this state or a professional police organization to prepare or to assist in the preparation of the consolidated report.

Cited. 208 C. 94.

Cited. 31 CA 669.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-387 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 255 / Section 14-387
Sec. 14-387. Rules of operation. Violations.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 23-26g re infractions committed through violations of regulations re operation of all-terrain vehicles on state land.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-151a — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-151a
Sec. 14-151a. Report by owner or person in lawful possession of theft of motor vehicle. Regulations re uniform procedure. Report as condition precedent to settling insurance claim.
Status: in_force

(b) Each insurance company which issues in this state automobile theft insurance shall, as a condition precedent to settling any claim, require the insured to file a report in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-67s — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-67s
Sec. 14-67s. (Formerly Sec. 21-23). Ordinances creating restricted districts.
Status: in_force

Annotations to former section 21-23:

Cited. 116 C. 462; 145 C. 469. Regulation permissible if a business, by its very nature, is dangerous to the public. Id., 490. Absent adoption of regulation prohibiting junk yards in area plaintiff wished to use for expansion of existing motor vehicle junk yard, zoning board of appeals could not withhold permission. 158 C. 244.

Applies to “motor vehicle junk business” or “motor vehicle junk yard” in a fenced-in area. 12 CS 70. Cited. 24 CS 226.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-296bb — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-296bb
Sec. 14-296bb. Access to dedicated roadway for bus rapid transit service.
Status: in_force

(b) Any violation of this section shall be an infraction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-106 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-106
Sec. 14-106. Air conditioning equipment.
Status: in_force

(b) Such equipment shall be manufactured, installed and maintained with due regard for the safety of the occupants of the vehicle and the public and shall not contain any refrigerant which is toxic to persons or which is flammable, unless such refrigerant is included in the list published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a safe alternative motor vehicle air conditioning substitute for chlorofluorocarbon-12 pursuant to 42 USC 7671k(c).

(c) The commissioner may adopt and enforce safety requirements, regulations and specifications, consistent with the requirements of this section, applicable to such equipment, which shall correlate with and, so far as possible, conform to the current recommended practice or standard applicable to such equipment approved by the Society of Automotive Engineers.

(d) No person shall have for sale, offer for sale, sell, equip or maintain any motor vehicle with any such equipment unless he is licensed under section 14-52 and such equipment complies with the requirements of this section.

(e) No person shall operate on any highway any motor vehicle equipped with any air conditioning equipment unless such equipment complies with the requirements of this section.

(f) Violation of any provision of subsections (d) and (e) of this section shall be an infraction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-21z — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-21z
Sec. 14-21z. Save Our Lakes commemorative number plates. Fees.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall charge a fee of sixty dollars for a Save Our Lakes commemorative number plate, with letters and numbers selected by the commissioner, in addition to the regular fee or fees prescribed for the registration of a motor vehicle. The commissioner shall deposit fifteen dollars of such fee into an account controlled by the Department of Motor Vehicles to be used for the cost of producing, issuing, renewing and replacing such commemorative number plates, and forty-five dollars of such fee into the Connecticut Lakes, Rivers and Ponds Preservation account established under section 14-21aa .

(2) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall charge a fee of eighty dollars for a Save Our Lakes commemorative number plate that (A) contains any combination of letters or numbers as requested by the registrant as authorized by section 14-49 , or (B) is a low number plate in accordance with section 14-160 , in addition to the fee or fees prescribed for number plates issued under said sections. The commissioner shall deposit fifteen dollars of such fee into an account controlled by the Department of Motor Vehicles to be used for the cost of producing, issuing, renewing and replacing such commemorative number plates, and sixty-five dollars of such fee into the Connecticut Lakes, Rivers and Ponds Preservation account.

(c) Except as provided by subsection (d) of this section, no additional renewal fee shall be charged for renewal of registration for any motor vehicle bearing Save Our Lakes commemorative number plates which contain letters in place of numbers, or low number plates, in excess of the renewal fee for Save Our Lakes commemorative number plates with letters and numbers selected by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. No transfer fee shall be charged for transfer of an existing registration to or from a registration with Save Our Lakes commemorative number plates.

(d) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may request an additional voluntary donation of fifteen dollars at the time of registration renewal for any motor vehicle bearing a Save Our Lakes commemorative number plate. Five dollars of the donation may be dedicated to the administrative costs of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Ten dollars of such donation shall be deposited in the Connecticut Lakes, Rivers and Ponds Preservation account established under section 14-21aa .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-96aa — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-96aa
Sec. 14-96aa. Standards and specifications for lamps for snow-removal and highway maintenance equipment.
Status: in_force

(b) No person shall operate any snow-removal or other highway maintenance and service equipment on any highway unless the lamps thereon comply with and are lighted when and as required by the standards and specifications adopted as provided in this section.

(c) Violation of the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be an infraction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-283e — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-283e
Sec. 14-283e. Equipment of frozen dessert truck. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) Signal lamps mounted at the same level and as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable. The signal lamps shall be not less than five and not more than seven inches in diameter and shall display two alternately flashing red signal lights visible at a distance of not less than five hundred feet to the front and rear in normal sunlight upon a straight level highway.

(2) A stop signal arm that can be extended horizontally from the left side of the frozen dessert truck. When such arm is extended, the side of such arm nearest the truck shall be seven and one-quarter inches long and parallel to the side of the truck. The side farthest from the truck shall be eighteen inches long and parallel to the side nearest the truck. The two sides shall be eighteen inches apart creating a symmetrical, trapezoidal shape. Two alternately flashing red lights shall be located in the outside corners of the extended signal arm and such corners shall be rounded to conform with the shape of the lights. Each red light shall be not less than three and not more than five inches in diameter and visible at a distance of not less than three hundred feet to the front and rear in normal sunlight upon a straight level highway. Both sides of the signal arm shall have a red reflectorized background and the following legend: The word “STOP” shall appear in six-inch-high white letters not to exceed four inches in length in the middle of the signal arm; above the word “STOP”, the phrase “IF SAFE” shall appear in two-inch-high white letters not to exceed one and three-fourths inches in length; below the word “STOP”, the phrase “THEN GO” shall appear in two-inch-high white letters not to exceed one and three-fourths inches in length. The colors of the background and legend shall conform to the requirements set forth in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways published by the Federal Highway Administration, as amended from time to time. The bottom of the extended signal arm shall be approximately forty-two inches above the street.

(3) A convex mirror mounted on the front of the frozen dessert truck so the operator in a normal seating position is capable of seeing the area in front of the truck that is obscured by the hood.

(4) A front crossing arm attached to the front bumper of the frozen dessert truck hinged from the truck's right side. The bottom of the front crossing arm shall be not less than sixteen and not more than twenty inches above the street. The front crossing arm shall be made of any durable material covered with a yellow or white reflective material and shall extend in conjunction with the stop signal arm described in subdivision (2) of this subsection. When extended outward in front of the truck, the front crossing arm shall extend not less than four and not more than six feet parallel to the ground. When retracted against the front of the truck, the front crossing arm shall not extend past the width of the truck on the operator's left side.

(b) Any person who operates a frozen dessert truck without equipping such truck as required by subsection (a) of this section shall, for a first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction, and for a subsequent offense, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars and not more than five hundred dollars.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-44 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-44
Sec. 14-44. License endorsement for operators of commercial motor vehicles used for passenger transportation, school buses, student transportation vehicles, taxicabs, motor vehicles in livery service and motor or service buses. Requirements. Hearing. Appeal. Report re persons whose license or endorsement has been withdrawn, suspended or revoked. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) No operator's license bearing a public passenger endorsement shall be issued or renewed in accordance with the provisions of this section or section 14-36a , until the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or the commissioner's authorized representative, is satisfied that the applicant is a proper person to receive such an operator's license bearing an endorsement, holds a valid motor vehicle operator's license, or, if necessary for the class of vehicle operated, a commercial driver's license and is at least eighteen years of age. Each applicant for an operator's license bearing a public passenger endorsement or the renewal of such a license shall furnish the commissioner, or the commissioner's authorized representative, with satisfactory evidence, under oath, to prove that such person has no criminal record and has not been convicted of a violation of section 14-227a or 14-227m or subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of section 14-227n within five years of the date of application and that no reason exists for a refusal to grant or renew such an operator's license bearing a public passenger endorsement. Each applicant for such an operator's license bearing a public passenger endorsement shall submit with the application proof satisfactory to the commissioner that such applicant has passed a physical examination administered not more than ninety days prior to the date of application and meets the physical qualification standards set forth in 49 CFR 391, as amended from time to time. Each applicant for renewal of such license shall present evidence that such applicant is in compliance with the physical qualification standards established in 49 CFR 391, as amended from time to time. Each applicant for such an operator's license bearing a public passenger endorsement shall be fingerprinted before the license bearing a public passenger endorsement is issued.

(2) The Department of Motor Vehicles, in consultation with the Departments of Aging and Disability Services, Developmental Services, Mental Health and Addiction Services and Social Services, shall develop, and thereafter revise as needed, a video presentation providing instruction and best practices concerning ways to appropriately interact with disabled persons who may be receiving services from the departments. In developing such video presentation, the departments may use materials and one or more video presentations developed by a governmental entity, independent contractor or any other party. The departments shall post such video presentation and any other training resources concerning ways to appropriately interact with persons with an intellectual disability or other developmental disabilities in a conspicuous location on their respective Internet web sites. On and after January 1, 2024, prior to issuing or renewing an operator's license bearing a public passenger endorsement, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall require the applicant for such license to watch such video presentation.

(c) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may issue, withhold, renew, suspend, cancel or revoke any public passenger endorsement required to operate a motor vehicle that transports passengers, as provided in subsection (c) of section 14-36a . The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, in making his or her decision, consider the age, accident and criminal record, moral character and physical condition of any such applicant or public passenger endorsement holder and such other matters as the commissioner may determine. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may require any such applicant or public passenger endorsement holder to furnish the statements of two or more reputable citizens, which may be required to be under oath, vouching for the good character or other qualifications of the applicant or public passenger endorsement holder.

(d) Upon the arrest of any person who holds an operator's license bearing a public passenger endorsement, as defined in section 14-1 , and who is charged with a felony or violation of section 53a-73a , the arresting officer or department, within forty-eight hours, shall cause a report of such arrest to be made to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. The report shall be made on a form approved by said commissioner containing such information as the commissioner prescribes. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this subsection.

(e) (1) Prior to issuing an operator's license bearing a public passenger endorsement pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall require each applicant to submit to state and national criminal history records checks, conducted in accordance with section 29-17a . The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall complete such state and national criminal history records checks required pursuant to this section within sixty days of receiving such a request for a check of such records. If notice of a state or national criminal history record is received, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, subject to the provisions of section 46a-80 , refuse to issue an operator's license bearing such public passenger endorsement and, in such case, shall immediately notify the applicant, in writing, of such refusal. Each applicant for a public passenger endorsement to operate a school bus or student transportation vehicle shall submit to a check of the state child abuse and neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k . If notification that the applicant is listed as a perpetrator of abuse on the state child abuse and neglect registry is received, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may refuse to issue an operator's license bearing such public passenger endorsement and, in such case, shall immediately notify the applicant, in writing, of such refusal. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall not issue a temporary operator's license bearing a public passenger endorsement for operation of a school bus or student transportation vehicle.

(2) The fingerprints of an applicant for a public passenger endorsement to operate a school bus may be captured electronically or by other means in accordance with section 29-17a .

(3) For the purposes of this subdivision, “certificate or permit holder” means any person, association, limited liability company or corporation that holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate a taxicab, as described in section 13b-97 or holds a permit to operate a motor vehicle in livery service, as described in section 13b-103 . Any certificate or permit holder who seeks to employ a person who has applied for a public passenger endorsement to operate a taxicab or motor vehicle in livery service under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section may permit such person to operate a taxicab or motor vehicle in livery service prior to the approval by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of the application for such endorsement, but in no event for a period longer than ninety days after the date of application for such endorsement, provided such certificate or permit holder determines such person meets the requirements to operate a taxicab or motor vehicle in livery service set forth in regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (f) of this section. In making such determination, such certificate or permit holder shall (A) conduct, or have a consumer reporting agency regulated under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act conduct, a local, state and national criminal history records check, including a search of state and national sexual offender registry databases, and (B) review such person's driving history record maintained by the commissioner and dated not more than seven days prior to the date of such review. A person who is approved by a certificate or permit holder under this subdivision shall carry and present, upon request, a copy of such person's application to the commissioner and criminal history records check when such person is operating a taxicab or motor vehicle in livery service.

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the commissioner shall not issue an operator's license bearing a public passenger endorsement to transport passengers who are students, and shall suspend any such public passenger endorsement that has been issued, to any person who has been convicted of a serious criminal offense, as determined by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or convicted of any provision of federal law or the law of any other state, the violation of which involves conduct that is substantially similar to a violation determined by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to be a serious criminal offense, if any part of the sentence of such conviction has not been completed, or has been completed during the preceding five years. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this subsection.

(g) Any applicant who is refused an operator's license bearing a public passenger endorsement or the renewal of such a license, or whose operator's license bearing a public passenger endorsement or the renewal of such a license is withdrawn or revoked on account of a criminal record, shall be entitled to a hearing if requested in writing within twenty days. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of chapter 54 and the applicant may appeal from the final decision rendered therein in accordance with section 4-183 .

(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14-10 , the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall furnish to any board of education or to any public or private organization that is actively engaged in providing public transportation, including the transportation of school children, a report containing the names and motor vehicle operator license numbers of each person who has been issued an operator's license with one or more public passenger endorsements, authorizing such person to transport passengers in accordance with the provisions of section 14-36a , but whose license or any such public passenger endorsement has been withdrawn, suspended or revoked by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this section, or any other provision of this title. The report shall be issued and updated periodically in accordance with a schedule to be established by the commissioner. Such report may be transmitted or otherwise made available to authorized recipients by electronic means.

(i) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.

Cited. 148 C. 456.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-12 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-12
Sec. 14-12. Motor vehicle registration. Application. Issuance by dealers. Misrepresentation. Registration number and certificate. Requirements for registration. Regulations. Temporary registration. Number of registered electric vehicles.
Status: in_force

(b) To obtain a motor vehicle registration, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the owner shall submit to the commissioner an application signed by such owner and containing such information and proof of ownership as the commissioner may require. The application shall be made in such form and contain such provisions and information as the commissioner may determine.

(c) (1) The commissioner may, for the more efficient administration of the commissioner's duties, appoint licensed dealers meeting qualifications established by the commissioner pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to (A) issue new registrations for passenger motor vehicles, motorcycles, campers, camp trailers, commercial trailers, service buses, school buses, trucks or other vehicle types as determined by the commissioner, and (B) renew such registrations for such vehicle types. A person registering or renewing the registration of a motor vehicle or other vehicle type as determined by the commissioner from a dealer so appointed shall file an application with the dealer and pay, to the dealer, the registration fee in accordance with the provisions of section 14-49 and any other applicable fees. The commissioner may authorize such dealer to retain a service fee paid by the person registering or renewing the registration of a motor vehicle under this subsection. The commissioner shall establish the maximum service fee that such dealer may charge and prescribe the time and manner in which the application and fees, other than the service fee, shall be transmitted to the commissioner.

(2) The commissioner shall permit a licensed dealer appointed pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection to electronically register a motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of twenty-six thousand pounds and is used or operated in intrastate commerce. Such dealer shall pay all applicable registration and title fees for each such registration.

(d) A motor vehicle registration certificate issued upon an application containing any material false statement is void from the date of its issue and shall be surrendered, upon demand, with any number plate or plates, to the commissioner. Any money paid for the registration certificate shall be forfeited to the state. No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain any registration for another by misrepresentation or impersonation and any registration so obtained shall be void. The commissioner may require each applicant for a motor vehicle registration to furnish personal identification satisfactory to the commissioner and may require any applicant who has established residence in this state for more than thirty days to obtain a motor vehicle operator's license, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 14-36 , or an identification card issued pursuant to section 1-1h . Any person who violates any provision of this subsection and any person who fails to surrender a falsely obtained motor vehicle registration or number plate or plates upon the demand of the commissioner shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars.

(e) The commissioner may register any motor vehicle under the provisions of this chapter, may assign a distinguishing registration number to the registered motor vehicle and may then issue a certificate of registration to the owner. A certificate of registration shall contain the registration number assigned to the motor vehicle and its vehicle identification number and shall be in such form and contain such further information as the commissioner determines.

(f) (1) The commissioner may refuse to register or issue a certificate of title for a motor vehicle or class of motor vehicles if the commissioner determines that the characteristics of the motor vehicle or class of motor vehicles make it unsafe for highway operation. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this subsection and the provisions of subsection (h) of this section.

(2) The commissioner shall not register a motor vehicle if the commissioner knows that the motor vehicle's equipment fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter, provided nothing contained in this section shall preclude the commissioner from issuing one or more temporary registrations for a motor vehicle not previously registered in this state.

(3) The commissioner shall not register any motor vehicle, except a platform truck the motive power of which is electricity, or a tractor equipped with solid tires, if it is not equipped with lighting devices as prescribed by this chapter. The registration of any motor vehicle which is not equipped with such prescribed lighting devices is void and money paid for the registration shall be forfeited to the state. Nothing in this subdivision shall prevent the commissioner, at the commissioner's discretion, from registering a motor vehicle not equipped with certain lighting devices if the operation of the vehicle is restricted to daylight use.

(4) The commissioner shall not register any motor vehicle or a combination of a motor vehicle and a trailer or semitrailer that exceeds the limits specified in section 14-267a .

(5) No motor vehicle registration shall be issued by the commissioner for any motorcycle unless the application for registration is accompanied by sufficient proof, as determined by the commissioner, that the motorcycle is insured for the amounts required by section 14-289f .

(6) The commissioner shall not register any motor vehicle which is subject to the federal heavy vehicle use tax imposed under Section 4481 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, if the applicant fails to furnish proof of payment of such tax, in a form prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.

(7) The commissioner shall not issue a certificate of title for a homemade low-speed vehicle or a golf cart that has been retrofitted from the original manufacturer's specifications in an attempt to qualify as a low-speed vehicle.

(g) The commissioner may elect not to register any motor vehicle which is ten or more model years old and which has not been previously registered in this state until the same has been presented, as directed by the commissioner, at the main office or a branch office of the Department of Motor Vehicles or to any designated official emissions inspection station or other business or firm, authorized by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to conduct safety inspections, and has passed the inspection as to its safety features as required by the commissioner. When a motor vehicle owned by a resident of this state is garaged in another jurisdiction and cannot be conveniently presented at an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles, an authorized emissions inspection station or other facility, the commissioner may accept an inspection made by authorities in such other jurisdiction or by appropriate military authorities, provided the commissioner determines that such inspection is comparable to that conducted by the Department of Motor Vehicles. If the commissioner authorizes the contractor that operates the system of official emissions inspection stations or other business or firm to conduct the safety inspections required by this subsection, the commissioner may authorize the contractor or other business or firm to charge a fee, not to exceed fifteen dollars, for each such inspection. The commissioner may authorize any motor vehicle dealer or repairer, licensed in accordance with section 14-52 and meeting qualifications established by the commissioner, to perform an inspection required by this section or to make repairs to any motor vehicle that has failed an initial safety inspection and to certify to the commissioner that the motor vehicle is in compliance with the safety and equipment standards for registration. No such authorized dealer or repairer shall charge any additional fee to make such certification to the commissioner. If the commissioner authorizes any such dealer or repairer to conduct safety inspections, such licensee may provide written certification to the commissioner, in such form and manner as the commissioner prescribes, as to compliance of any motor vehicle in its inventory with safety and equipment standards and such certification may be accepted by the commissioner as meeting the inspection requirements of this subsection.

(h) The commissioner shall not register any motor vehicle unless it meets the equipment related registration requirements contained in sections 14-80 , 14-100 , 14-100a , 14-100b , 14-106a and 14-275 .

(i) The commissioner or any city, town, borough or other taxing district authorized under subsection (f) of section 14-33 may issue a temporary registration to the owner of a motor vehicle. The application for a temporary registration shall conform to the provisions of this section. A temporary registration may be issued for a period of time determined by the commissioner and may be renewed from time to time at the discretion of the commissioner. The fee for a temporary registration or any renewal thereof shall be as provided in subsection (n) of section 14-49 .

(j) The commissioner may issue a special use registration to the owner of a motor vehicle for a period not to exceed thirty days for the sole purpose of driving such vehicle to another state in which the vehicle is to be registered and exclusively used. The application for such registration shall conform to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. The commissioner may issue special use certificates and plates in such form as the commissioner may determine. The special use certificate shall state such limitation on the operation of such vehicle and shall be carried in the vehicle at all times when it is being operated on any highway.

(k) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a), (b) and (e) of this section, the commissioner shall issue to a municipality, as defined in section 7-245 , or a regional solid waste authority comprised of several municipalities, upon receipt of an application by the municipality or regional solid waste authority, a general distinguishing number plate for use on a motor vehicle owned or leased by such municipality or regional solid waste authority.

(l) Not later than January 1, 2018, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall record the number of electric vehicles, as defined in section 16-19eee , registered in the state. This data shall be publicly available on the department's Internet web site and shall include (1) the number of electric vehicles registered in the state each year, and (2) the total number of electric vehicles registered in the state. The department shall update this information every six months.

See chapter 368d re emergency medical services.

See Sec. 12-430 re required proof of paid-up taxes as condition for registration of vehicles.

See Secs. 14-12b, 14-12c re insurance requirements for registration of vehicle.

See Sec. 14-16a re required inspection of older vehicles, antique, rare or special interest vehicles on transfer of ownership.

See Sec. 14-43 re voiding of license for misrepresentation.

See Sec. 14-45 re required notice of change of address.

See Sec. 14-111(h) re licensing and registration penalties imposed against out-of-state violators.

See Sec. 14-215 re penalty for operation of vehicle when registration or license is refused, suspended or revoked.

See Sec. 14-289f re insurance requirements for operation of motorcycles.

See Sec. 20-427a re commissioner's duty to deny registration for commercial motor vehicle of contractor who is in violation of provisions of Sec. 20-420 or 20-432.

Registration certificate is for the purpose of identification and revenue. 90 C. 414; 97 C. 145; 104 C. 168; 107 C. 141; 114 C. 264. Conditional vendee or chattel mortgagee may register a car as owner. 92 C. 254; 104 C. 169. Certificate is prima facie evidence that the statutory requirements were fulfilled. 106 C. 257. Whether registration is invalidated by failure of owner to register trade name, quaere. Id., 258. Purpose of direction to refuse registration to improperly equipped vehicle is to assure protection to other users of highway. 114 C. 265. Mere operation of unregistered vehicle is not negligence nor nuisance. Id., 266.

Cited. 30 CA 263.

1939 amendment unconstitutional. 7 CS 332. Legislature did not intend to make commissioner liable for failure to comply with the regulations of this and similar statutes. 19 CS 171. Cited. 29 CS 155.

Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 390; 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 73.

Subsec. (a):

Does not govern registration of commercial vehicles. 177 C. 588.

Cited. 23 CA 50; 30 CA 742.

Cited. 37 CS 693.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-65 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-65
Sec. 14-65. Auction permit. Exception. Regulations. Penalties. Right to void purchase at wholesale dealer auction.
Status: in_force

(b) A totalled or salvaged motor vehicle with a certificate of title stamped “SALVAGE PARTS ONLY” shall be sold at auction in an area that is separate from any area in which other motor vehicles are being sold at auction.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a sale by a state marshal or to a private auction sale of motor vehicles, used by the seller, who is not a used car dealer as defined in section 14-51 , in the operation of such seller's business or for personal use.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation engaged primarily in the business of conducting auction sales of construction equipment and other special mobile equipment, as defined in subdivision (9) of section 14-165 , and incidentally in auction sales of trailers and other motor vehicles, at a fixed location and place of business in this state, provided such person, firm or corporation was engaged in such business at such fixed location and place of business in this state on or before January 1, 2004. If such person, firm or corporation accepts motor vehicles on consignment from any licensed dealer, which motor vehicles are offered for sale to the public, such consigning dealer shall be required to obtain a permit in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. Such consigning dealer shall be responsible for compliance with the provisions of sections 42-220 to 42-226a , inclusive.

(e) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.

(f) A violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be a class B misdemeanor. Each person, firm or corporation that conducts an auction sale in accordance with any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions of sections 14-149 and 14-149a and to the penalties provided for violations of said sections. Each such person, firm or corporation that sells any motor vehicle with an odometer reading that has been turned back or changed on the most recent assignment of ownership prior to the auction sale shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 14-106b . The commissioner may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, impose a civil penalty of two thousand dollars on any licensee who violates subsection (b) of this section or any regulation adopted pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.

(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (e) of section 14-62 , a licensed new or used car dealer that has obtained an auction permit from the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of this section, may sell a motor vehicle at a wholesale dealer auction on the condition that such dealer will present a duly assigned certificate of title to the purchaser of such motor vehicle not later than fourteen days following the date of such purchase. The failure of the dealer to present such certificate of title to the purchaser on or before such date shall, at the option of the purchaser, void the purchase of such motor vehicle. In order to void such purchase, the purchaser shall notify such dealer, within two business days following such fourteen-day period, that such purchaser is exercising the right to void such purchase. Upon such notification, the seller shall refund the purchase price and shall be responsible for the payment of the round-trip transportation costs incurred by the purchaser, as evidenced by a copy of invoices or payment receipts.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-388 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 255 / Section 14-388
Sec. 14-388. Penalties. Liability.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 23-26g re penalties for violation of regulations re operation of all-terrain vehicles on state land.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-67l — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-67l
Sec. 14-67l. (Formerly Sec. 21-18). License, fees and surety bond. General registration of motor vehicles. Documents to be issued to drivers of such motor vehicles. Compliance with environmental statutes and regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) Any surety bond submitted pursuant to subsection (a) or (d) of this section shall be conditioned upon the applicant or licensee complying with the provisions of any state or federal law or regulation relating to the business of operating a motor vehicle recycler's yard and provided as indemnity for any loss sustained by any aggrieved customer by reason of any acts of the licensee constituting grounds for suspension or revocation of the license or such licensee going out of business. Each surety bond shall be executed in the name of the state of Connecticut for the benefit of any aggrieved customer, but the penalty of the bond shall not be invoked except upon order of the commissioner after a hearing held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. The commissioner shall assess an administrative fee of two hundred dollars against any licensee for failing to provide proof of bond renewal or replacement on or before the date of the expiration of the existing bond.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, upon receipt of such certificate of approval, the payment of the required fees, the submission of such surety bond and observance of regulations required, the commissioner may issue a license, provided the commissioner may refuse to grant a license to a person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of operating a motor vehicle recycler's yard if the applicant for such license or an officer or major stockholder, if the applicant is a firm or corporation, has been convicted of a violation of any provision of laws pertaining to the business of a motor vehicle dealer or repairer, including a motor vehicle recycler, in the courts of the United States or of this state or any state of the United States, in accordance with the hearing requirements provided for in section 14-67p .

(d) Any license may be renewed on a biennial basis upon payment of a fee of seven hundred dollars and submission of a surety bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars. Each such licensee shall, instead of registering each motor vehicle owned by the licensee, apply to the commissioner for a general distinguishing number and mark, and the commissioner may issue to the applicant a certificate of registration containing the distinguishing number and mark assigned to such licensee and, thereupon, each motor vehicle owned by such licensee shall be regarded as registered under such general distinguishing number and mark. No licensee may be issued more than three registrations under a general distinguishing number and mark in a year, unless the licensee applies for an additional registration to the commissioner, in such form and containing such information as the commissioner may require to substantiate such request. The commissioner may issue to each such licensee such additional registrations as the commissioner deems necessary. The licensee shall issue to each person driving such motor vehicle a document indicating that such person is validly entrusted with the vehicle, which document shall be carried in the motor vehicle. The commissioner shall determine the form and contents of such document. For the registration of each motor vehicle under a general distinguishing number and mark, the commissioner shall charge a fee at the rate of seventy dollars per year. Such licensee shall furnish proof of financial responsibility satisfactory to the commissioner, as described in section 14-112 . Such number plates may be used as provided for under section 14-67n .

(e) Each applicant for a recycler's license shall be required to certify that, to the best of such applicant's knowledge and belief, all the property to be used for the operation of the yard and business is in compliance with the provisions of all applicable provisions of title 22a and all regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to the provisions of said title. Upon receipt of such certification and completed application, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall notify the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The notification shall include a statement of the location of the subject property and a legal description thereof. Within forty-five days of receipt of such notification, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall inform the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles if there is any reason to believe that the property that is proposed to be licensed is not in compliance with the above referenced statutory and regulatory requirements. If the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is informed that there is any such reason to believe that the subject location is not in compliance with such requirements, said commissioner may (1) refuse to issue the license, or (2) issue the license subject to such conditions, including, but not limited to, the remediation of the conditions causing the suspected violation or violations, as are acceptable to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.

See Sec. 13a-123e re certificate of approval obtained from Transportation Commissioner for operation of junk yard or scrap metal processing facility.

Annotations to former section 21-18:

Cited. 116 C. 461. Requires certificate of approval from local authorities before the issuance of licenses by Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. 144 C. 67. Cited. 147 C. 469.

Certificate cannot be refused under section for reasons usually associated with zoning. 14 CS 339. Cited. 24 CS 226.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-12a — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-12a
Sec. 14-12a. Registration of certain motor vehicles garaged or operated in Connecticut.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) For the purposes of this section, a declaration of the person registering a motor vehicle, made in such form as the Department of Motor Vehicles may prescribe, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts relevant to the application of subsection (a) of this section. (2) Consistent with the provisions of this section, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall have power to enter into agreements with the appropriate authorities of other states pursuant to which uncertainties as to the proper state of registration for motor vehicles may be determined and allocations of vehicles for purposes of registration made.

(c) Residence or domicile of the owner, lessor or lessee of the motor vehicle, or the place where the owner, lessor or lessee is incorporated or organized, shall not be a factor in determining the necessity for registration of the vehicle in this state.

(d) A vehicle registered in this state pursuant to this section shall be registered in the name of the owner; provided, if the vehicle is being operated, or is to be operated, pursuant to a lease or other arrangement by a person other than the owner or his employees, the name of the owner shall appear on the registration followed by the term “lessor”. A copy of any current lease pursuant to which the vehicle is being operated shall be carried in the vehicle at all times. The absence of a current lease in the vehicle shall be considered prima facie evidence that the vehicle is being operated by the owner.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the registration of any motor vehicle in this state, if such vehicle is eligible for registration pursuant to any law of this state, and the person registering the vehicle desires such registration.

(f) A person failing to register a motor vehicle in accordance with this section shall be fined not less than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars.

Registration of commercial vehicles governed by this statute, not Sec. 14-12(a). 177 C. 588. Cited. 200 C. 102.

Cited. 20 CA 336. Enforcement not prohibited by federal law. 69 CA 482.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-49 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-49
Sec. 14-49. Fees for miscellaneous registration and other fees.
Status: repealed

(b) (1) For the registration of each motorcycle, the triennial fee shall be sixty-three dollars, subject to the provisions of subdivision (2) of this subsection. For the registration of each motorcycle with side car or box attached used for commercial purposes, the triennial fee shall be ninety dollars. The commissioner may register a motorcycle with a side car under one registration which shall cover the use of such motorcycle with or without such side car. (2) Six dollars of the total fee with respect to the registration of each motorcycle shall, when entered upon the records of the Special Transportation Fund, be deemed to be appropriated to the Department of Transportation for purposes of continuing the program of motorcycle rider education formerly funded under the federal Highway Safety Act of 1978, 23 USC 402.

(c) For the registration of each taxicab or motor vehicle in livery service, with a seating capacity of seven or less, the commissioner shall charge a biennial fee of two hundred sixty-six dollars. When the seating capacity of such motor vehicle is more than seven, there shall be added to the amount herein provided the sum of four dollars for each seat so in excess.

(d) For the registration of each motor bus, except a motor bus owned and operated by a multiple-state passenger carrier as hereinafter defined, the commissioner shall charge a fee of fifty-six dollars and such registration shall be sufficient for all types of operation under this chapter. For the registration of motor buses owned or operated by a multiple-state passenger carrier, the commissioner shall charge registration fees based on the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per hundredweight of the gross weight, such gross weight to be computed by adding the light weight of the vehicle fully equipped for service to one hundred fifty pounds per passenger for the rated seating capacity, plus the sum of forty-two dollars. The fee in each case shall be determined on an apportionment basis commensurate with the use of the highways of this state as herein provided. The commissioner shall require the registration of that percentage of the motor buses of such multiple-state passenger carrier operating into or through the state which the mileage of such motor buses actually operated in the state bears to the total mileage of all such motor buses operated both within and without the state. Such percentage figures shall be the mileage factor. In computing the registration fees on the number of such motor buses which are allocated to the state for registration purposes under the foregoing formula, the commissioner shall first compute the amount that the registration fees would be if all such motor buses were in fact subject to registration in the state, and then apply to such amount the mileage factor above referred to, provided, if the foregoing formula or method of allocation results in apportioning a lesser or greater number of motor buses or amount of registration fees to the state than the state under all of the facts is fairly entitled to, then a formula that will fairly apportion such registration fees to the state shall be determined and used by the commissioner. Said mileage factor shall be computed prior to March first of each year by using the mileage records of operations of such motor buses operating both within and without the state for the twelve-month period, or portion thereof, ending on August thirty-first next preceding the commencement of the registration year for which registration is sought. If there were no operations in the state during any part of such preceding twelve-month period, the commissioner shall proceed under the provisions of subsection (a) of article IV of section 14-365 . In apportioning the number of motor buses to be registered in the state, as provided in this subsection, any fractional part of a motor bus shall be treated as a whole motor bus and shall be registered and licensed as such. Any motor bus operated both within and without the state which is not required to be registered in the state under the provisions of this section shall nevertheless be identified as a part of the fleet of the multiple-state passenger carrier and the commissioner shall adopt an appropriate method of identification of such motor buses owned and operated by such carrier. The identification of all such motor buses by the commissioner as required in this subsection shall be considered the same as the registration of such motor buses under this chapter. The substitution from time to time of one motor bus for another by a multiple-state passenger carrier shall not require registration thereof in the state as long as the substitution does not increase the aggregate number of motor buses employed in the operation of such carrier, provided all such motor buses substituted for others shall be immediately reported to and identification issued for the same by the commissioner and, if a registration fee is required to be paid for such substituted motor bus, the same shall be promptly paid. As used in this subsection, the phrase “multiple-state passenger carrier” means and includes any person, firm or corporation authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission or its successor agency to engage in the business of the transportation of passengers for hire by motor buses, both within and without the state.

(e) (1) For the registration of a passenger motor vehicle used in part for commercial purposes, except any pick-up truck having a gross vehicle weight rating of less than twelve thousand five hundred pounds, the commissioner shall charge a triennial fee of one hundred thirty-two dollars and shall issue combination registration to such vehicle. Any individual who is sixty-five years of age or older may, at such individual's discretion, renew the combination registration of such vehicle owned by such individual for either a one-year period or the registration period as determined by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of section 14-22 . (2) For the registration of a school bus, the commissioner shall charge an annual fee of one hundred seven dollars for a type I school bus and sixty-four dollars for a type II school bus. (3) For the registration of a motor vehicle when used in part for commercial purposes and as a passenger motor vehicle or of a motor vehicle having a seating capacity greater than ten and not used for the conveyance of passengers for hire, the commissioner shall charge a biennial fee for gross weight as for commercial registration, as outlined in section 14-47 , plus the sum of fourteen dollars and shall issue combination registration to such vehicle. (4) Each vehicle registered as combination shall be issued a number plate bearing the word “combination”. No vehicle registered as combination may have a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of twelve thousand five hundred pounds. (5) For the registration of a pick-up truck having a gross vehicle weight rating of less than twelve thousand five hundred pounds that is not used in part for commercial purposes, the commissioner shall charge a triennial fee for gross weight as for commercial registration, as provided in section 14-47 , plus the sum of twenty-one dollars and shall issue combination registration to such pick-up truck, except the commissioner shall issue passenger registration to any pick-up truck having a gross vehicle weight rating of eight thousand five hundred fifty pounds or less that is not used in part for commercial purposes.

(f) Repealed by P.A. 22-25 , S. 19.

(g) For the registration of all motorcycles, registered under a general distinguishing number and mark, owned or operated by, or in the custody of, a manufacturer of, dealer in or repairer of motorcycles, there shall be charged an annual fee at the rate of thirty-seven dollars for each set of number plates furnished.

(h) The minimum annual fee for any commercial registration of a motor vehicle not equipped with pneumatic tires shall be sixty dollars.

(i) For the transfer of the registration of a motor vehicle previously registered, except as provided in subsection (e) of section 14-16 and subsection (c) of section 14-253a , there shall be charged a fee of twenty-one dollars.

(j) Repealed by 1972, P.A. 255, S. 6.

(k) For the registration of each motor hearse used exclusively for transportation of the dead, the commissioner shall charge a fee of thirty-seven dollars. The commissioner may furnish distinguishing number plates for any motor hearse.

(l) The fee for the registration of each truck to be used between parts of an industrial plant, as provided in section 13a-117 , shall be thirty dollars for the first two hundred feet of the public highway, the use of which is granted by such permit. For each additional two hundred feet or fraction thereof, the fee shall be twelve dollars.

(m) (1) For the registration of a trailer used exclusively for camping or any other recreational purpose, the commissioner shall charge a triennial fee of twenty-eight dollars and fifty cents. (2) For any other trailer or semitrailer not drawn by a truck-tractor, the commissioner shall charge the same fee as prescribed for commercial registrations in section 14-47 , provided the fee for a heavy duty trailer, a crane or any other heavy construction equipment shall be three hundred twenty-six dollars for each year; except that the registration fee for each motor vehicle classed as a tractor-crane and equipped with rubber tires shall be one-half the fee charged for the gross weight of commercial vehicles.

(n) For each temporary registration of a motor vehicle not used for commercial purposes, or renewal of such registration, the commissioner shall charge a fee computed at the rate of twenty-one dollars for each ten-day period, or part thereof. For each temporary registration of a motor vehicle used for commercial purposes, or renewal of such registration, the commissioner shall charge a fee computed at the rate of twenty-seven dollars for each ten-day period, or part thereof, if the motor vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating of six thousand pounds or less. For each temporary registration of a motor vehicle used for commercial purposes, or renewal of such registration, the commissioner shall charge a fee computed at the rate of forty-nine dollars for each ten-day period, or part thereof, if the motor vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating of more than six thousand pounds.

(o) No registration fee shall be charged in respect to any motor vehicle owned by a municipality, as defined in section 7-245 , any other governmental agency or a military agency and used exclusively for the conduct of official business. No registration fee shall be charged for any motor vehicle owned by or leased to a transit district and used exclusively to provide public transportation. No fee shall be charged for the registration of ambulances owned by hospitals or any nonprofit civic organization approved by the commissioner. No fee shall be charged for the registration of fire department apparatus as provided by section 14-19 . No registration fee shall be charged to a disabled veteran, as defined in section 14-254 , residing in this state for the registration of three passenger, camper or passenger and commercial motor vehicles leased or owned by such veteran in any registration year, provided such vehicles shall not be used for hire. No registration fee shall be charged for any motor vehicle leased to an agency of this state on or after June 4, 1982.

(p) For the registration of a service bus owned by an individual, firm or corporation, exclusive of any nonprofit charitable, religious, educational or community service organization, and used for the transportation of persons without charge, the commissioner shall charge a fee of two hundred thirteen dollars for vehicles having a seating capacity of sixteen passengers or less, including the driver, and seven hundred forty-seven dollars for vehicles having a seating capacity of more than sixteen passengers. For the registration of any service bus owned by any nonprofit charitable, religious, educational or community service organization, the commissioner shall charge a fee of one hundred sixty dollars for vehicles having a seating capacity of sixteen passengers or less, and five hundred thirty-three dollars for vehicles having a seating capacity of more than sixteen passengers, provided such service bus is used exclusively for the purpose of transporting persons in relation to the purposes and activities of such organization. Each such registration shall be issued for a biennial period in accordance with a schedule established by the commissioner. Nothing contained in this subsection shall affect the provisions of subsection (e) of this section.

(q) The commissioner shall collect a triennial fee of forty-five dollars for the registration of each motor vehicle used exclusively for farming purposes or a prorated amount if the registration period is less than three years. No such motor vehicle may be used for the purpose of transporting goods for hire or taking the on-the-road skills test portion of the examination for a motor vehicle operator's license. No farm registration shall be issued to any person operating a farm that has gross annual sales of less than two thousand five hundred dollars in the calendar year preceding registration. The commissioner may issue a farm registration for a passenger motor vehicle under such conditions as said commissioner shall prescribe in regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54. No motor vehicle issued a farm registration may be used to transport ten or more passengers on any highway unless such motor vehicle meets the requirements for equipment and mechanical condition set forth in this chapter, and, in the case of a vehicle used to transport more than fifteen passengers, including the driver, the applicable requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations, as adopted by the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 14-163c . The operator of such motor vehicle used to transport ten or more passengers shall hold a public passenger endorsement issued in accordance with the provisions of section 14-44 . Any farm registration used otherwise than as provided by this subsection shall be revoked.

(r) Repealed by P.A. 73-549, S. 2, 4.

(s) A fee of sixty-nine dollars shall be charged in addition to the regular fee prescribed for the registration of a motor vehicle, including but not limited to any passenger motor vehicle or motorcycle, in accordance with this section for a number plate or plates for such vehicle bearing any combination of letters or numbers requested by the registrant and which may be issued in the discretion of the commissioner, except in any case in which the number plates bear the official call letters of an amateur radio station.

(t) For the registration of each camper, the commissioner shall charge a triennial fee of one hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents. The commissioner shall refund the registration fee for any camper registration provided the registrant cancels such registration and requests a refund prior to the expiration of the registration period as follows: (1) (A) For a triennial registration, one-third of the registration fee if there is at least one year but not more than two years remaining until the expiration of such registration on the date of cancellation, and (B) two-thirds of the registration fee if there are two years or more remaining until the expiration of such registration on the date of cancellation; and (2) for a biennial registration, one-half of the registration fee if there is one year or more remaining until the expiration of such registration on the date of cancelation.

(u) Repealed by P.A. 85-81.

(v) There shall be charged for each motor vehicle adult or youth instruction permit or renewal thereof a fee of nineteen dollars. There shall be charged for each motorcycle instruction permit or renewal thereof a fee of sixteen dollars.

(w) In addition to the fee established for the issuance of motor vehicle number plates and except as provided in subsection (a) of section 14-21b and subsection (c) of section 14-253a , there shall be an additional safety fee of five dollars charged at the time of issuance of any reflectorized safety number plate or set of plates. All moneys derived from said safety fee shall be deposited in the Special Transportation Fund.

(x) For each special use registration for a period of thirty days or less, the fee shall be twenty-one dollars.

(y) The commissioner shall assess a ten-dollar late fee for renewal of a motor vehicle registration in the event a registrant fails to renew his or her registration within five days after the expiration of such registration, except that no such fee shall be assessed for the late renewal of the registration, pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (m) of this section, of (1) a trailer used exclusively for camping or any other recreational purpose, or (2) a motor vehicle designed or permanently altered in such a way as to provide living quarters for travel or camping. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, if a registrant who is required to register a motor vehicle under section 14-34a fails to renew such registration not later than five days after the expiration date of such registration, the commissioner shall assess a late fee of one hundred fifty dollars.

(z) The commissioner shall refund the registration fee for any motor vehicle, provided the registrant cancels the motor vehicle registration and requests a refund prior to the expiration of the registration period as follows: (1) (A) For a triennial registration, one-third of the registration fee if there is at least one year but not more than two years remaining until the expiration of such registration on the date of cancellation, and (B) two-thirds of the registration fee if there are two years or more remaining until the expiration of such registration on the date of cancellation; and (2) for a biennial registration, one-half of the registration fee if there is one year or more remaining until the expiration of such registration on the date of cancelation.

See Sec. 14-28 re issuance of passenger motor vehicle plates for livery cars and taxicabs.

See Sec. 14-58 re dealers' and repairers' licenses.

See Sec. 14-59 re special dealers' plates.

Cited. 194 C. 129; 239 C. 1.

Cited. 37 CS 693.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-232 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-232
Sec. 14-232. Passing.
Status: in_force

(b) No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the highway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless the left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken.

(c) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.

See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.

See Sec. 14-295 re assessment of double or treble damages.

Annotations to former section:

Duty to pass overtaken car on left exists though there are two lines of traffic going the same way. 107 C. 634. No right to pass on right when approaching intersection. 117 C. 619, see 129 C. 455. Rule concerning passing does not apply when car overtaken has not started onto traveled portion. 118 C. 706. Error to charge that a person is absolutely required to give overtaking car one-half of traveled portion. 121 C. 437. May pass on right in traffic lane when following directions on signal. 122 C. 519, 520. Vehicle passing parked car does so subject to right-of-way of vehicle approaching in opposite direction. 124 C. 159. Operator attempting right turn has right to assume other operators will observe rule concerning passing to right until he sees or should see to the contrary. 128 C. 441. Not necessary to clear parked car by 20 feet. 131 C. 250. Duty of pedestrian to yield left side of road to overtaking vehicle. 133 C. 365. Cited. Id., 581.

Operator traveling in opposite direction who is speeding is entitled to assume that the operator of a passing vehicle will heed the injunction of statute and such speeding does not constitute negligence. 10 CS 132.

Cited. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 19, 20.

Annotations to present section:

Giving way to the right is not the same as “to give the right-of-way”. 154 C. 381. Cited. 170 C. 184; 202 C. 629; 206 C. 608.

Cited. 4 CA 451; 21 CA 496.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-289d — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-289d
Sec. 14-289d. Vision-protecting devices for operators of motorcycles or motor-driven cycles.
Status: in_force

(b) Failure to wear either goggles, glasses or a face shield of a type which conforms to the minimum specifications as called for by such regulations shall be an infraction. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to operators of motorcycles and motor-driven cycles equipped with a wind screen or windshield which conforms to the minimum specifications called for by such regulations.

Cited. 194 C. 129.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-379 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 255 / Section 14-379
Sec. 14-379. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles;

(2) “Snowmobile” means any self-propelled vehicle designed for travel on snow or ice, except vehicles propelled by sail;

(3) “Snowmobile dealer” means a person engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling new snowmobiles or selling new or used snowmobiles, or both, having an established place of business for the sale, trade and display of such snowmobiles;

(4) “All-terrain vehicle” means a self-propelled vehicle designed to travel over unimproved terrain that has been determined by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to be unsuitable for operation on the public highways and is not eligible for registration under chapter 246;

(5) “All-terrain vehicle dealer” means any person engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling new all-terrain vehicles, or both, having an established place of business for the manufacture, sale, trade and display of such all-terrain vehicles; and

(6) “Operate” means to control the course of or otherwise use a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle.

All-terrain vehicle qualifies for uninsured motorist coverage under the policy definition. 45 CS 144.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-48a — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-48a
Sec. 14-48a. Registration of commercial truck-tractor.
Status: in_force

(b) No person shall register a commercial truck-tractor specifying a gross vehicle weight which exceeds the gross weight established by the manufacturer for such vehicle unless such vehicle has been modified to carry greater weight by such person for use in connection with his business and has been inspected by the commissioner for the greater gross vehicle weight prior to registration. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be deemed to have committed an infraction. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall also revoke the motor vehicle registration of such vehicle. After inspection of such vehicle and upon receipt of the restoration fee as provided in subsection (b) of section 14-50b , the commissioner may issue to such person a new registration which shall indicate the actual gross weight of such vehicle.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-212b — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-212b
Sec. 14-212b. School zones. Fines doubled.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) At the request of the legislative body of a town, city or borough, the Office of the State Traffic Administration may designate as a school zone any part of a state highway that is adjacent to school property or is, in the opinion of said office, sufficiently close to school property as to constitute a risk to the public safety under all the circumstances. At the request of such legislative body, the office may revoke any such designation. (2) A local traffic authority may designate as a school zone, and may revoke any such designation, any part of a local highway that is adjacent to school property or is, in the opinion of the local traffic authority, sufficiently close to school property as to constitute a risk to the public safety under all the circumstances.

(c) The Superior Court shall impose an additional fee equivalent to one hundred per cent of the fine established or imposed for the violation of the provisions of section 14-218a or 14-219 , for any such violation committed in a school zone designated in a conspicuous manner by the Office of the State Traffic Administration or local traffic authority.

(d) The Office of the State Traffic Administration with regard to a state highway or the local traffic authority with regard to a local highway shall cause to be posted a sign approved by the Office of the State Traffic Administration (1) at the beginning of a school zone in each direction that traffic is permitted to flow which shall read as follows: “SCHOOL ZONE AHEAD FINES DOUBLED”, and (2) at the end of such zone in each direction that traffic is permitted to flow which shall read as follows: “END SCHOOL ZONE”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-38a — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-38a
Sec. 14-38a. Instruction manual printed in Spanish.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 14-36 re licensing procedure.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-289g — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-289g
Sec. 14-289g. Protective headgear for motorcycle or motor-driven cycle operators and passengers under eighteen years of age. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) As used in this section, the term “motorcycle” shall not include “autocycle”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-66 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-66
Sec. 14-66. Wreckers. Towing and transporting. Distinguishing number plates. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner, or an inspector authorized by the commissioner, shall examine each wrecker, including its number, equipment and identification, and shall determine the mechanical condition of such wrecker and whether or not it is properly equipped to do the work intended. A wrecker shall be deemed properly equipped if there are flashing yellow lights installed and mounted on such wrecker that (1) show in all directions at all times, and (2) are as close to the back of the cab of such wrecker as practicable. Such lights shall be in operation when such wrecker is towing a vehicle and when such wrecker is at the scene of an accident or the location of a disabled motor vehicle. In addition, each wrecker shall be equipped with a spot light mounted so that its beam of light is directed toward the hoisting equipment in the rear of such wrecker. The hoisting equipment of each wrecker shall be of sufficient capacity to perform the service intended and shall be securely mounted to the frame of such vehicle. A fire extinguisher shall be carried at all times on each wrecker which shall be in proper working condition, mounted in a permanent bracket on each wrecker and have a minimum rating of eight bc. A set of three flares in operating condition shall be carried at all times on each wrecker and shall be used between the periods of one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise when the wrecker is parked on a highway while making emergency repairs or preparing to pick up a disabled vehicle to remove it from a highway or adjoining property. No registrant or operator of any wrecker shall offer to give any gratuities or inducements of any kind to any police officer or other person in order to obtain towing business or recommendations for towing or storage of, or estimating repairs to, disabled vehicles. No licensee shall require the owner to sign a contract for the repair or storage of such owner's damaged vehicle as part of the towing consideration or to sign an order for the repair of, or authorization for estimating repairs to such vehicle, until the tow job has been completed. No licensee shall tow a vehicle in such a negligent manner as to cause further damage to the vehicle being towed. No licensee shall knowingly permit any person to occupy a vehicle while the vehicle is being towed. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the licensee and owner of the damaged vehicle from entering into an agreement for the repair or storage of such vehicle upon the completion of the tow job.

(c) Each wrecker used for towing or transporting motor vehicles shall be registered as a wrecker by the commissioner for a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars. Each such registration shall be renewed biennially according to renewal schedules established by the commissioner so as to effect staggered renewal of all such registrations. If the adoption of a staggered system results in the expiration of any registration more or less than two years from its issuance, the commissioner may charge a prorated amount for such registration fee.

(d) An owner of a wrecker may apply to the commissioner for a general distinguishing number and number plate for the purpose of displaying such number plate on a motor vehicle temporarily in the custody of such owner and being towed or transported by such owner. The commissioner shall issue such number and number plate to an owner of a wrecker (1) who has complied with the requirements of this section, and (2) whose wrecker is equipped in accordance with subsection (b) of this section. The commissioner shall charge a fee to cover the cost of issuance and renewal of such number plates.

(e) With respect to the nonconsensual towing or transporting of a motor vehicle, no licensee may tow or transport a vehicle to the premises of any person, firm or corporation engaged in the storage of vehicles for compensation unless such person, firm or corporation adheres to the storage charges published by the commissioner.

(f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person, firm, corporation or association: (1) Towing or transporting a motor vehicle, provided such person, firm, corporation or association is licensed as a motor vehicle dealer pursuant to the provisions of subpart (D) of this part and does not offer direct towing or transporting to the public or engage in nonconsensual towing or transporting; (2) operating as an automobile club or automobile association licensed under section 14-67 ; (3) operating as a motor vehicle recycler licensed under section 14-67 l or any contractor of such recycler, provided such recycler or its contractor does not offer towing or transporting to the public or engage in nonconsensual towing or transporting; (4) engaging in the business of repossession of motor vehicles for lending institutions, provided it does not offer direct towing or transporting unless licensed as a motor vehicle dealer under the provisions of subpart (D) of this part; (5) towing motor vehicles owned or leased by such person, firm, association or corporation; (6) towing or transporting motor vehicles for hire, with the appropriate operating authority, as defined in 49 CFR 390.5, as amended from time to time, provided such person, firm, corporation or association does not offer towing or transporting to the public or engage in nonconsensual towing or transporting; or (7) towing motor vehicles to or from an auction conducted by a dealer licensed pursuant to the provisions of subpart (D) of this part, provided such person, firm, corporation or association does not offer direct towing or transporting to the public or engage in nonconsensual towing or transporting.

(g) Any law enforcement officer or traffic authority, as defined in section 14-297 , may determine that a vehicle blocking a travel lane on a limited access highway constitutes an emergency and a threat to public safety. Upon such determination, such law enforcement officer or traffic authority may direct the operator of a wrecker to remove such vehicle. Any such operator of a wrecker shall be held harmless from liability or causes of action for property damages incurred to such vehicle or to its contents or the surrounding area caused by such emergency removal, provided such removal measures are taken under the direction of such officer or authority and all reasonable care is taken by the operator of the wrecker to limit any further damage to such vehicle, such vehicle's contents or the surrounding area.

(h) For the purposes of this section, “nonconsensual towing or transporting” means the towing or transporting of a motor vehicle in accordance with the provisions of section 14-145 or for which arrangements are made by order of a law enforcement officer or traffic authority, as defined in section 14-297 .

(i) Any person, firm, corporation or association that violates the provisions of this section shall, for a first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction and for a second or subsequent offense, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.

Cited. 148 C. 456. Section constitutional as an exercise of the state's police power; suspension of plaintiff's wrecker registration and plates during period of suspension of its repairer's license upheld. 167 C. 304. Classification challenged held constitutional under equal protection guarantees as preserving and promoting public welfare. 176 C. 11.

Subsec. (a)(2):

Given the inclusion of the word “may” in both the statute and the relevant state regulation, the commissioner has the discretion to consider and weigh the factors as the commissioner sees fit in order to achieve a just and reasonable result. 205 CA 368.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-35a — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-35a
Sec. 14-35a. Restrictions on owner of motor vehicle with suspended registration. Prohibitions on operation of motor vehicle by motor carrier. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(b) No motor carrier, as defined in 49 CFR Section 390.5, as amended from time to time, shall operate any motor vehicle on the highways of this state, or knowingly permit such operation of any motor vehicle, the registration of which has been suspended or revoked by the commissioner, or by any federal agency acting pursuant to any provision of federal law.

(c) No motor carrier, as defined in 49 CFR Section 390.5, as amended from time to time, shall operate or cause to be operated any motor vehicle on the highways of this state if: (1) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued an order pursuant to 49 CFR Part 385 or 386, as amended from time to time, that prohibits such motor carrier from operating; or (2) such motor carrier is operating without operating authority or beyond the scope of such authority pursuant to 49 CFR Section 392.9a, as amended from time to time.

(d) Any motor carrier who violates the provisions of subsection (b) or (c) of this section shall, for a first offense, be fined not less than five hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three months, or both, and, for any subsequent offense, be fined not less than one thousand dollars or more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-230 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-230
Sec. 14-230. Driving in right-hand lane.
Status: in_force

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic shall be driven in the right-hand lane available for traffic, or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the highway, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.

(c) Any vehicle which exceeds the maximum width limitations specified in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 14-262 and operates on an interstate highway with a special permit issued by the Commissioner of Transportation under the provisions of section 14-270 , shall be driven in the extreme right lane of such highway, except (1) when such special permit authorizes operation in a traffic lane other than the extreme right lane, (2) when overtaking and passing parked vehicles, animals or obstructions on the right side of such highway, (3) when the right side of such highway is closed to traffic while under construction or repair, or (4) at such locations where access to or egress from such highway is provided on the left.

(d) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.

See Sec. 14-99 re requirement that drivers of commercial vehicles drive at extreme right to allow others to pass.

See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.

Annotations to former section:

Defendant is not liable for accident unless he was negligent. 40 C. 560; 67 C. 47. Violation of law by plaintiff, to constitute a defense, must have contributed to cause collision. 59 C. 20; 63 C. 155; 89 C. 329; Id., 701. One may drive to left side of road if he has business there, using ordinary and reasonable care to avoid collision. 67 C. 47. Duty to drive on right side of road exists only when a person or vehicle approaches. 81 C. 499; 107 C. 710. The “rule of the road” does not apply on established racetrack with special driving rules. 91 C. 341. High degree of care is required of one crossing line of traffic going in opposite direction. 109 C. 606. Charge concerning passing over to left of center of road approved. 111 C. 99. Right to drive on left is conditioned upon noninterference with approaching machines, upon proper use of left side, and upon reasonable care. 112 C. 606; 119 C. 180. Duty to turn to right when meeting another is conditioned on practicability. 112 C. 606. “Traveled portion” includes only that portion intended for normal travel. 114 C. 336. Excludes shoulders. 114 C. 341; Id., 651; 127 C. 340. Cited. 115 C. 116. Finding sustained that driving slightly to the left of center line was not proximate cause of collision. 116 C. 665. Turning to right may be “impracticable” because of situations created by the person met. 123 C. 127. Not a violation when car crosses center line involuntarily and without fault of driver. 124 C. 226. Cited. 129 C. 379; 133 C. 554.

Annotations to present section:

Enumeration of exceptions to requirement that vehicles operate on the right should also include exception applicable when a vehicle is preparing for a left turn at an intersection in a case where an overtaking police vehicle has the right-of-way. 150 C. 349. Cited. 171 C. 35; 179 C. 388; 190 C. 285; 193 C. 442; 206 C. 608; 208 C. 94; 235 C. 614.

Cited. 4 CA 451; 30 CA 810; 33 CA 44.

Cited. 32 CS 650.

Cited. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 569. Defendant's plea of guilty to failure to drive on right-hand side of road was not conclusive of his liability in a civil action in which he pleaded the defense of the contributory negligence of plaintiff and the trial court concluded both parties were negligent. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 123.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-286b — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-286b
Sec. 14-286b. Operation of bicycles, electric bicycles and electric foot scooters on roadways. Prohibitions re attaching to moving vehicle. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) Overtaking or passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;

(2) Preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;

(3) Reasonably necessary to avoid conditions, including, but not limited to, fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards or lanes that are too narrow for a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter and a motor vehicle to travel safely side by side within such lanes;

(4) Approaching an intersection where right turns are permitted and there is a dedicated right turn lane, in which case a person operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter may ride on the left-hand side of such dedicated lane, even if such person does not intend to turn right;

(5) Riding on a roadway designated for one-way traffic, when the person operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter may ride as near to the left-hand curb or edge of such roadway as judged safe by such person; or

(6) Riding on parts of roadways separated for the exclusive use of bicycles, electric bicycles or electric foot scooters, including, but not limited to, contra-flow bicycle lanes, left-handed cycle tracks or bicycle lanes on one-way streets and two-way cycle tracks or bicycle lanes.

(b) Persons riding bicycles, electric bicycles or electric foot scooters upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, electric bicycles or electric foot scooters. Persons riding two abreast, as provided in this subsection, shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, and, on a laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane.

(c) No person riding upon any bicycle, electric bicycle, motor-driven cycle, roller skates, skis, sled, skateboard, coaster, toy vehicle, electric foot scooter or any other vehicle not designed or intended to be towed shall attach the same or such person to any vehicle moving or about to move on a public roadway nor shall the operator of such vehicle knowingly permit any person riding a bicycle, electric bicycle, motor-driven cycle, roller skates, skis, skateboard, coaster, sled, toy vehicle, electric foot scooter or any other vehicle not designed or intended to be towed to attach the same or such person to such vehicle so operated or about to be operated, provided any person operating a bicycle solely by foot or hand power may attach a bicycle trailer or semitrailer thereto, provided such trailer or semitrailer is designed for such attachment.

(d) No person operating a bicycle, as defined in section 14-286 , an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter upon a roadway, path or part of roadway set aside for exclusive use of bicycles, electric bicycles or electric foot scooters shall carry on such bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter a passenger unless such bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter is equipped or designed to carry passengers, provided any person who has attained the age of eighteen years may carry any child while such person is operating a bicycle propelled solely by foot or hand power, provided such child is securely attached to his or her person by means of a back pack, sling or other similar device. The term “child”, as used in this subsection, means any person who has not attained the age of four years.

(e) No person operating a bicycle, as defined in section 14-286 , an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter shall carry any package, bundle or other article which prevents such person from using both hands in the operation of such bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter. Each person operating such bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter shall keep at least one hand on the handlebars thereof when such bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter is in motion.

(f) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-55 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-55
Sec. 14-55. Hearing.
Status: repealed

Section has been repealed. 337 C. 806.

As no laws have been passed to repeal or otherwise amend section since the court in East Coast Towing, Ltd. v. Zoning Board of Appeals , 51 Conn. L. Rptr. 572, concluded this section was not repealed, this court adopts reasoning of lower court and concludes that current revision of section that remains in effect is the language of Sec. 9 of public act 03-265. 192 CA 275; judgment reversed, see 337 C. 806.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-283c — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-283c
Sec. 14-283c. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Frozen dessert truck” means a motor vehicle in which frozen desserts are carried for purposes of retail sale on the highway;

(2) “Vend” means offering frozen desserts for sale from a frozen dessert truck;

(3) “Frozen desserts” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-48 ; and

(4) “Highway” has the same meaning as provided in section 14-1 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-214 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-214
Sec. 14-214. Instruction of unlicensed person in motor vehicle operation.
Status: in_force

If owner of car allows another to drive it, but himself retains control of it, he is liable for actual driver's negligence. 119 C. 563. Cited. 175 C. 112.

Cited. 30 CS 233.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-60 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-60
Sec. 14-60. Use of dealers' and repairers' plates.
Status: in_force

(b) Any licensed dealer or repairer may operate or cause to be operated by a bona fide full-time employee a motor vehicle owned by such dealer or repairer for (1) use in connection with such dealer's or repairer's business, (2) the pickup and delivery of parts for such dealer and repairer, and (3) such employee's personal use, or by a part-time employee for use only in connection with the business of such dealer or repairer. Each dealer or repairer shall maintain a record of the following: (A) Each number plate issued by the commissioner to such dealer or repairer, (B) the name, address and occupation of the bona fide full-time employee or part-time employee to whom such plate has been assigned, (C) the date of assignment of each such plate, and (D) the exact location of each unassigned plate. For the purposes of this subsection, “bona fide full-time employee” means a person who is employed by a licensed dealer or repairer for not less than thirty-five hours per week and appears on the records of such employer as an employee for whom social security, withholding tax and all deductions required by law have been made and “part-time employee” means a person who is employed by a licensed dealer or repairer for less than thirty-five hours per week and appears on the records of such employer as an employee for whom Social Security, withholding tax and all deductions required by law have been made.

Cited. 86 C. 412. Loaning plates in violation of former statute is not ground of actionable negligence. 114 C. 262. Cited. 137 C. 432; 146 C. 631. In a civil suit, fact that loan would be violation of section held not to preclude finding that such a loan was made. 148 C. 283. Mere violation does not create liability. 161 C. 388. Use of repairer truck to carry plaintiff's own repossessed property was not improper under Sec. 14-60. 165 C. 10. As to which of two policies affords the “prime coverage” in case of an accident to a loaned motor vehicle, provisions of section prevail over provisions of either or both policies; by doing business and issuing policies in this state, a foreign insurance company must comply with statute. 167 C. 499. Where the dealer bears no responsibility for damages, the dealer's insurer cannot be held liable under statutes. 199 C. 245. Cited. 241 C. 792.

Excess insurance policy clause, invalid. 30 CS 131.

Court not obliged to believe testimony that registration was pending. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 378.

Subsec. (a):

Legislature's unqualified use of the term “days” indicates that it intended the thirty day period to be measured in terms of full calendar days, therefore, because the day of the loan was a fraction of a day rather than a full calendar day, it must be excluded. 334 C. 722.

Computation of “thirty days” starts not on day of the execution of the loan agreement, but rather on the first full day after such execution; a “pending” registration is not limited only to new registrations of purchased vehicles. 180 CA 1; judgment affirmed, see 334 C. 722.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-20d — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-20d
Sec. 14-20d. Number plates for veterans and members of the armed forces to indicate service during a period of war. Return and nonrenewal of number plates.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall, at the request of any veteran or member of the armed forces who received a campaign medal, issue special registration number plates to indicate service during a period of war. Such plates shall bear the words “(Name of War) Veteran” and shall be designed in consultation with the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs. The plates shall expire and be renewed as provided in section 14-22 . The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall charge a fee for such plates, which fee shall cover the entire cost of making such plates and shall be in addition to the fee for registration of such motor vehicle. No use shall be made of such plates except as official registration number plates.

(c) A request made under subsection (b) of this section shall be accompanied by proof from the Department of Veterans Affairs that the person making a specific request served in the armed forces during such period of war.

(d) The surviving spouse of a veteran or member of the armed forces issued special registration number plates under subsection (b) of this section may retain any such plates for his or her lifetime or until such time as he or she remarries.

(e) Any such member of the armed forces who is dishonorably discharged shall return such plates to the commissioner not later than thirty days after such discharge. The commissioner shall not renew such plates for any motor vehicle owned or leased by any such member of the armed forces who is dishonorably discharged.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-96q — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-96q
Sec. 14-96q. Permits for colored or flashing lights. Exceptions. Fee.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or such other person specifically identified in this section, may issue permits for the use of colored or flashing lights on vehicles in accordance with this section, at the commissioner's or such person's discretion. Any person, firm or corporation other than the state or any metropolitan district, town, city or borough shall pay an annual permit fee of twenty dollars to the commissioner for each such vehicle. Such fee shall apply only to permits issued by the commissioner.

(c) A flashing blue light or lights may be used on a motor vehicle operated by an active member of a volunteer fire department or company or an active member of an organized civil preparedness auxiliary fire company who has been issued a permit by the chief executive officer of such department or company to use a flashing blue light or lights while on the way to or at the scene of a fire or other emergency requiring such member's services. Such permit shall be on a form provided by the commissioner and may be revoked by such chief executive officer or successor. The chief executive officer of each volunteer fire department or company or organized civil preparedness auxiliary fire company shall keep on file, on forms provided by the commissioner, the names and addresses of members who have been authorized to use a flashing blue light or lights as provided in this subsection. Such listing shall also designate the registration number of the motor vehicle on which authorized a flashing blue light or lights are to be used.

(d) A flashing green or blue light or lights may be used on a motor vehicle operated by an active member of a volunteer ambulance association or company who has been issued a permit by the chief executive officer of such association or company to use such a light or lights, while on the way to or at the scene of an emergency requiring such member's services. Such permit shall be on a form provided by the commissioner and may be revoked by such chief executive officer or successor. The chief executive officer of each volunteer ambulance association or company shall keep on file, on forms provided by the commissioner, the names and addresses of members who have been authorized to use a flashing green or blue light or lights as provided in this subsection. Such listing shall also designate the registration number of the motor vehicle on which the authorized flashing green or blue light or lights are to be used.

(e) The commissioner may issue a permit for a flashing red light or lights which may be used on a motor vehicle or equipment (1) used by paid fire chiefs and their deputies and assistants, up to a total of five individuals per department, (2) used by volunteer fire chiefs and their deputies and assistants, up to a total of five individuals per department, (3) used by members of the fire police on a stationary vehicle as a warning signal during traffic directing operations at the scene of a fire or emergency, (4) used by chief executive officers of emergency medical service organizations, as defined in section 19a-175 , the first or second deputies, or if there are no deputies, the first or second assistants, of such an organization that is a municipal or volunteer or licensed organization, (5) used by local fire marshals, (6) used by directors of emergency management, or (7) used by a constable, appointed pursuant to an ordinance authorized by section 9-185 or elected pursuant to section 9-200 , on a stationary vehicle as a warning signal during traffic directing operations.

(f) The commissioner may issue a permit for a yellow or amber light or lights, including a flashing yellow or amber light or lights, which may be used on motor vehicles or equipment that are (1) specified in subsection (e) of this section, (2) maintenance vehicles, or (3) vehicles transporting or escorting any vehicle or load or combinations thereof, which is or are either oversize or overweight, or both, and being operated or traveling under a permit issued by the Commissioner of Transportation pursuant to section 14-270 . A yellow or amber light or lights, including a flashing yellow or amber light or lights, may be used without obtaining a permit from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles on wreckers registered pursuant to section 14-66 , on vehicles of carriers in rural mail delivery service or on vehicles operated by construction inspectors employed by the state of Connecticut, authorized by the Commissioner of Transportation, used during the performance of inspections on behalf of the state. The Commissioner of Transportation shall maintain a list of such authorized construction inspectors, including the name and address of each inspector and the registration number for each vehicle on which the light or lights are to be used.

(g) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may issue a permit for a white light or lights, including a flashing white light or lights, which may be used on a motor vehicle or equipment as specified in subdivision (1), (2), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (e) of this section. A vehicle being operated by a member of a volunteer fire department or company or a volunteer emergency medical technician may use flashing white head lamps, provided such member or emergency medical technician is on the way to the scene of a fire or medical emergency and has received written authorization from the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality to use such head lamps. Such head lamps shall only be used within the municipality granting such authorization or from a personal residence or place of employment, if located in an adjoining municipality. Such authorization may be revoked for use of such head lamps in violation of this subdivision. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “flashing white lights” shall not include the simultaneous flashing of head lamps.

(h) The commissioner may issue a permit for emergency vehicles, as defined in subsection (a) of section 14-283 , to use a blue, red, yellow, or white light or lights, including a flashing light or lights or any combination thereof, except as provided in subsection (k) of this section.

(i) The commissioner may issue a permit for ambulances, as defined in section 19a-175 , which may, in addition to the flashing light or lights allowed in subsection (h) of this section, use flashing lights of other colors specified by federal requirements for the manufacture of an ambulance. If the commissioner issues a permit for any ambulance, such permit shall be issued at the time of registration and upon each renewal of such registration.

(j) A green, yellow or amber light or lights, including a flashing green, yellow or amber light or lights or any combination thereof, may be used on a maintenance vehicle owned and operated by the Department of Transportation.

(k) No person, other than a police officer or inspector of the Department of Motor Vehicles operating a state or local police vehicle, shall operate a motor vehicle displaying a steady blue or steady red illuminated light or both steady blue and steady red illuminated lights that are visible externally from the front of the vehicle.

(l) Use of colored and flashing lights except as authorized by this section shall be an infraction.

Cited. 40 CA 643.

Cited. 35 CS 659.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-240a — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-240a
Sec. 14-240a. Vehicles to be driven reasonable distance apart. Intent to harass or intimidate.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or be both fined and imprisoned for the first offense and for each subsequent offense shall be fined not more than six hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned.

See Sec. 14-111g operator's retraining program.

Cited. 206 C. 608.

Cited. 4 CA 451; 9 CA 686.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-310 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 249 / Section 14-310
Sec. 14-310. Fraudulent or obstructive signs and signals.
Status: in_force

(b) The traffic authority having jurisdiction over any such highway is authorized, without notice, to cause any such prohibited sign, signal or marking to be removed as a public nuisance.

See Sec. 13a-124 re unauthorized signs.

Cited. 122 C. 518.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-108a — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-108a
Sec. 14-108a. Uniform investigation of accident report. Requirements and policy for identifying and notifying person's family or household member of motor vehicle accident in which person was killed.
Status: in_force

(2) In each motor vehicle accident in which any person is killed or injured or in which damage to the property of any one individual, including the operator, in excess of one thousand dollars is sustained, the police officer, agency or individual who, in the regular course of duty, investigates such accident, either at the time of or at the scene of the accident or thereafter, by interviewing the participants or witnesses, shall, not later than five days after completing such investigation, complete and forward one copy of such report to the Commissioner of Transportation. Such report shall contain all available information relating to the location and cause of the accident, the conditions then existing, the persons and vehicles involved and the names of the insurance companies issuing their automobile liability policies, as well as the enforcement action taken, if any, and, in the case of a motor vehicle accident in which any person is killed, such report shall, if possible and practicable, reach a conclusion as to the cause of the accident. If such a conclusion cannot be reached, the investigating officer, agency or individual shall refer the case to the state's attorney for the judicial district in which the accident occurred, who may refer the case to the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for review and further investigation. The Commissioner of Transportation shall forward to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles one copy of each report of any accident involving a school bus. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may inquire into or investigate any accident reported pursuant to this subsection and may request the assistance of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for such purposes.

(b) (1) In each motor vehicle accident in which any person is killed, the police officer, agency or individual who, in the regular course of duty, investigates such accident shall use reasonable efforts to identify and notify a member of the person's family or household of the fatality as soon as practicable after the accident. Such notification shall (A) indicate that the person was killed in a motor vehicle accident, the location of the accident and the location of the person's body, and (B) on and after the date the applicable police department, agency or individual adopts a policy under subdivision (3) of this subsection, be made in accordance with such policy.

(2) Not later than October 1, 2008, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under section 7-294b shall establish a uniform policy for identifying and notifying a member of a person's family or household with respect to any motor vehicle accident in which a person is killed. The council shall make the uniform policy available to each police department, agency or individual required to adopt a policy pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection. The council shall design the uniform policy to ensure that such notification is made promptly in a manner appropriate for the identified member of the person's family or household.

(3) Not later than January 1, 2009, each police department, agency or individual that, in the regular course of duty, has responsibility for investigating motor vehicle accidents shall consider the provisions of the uniform policy established by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection and adopt a policy for identifying and notifying a member of a person's family or household with respect to any motor vehicle accident in which a person is killed. Each such police department, agency or individual shall design its policy to ensure that such notification is made promptly in a manner appropriate for the identified member of the person's family or household.

(4) Policies established or adopted pursuant to this subsection shall not be considered regulations under section 4-166 .

(5) For the purposes of this subsection, “police department” includes, but is not limited to, the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.

Cited. 171 C. 705.

Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 5.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-275 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-275
Sec. 14-275. Equipment and color of school buses. Information displayed on school buses and student transportation vehicles.
Status: in_force

(b) Each school bus shall be painted a uniform yellow color known as “National School Bus Glossy Yellow”, except for the fenders and trim which may be painted black and the roof which may be painted white, and shall have conspicuously painted on the rear and on the front of such vehicle, in black lettering of a size to be determined by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the words “School Bus - Stop on Signal”, except that each school bus equipped with an eight-light warning system shall have the words “School Bus” painted on the rear and on the front of such vehicle in such lettering. The sides of such vehicles may be inscribed with the words “School Bus”, the school name or such other legend or device as may be necessary for purposes of identification or safety. Each school bus, and any student transportation vehicle, as defined in section 14-212 , regularly used by any town, regional school district, private school or entity contracting with such town, regional school district or private school to transport school children to and from school or school activities, shall have conspicuously painted on the rear and sides of such bus or student transportation vehicle, in black lettering of a size to be determined by the commissioner, the name of the school bus company, the school bus company's telephone number and the school bus number or the name of the owner or operator of such student transportation vehicle, the telephone number of such owner or operator and the fleet number of such student transportation vehicle.

(c) (1) Each school bus shall be equipped with special automatic, electrically-operated flashing stop signals, which shall be independent and separate from the braking, stop and tail lights of standard equipment. Such flashing lights may include automatic traffic signalling devices showing red and amber lights and shall be so located that adequate warning will be afforded to both oncoming and overtaking traffic, except that each school bus manufactured on and after October 1, 1984, and registered for use in this state shall be equipped with an eight-light warning system, showing two red flashing stop signals and two amber flashing warning signals on the front and rear of the bus, and a stop semaphore. The commissioner may adopt standards for an eight-light warning system and standards and specifications for the construction of school buses and for equipment to be maintained on school buses consistent with the provisions of this section, sections 14-275a to 14-281 , inclusive.

(2) Both public and private owners of school buses shall maintain a record of such kinds of repairs made to such buses as the commissioner may require and such work record shall be available at all times to the commissioner and the commissioner's designated assistants. All such maintenance records shall be retained for a period of two years.

(3) Each school bus shall be equipped with emergency lighting equipment as provided by section 14-97a , with a defrosting device as provided by section 14-97 , with a system of mirrors as provided in the Code of Federal Regulations Title 49, Section 571.111, as amended from time to time, or with an outside mirror as provided by section 14-99 , and a system of crossover mirrors designed and mounted so as to give the driver a view of the road from the front bumper forward to a point where direct observation is possible and along the left and right sides of the bus, with a signalling device as provided by section 14-101 , and with chain nonskid devices for immediate use on at least one outside or inside rear tire on each side or tires designed to prevent skidding on all rear wheels when weather and highway conditions require such use.

(4) Commencing February 1, 1974, each new school bus with a vehicle air brake system shall be so equipped that the brake system is operated from a separate air reservoir tank other than the air reservoir tank used to operate any other compressed air or vacuum operated devices with which the school bus may be equipped.

(5) The seating requirements of section 14-273 shall be observed.

(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14-98 , school buses may be equipped with tires incorporating a metal nonskid device during the period from October fifteenth to April thirtieth, inclusive.

(7) Each school bus that is model year 2007 or newer shall be equipped with a crossing control arm mounted on the right end of the front bumper. The commissioner shall establish additional standards and requirements for a crossing control arm in regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(8) A school bus may be equipped with an extended stop arm. For the purposes of this subdivision, “extended stop arm” means a device attached to a stop semaphore that when activated displays a stop sign and extends more than three feet but not more than six feet from the left side of a school bus.

(d) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, for a first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction, and for each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.

See Sec. 14-107 re liability of owner, operator or lessee of vehicle.

State is not limited to proving a vehicle is a registered school bus by a certified copy of registration prepared by commissioner; it could prove this element by such other evidence as it sees fit. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 5.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-283f — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-283f
Sec. 14-283f. Operation of frozen dessert truck. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) The operator of any frozen dessert truck shall not display the flashing red signal lights or extend the stop signal arm and the front crossing arm when the frozen dessert truck is in motion, except as provided in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, or stopped for a purpose other than vending.

(c) Violation of any provision of this section shall, for a first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction, and for a subsequent offense, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars and not more than five hundred dollars.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-81 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-81
Sec. 14-81. Brake equipment of trailers.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined fifty dollars for each offense.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-307b — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 249 / Section 14-307b
Sec. 14-307b. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Automated traffic enforcement safety device” means a device designed to detect and collect evidence of alleged violations of an ordinance adopted under section 14-307c by recording images that capture the number plate, date, time and location of a motor vehicle that (A) exceeds the posted speed limit by ten or more miles per hour, or (B) fails to stop such vehicle when facing a steady red signal on a traffic control signal.

(2) “Automated traffic enforcement safety device operator” means a person who is trained and certified to operate an automated traffic enforcement safety device.

(3) “Driver”, “number plate” and “owner” have the same meanings as provided in section 14-1 .

(4) “Equitable” means efforts, policies, standards, processes and any other functions of government intended to (A) ensure that patterns of discrimination and disparities of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status, whether intentional or unintentional, are neither reinforced nor perpetuated, and (B) prevent the emergence and persistence of foreseeable future patterns of discrimination or disparities of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

(5) “Pedestrian safety zone” means an area designated by the Office of the State Traffic Administration or the traffic authority of a town, city or borough pursuant to section 14-307a .

(6) “Personally identifiable information” means information created or maintained by the municipality or a vendor that identifies or describes an owner and includes, but need not be limited to, the owner's address, telephone number, number plate, photograph, bank account information, credit card number, debit card number or the date, time, location or direction of travel on a highway.

(7) “School zone” means an area designated by the Office of the State Traffic Administration or the traffic authority of a town, city or borough pursuant to section 14-212b .

(8) “Traffic authority”, “traffic control sign” and “traffic control signal” have the same meanings as provided in section 14-297 .

(9) “Vendor” means a person who (A) provides services to a municipality under sections 14-307c and 14-307f ; (B) operates, maintains, leases or licenses an automated traffic enforcement safety device; or (C) is authorized to review and assemble the recorded images captured by an automated traffic enforcement safety device and forward such recorded images to the municipality.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-111o — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-111o
Sec. 14-111o. Form and use in evidence of records received from other member jurisdictions. Electronic transmission.
Status: in_force

(b) A notice or record as referred to in subsection (a) of this section may be certified by electronic means in an electronic format and, when so certified, shall be accepted by the commissioner and by any court of this state as proof of the facts contained therein, in the absence of evidence to the contrary. As used in this section, the term “record” includes, but is not limited to, any paper, document, facsimile information, micro-photographically stored information or digitized image maintained, deposited or filed with a member jurisdiction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-149 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-149
Sec. 14-149. Mutilated or removed vehicle identification, factory or engine number. Discovery of vehicle reported as stolen or of vehicle or major component part with mutilated or missing identification, engine or factory number. Disposition of vehicle or part held in custody. Penalty. Fee.
Status: in_force

(b) Any officer attached to an organized police department, any state police officer or inspector of the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon discovery of any motor vehicle, including construction equipment, or major component part thereof, as defined in section 14-67h , or agricultural tractors or farm implements, the vehicle identification, engine or factory number of which has been mutilated, altered or removed, shall take such motor vehicle or major component part if not affixed to such vehicle, or agricultural tractor or farm implement into custody. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, any such motor vehicle or major component part or agricultural tractor or farm implement shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of section 54-36a , and in the case of a motor vehicle for which the owner, registration or title has been identified, a report of such action shall be made to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Such officer or inspector may take into custody the operator of such motor vehicle or agricultural tractor or farm implement or person in possession of such part and present such operator or person before a proper court. No such operator or person shall be discharged from custody until such operator or person has proved to the satisfaction of the court the ownership of such motor vehicle or such part or such agricultural tractor or farm implement and such operator's or person's right to its custody, provided any such operator or person may be admitted to bail pending proceedings thereon. If such operator or person is unable to establish ownership of such motor vehicle or such part or such agricultural tractor or farm implement to the satisfaction of the court, the court shall order such motor vehicle or part to be forfeited and turned over to the police department or agency whose officer or inspector seized such motor vehicle or part or agricultural tractor or farm implement to be used for such department or agency's purposes or sold at auction with the proceeds given to such department or agency. No officer or inspector shall be personally liable for any official act performed under the provisions of this section.

(c) Any inspector of the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon discovery of any motor vehicle or major component part, the vehicle identification, engine or factory number of which has been mutilated, altered or removed in the possession of any licensee of the department, including a new or used car dealer who has been issued an auction permit in accordance with the provisions of section 14-65 , or a motor vehicle dealer or repairer authorized to tow or transport and store motor vehicles in accordance with the provisions of section 14-66 , shall take such motor vehicle or major component part into custody. If the motor vehicle or major component part is owned by any such licensee or an insurance company, or if such licensee or insurance company has the right to transfer and dispose of such vehicle or major component part, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, upon receipt of transfer of title or forfeiture of all right and interest therein and notwithstanding the method of disposition required under subsection (b) of this section, make any disposition of such motor vehicle or major component part that the commissioner deems necessary or advisable. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to construction equipment, agricultural tractors or farm implements, the vehicle identification, engine or factory number of which has been mutilated, altered or removed.

(d) Any officer attached to an organized police department, any state police officer or inspector of the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon discovery of any motor vehicle, construction equipment, agricultural tractor or farm implement which has been reported as stolen, shall take such motor vehicle, construction equipment, agricultural tractor or farm implement into custody and have it returned to its rightful owner or, if such owner cannot be determined or if such motor vehicle, construction equipment, agricultural tractor or farm implement is needed for evidence, shall have it taken to and stored in a suitable place.

(e) No motor vehicle shall be registered unless it has permanently cut, impressed or embossed on some portion thereof a factory, serial or identification number or mark. Any person who knowingly has in such person's possession any motor vehicle, construction equipment, agricultural tractor or farm implement from which the factory, serial or other identification number has been removed, defaced, obliterated or changed shall immediately file with the commissioner a sworn statement describing such motor vehicle, construction equipment, agricultural tractor or farm implement and showing the source of such person's title and, if known, the reason for such removal, defacement, obliteration or change, together with a fee in the amount of fifty dollars. If satisfied as to the facts, the commissioner may grant permission to cut, impress or emboss permanently into the motor of such motor vehicle, construction equipment, agricultural tractor or farm implement a special identification number or mark which shall thereafter be deemed sufficient for the purpose of registration of such motor vehicle, construction equipment, agricultural tractor or farm implement. No person shall wilfully remove, deface, obliterate or change or cause to be removed, obliterated, defaced or changed any factory, serial or other identification number or mark on or from any motor vehicle, construction equipment, agricultural tractor or farm implement.

(f) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, for the first offense, be guilty of a class E felony, and, for the second or subsequent offense, be guilty of a class D felony.

See Sec. 14-193(b) re powers of commissioner under Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.

See chapter 952, part IX re penalties for larceny, robbery and related offenses.

Cited. 7 CA 532; 9 CA 686.

Cited. 40 CS 226.

Subsec. (a):

When applied by the court as having the clear meaning that it is unlawful knowingly to possess a vehicle with one or more altered vehicle identification numbers, Subsec. is not unconstitutionally vague; the operational language addresses motor vehicles, not vehicle identification numbers, and defendant's convictions on multiple counts arising out of a single vehicle, but multiple altered vehicle identification numbers, violated defendant's right against multiple punishments for the same offense. 113 CA 541.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-96t — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-96t
Sec. 14-96t. Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of such intensity as to reveal persons and vehicles ahead at a distance of at least five hundred feet for all conditions of loading.

(b) There shall be a lowermost distribution of light so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least one hundred feet ahead, and, on a straight level road under any condition of loading, none of the high-intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching driver.

(c) Each new motor vehicle registered in this state which has multiple-beam road-lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be lighted whenever the uppermost or upper distribution of light from the head lamps is in use. Such indicator shall be so designed and located that, when lighted, it will be readily visible without glare to the driver of the vehicle so equipped.

(d) Operation of a motor vehicle without the equipment required by this section shall be an infraction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-44c — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-44c
Sec. 14-44c. Application and qualifications for commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) The full name and current mailing and residence address of the person;

(2) A physical description of the person, including gender, height and eye color;

(3) Date of birth;

(4) The applicant's Social Security number;

(5) The person's statement, under oath, that such person meets the physical qualification standards set forth in 49 CFR 391, as amended from time to time;

(6) The person's statement, under oath, that the type of vehicle in which the person has taken or intends to take the driving skills test is representative of the type of motor vehicle the person operates or intends to operate;

(7) The person's statement, under oath, that such person is not subject to disqualification, suspension, revocation or cancellation of operating privileges in any state, and that he or she does not hold an operator's license in any other state;

(8) The person's identification of all states in which such person has been licensed to drive any type of motor vehicle during the last ten years, and the person's statement, under oath that he or she does not hold an operator's license in any other state; and

(9) The person's signature, and certification of the accuracy and completeness of the application, subject to the penalties of false statement under section 53a-157b . The application shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in section 14-44h .

(b) No person who has been a resident of this state for thirty days may drive a commercial motor vehicle under the authority of a commercial driver's license issued by another jurisdiction.

(c) At the time of application for a commercial driver's license, the applicant shall make the applicable certification, as required by 49 CFR 383.71(b), regarding the type of commerce in which such person shall engage. No commercial driver's license shall be issued to a person who fails to make such certification.

(d) On and after November 18, 2024, the commissioner shall request a driver's record from the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, in accordance with 49 CFR 382.725, as amended from time to time, for any person who applies for, renews, transfers or upgrades a commercial driver's license or a commercial learner's permit. The commissioner shall use information obtained from the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse solely for the purpose of determining whether such person is qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle and shall not disclose such information to any other person or entity not directly involved in determining whether such person is qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle. If the commissioner receives notification pursuant to 49 CFR 382.501(a), as amended from time to time, that such person is prohibited from operating a commercial motor vehicle, the commissioner shall not issue, renew or upgrade the commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit. If such person currently holds a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit, the commissioner shall, not later than sixty days after the date the commissioner receives such notification: (1) Downgrade the commercial driver's license to a Class D operator's license, or (2) cancel the commercial learner's permit. Any person who is denied a commercial driver's license or a commercial learner's permit, or whose license or permit is downgraded or cancelled pursuant to this subsection, shall be granted an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(e) In addition to other penalties provided by law, any person who knowingly falsifies information or certifications required under subsection (a) of this section shall have such person's operator's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state suspended for sixty days.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-183 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 247 / Section 14-183
Sec. 14-183. Issuance of new certificate.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner, upon receipt of an application for a new certificate of title by a transferee other than by voluntary transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner. If the outstanding certificate of title is not delivered to him, the commissioner shall make demand therefor from the holder thereof.

(c) The commissioner shall file and retain for five years every surrendered certificate of title, the file to be maintained so as to permit the tracing of title of the vehicle designated therein.

Cited. 38 CS 712.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-307 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 249 / Section 14-307
Sec. 14-307. Parking restrictions. Regulations.
Status: reserved

(b) The Office of the State Traffic Administration shall have power to prohibit, limit or restrict the parking of vehicles on any portion of any state highway or on any bridge on any such highway and to erect and maintain signs designating the terms of such prohibition or restriction.

(c) No person shall park any vehicle in any place where parking is prohibited or park any vehicle for a longer period than that indicated as lawful by any sign erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, except: (1) A person operating an armored car vehicle may, while in the performance of such person's duties, park for a period not to exceed ten minutes in a place where parking is prohibited, provided such vehicle does not obstruct or impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, or (2) a vehicle displaying a special license plate or a removable windshield placard issued pursuant to section 14-253a or by authorities of other states or countries for the purpose of identifying vehicles permitted to utilize parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities which limit or impair their ability to walk or persons who are blind, may park in an area where parking is legally permissible, for an unlimited period of time without penalty, notwithstanding the period of time indicated as lawful by any (A) parking meter, or (B) sign erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

As to local parking regulations. 125 C. 506. Traffic authority has power to install parking meters. 130 C. 243.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-290 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-290
Sec. 14-290. Exemptions from motor vehicle laws.
Status: in_force

(b) The following provisions of the general statutes shall not apply to operators of maintenance vehicles or equipment of any governmental agency or agent thereof or to vehicles or equipment of any governmental agency or agent thereof, so far as such exemption is necessary, while such operators and equipment are engaged in or are preparing to engage in or are departing from highway maintenance operations on any highway, road or street, provided the Department of Transportation shall not by reason of such exemption suffer any loss of revenue granted from any agency or department of the federal government for the federal Interstate Highway System or any other highway system: Sections 14-216 , 14-230 to 14-233 , inclusive, 14-235 to 14-242 , inclusive, 14-244 to 14-247 , inclusive, 14-250a to 14-252 , inclusive, 14-261 , 14-262 , 14-264 to 14-271 , inclusive, 14-299 , 14-301 to 14-308 , inclusive.

(c) Any wrecker, as defined in section 14-1 and operated in accordance with section 14-66 , shall be exempt from the provisions of section 14-267a , provided such wrecker is towing or hauling a motor vehicle that was involved in an accident or became disabled and remains within the limits of a highway, or is being towed or hauled by order of a traffic or law enforcement authority and does not exceed a gross vehicle weight of eighty thousand pounds on five or more axles. Any wrecker towing or hauling such a motor vehicle in a combination that exceeds a gross vehicle weight of eighty thousand pounds on five or more axles shall be exempt from the provisions of section 14-267a , provided such wrecker is operated in accordance with section 14-270 and has been issued an annual permit as described in subsection (d) of section 14-270 .

(d) A vehicle or vehicle combination used exclusively by the state or a municipality, or any authorized agent or contractor of the state or municipality, for the removal of leaves and similar, organic materials from any highway, road or street, shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 14-261 , 14-261a and 14-262 , provided such vehicle or vehicle combination is being operated by a person who is the holder of a commercial driver's license bearing a “T” endorsement.

Cited. 28 CA 283; 38 CA 322.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-47 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-47
Sec. 14-47. Fees for registering motor vehicles eligible for commercial registration and tractors.
Status: in_force

(b) The minimum fee for any commercial registration or registration of a tractor equipped with pneumatic tires shall be forty-seven dollars.

(c) For the registration of each motor vehicle classed as an artesian well driller or well drilling equipment, however mounted, when equipped with rubber tires, the fee shall be forty dollars per annum whether the license is issued for the license year or only a portion thereof. On and after July 1, 2011, the fee shall be forty-nine dollars.

(d) For the registration of a motor vehicle equipped with a wood saw rig, if it is used for that purpose only, or a motor vehicle equipped with a spray rig used exclusively for spraying fruit trees or shrubs, when equipped with rubber tires, the fee shall be twenty-two dollars per annum whether the license is issued for the license year or only a portion thereof. On and after July 1, 2011, the fee shall be twenty-seven dollars.

(e) For all other motor vehicles which are eligible for commercial registration, including tractors equipped with rubber tires other than pneumatic tires, the fee shall be, for each such vehicle or tractor of gross weight (1) not exceeding twenty thousand pounds, one dollar and fifty cents, and on and after July 1, 1992, one dollar and seventy-five cents, for each one hundred pounds or fraction thereof, and (2) from twenty thousand and one pounds up to and including twenty-six thousand pounds, two dollars, and on and after July 1, 1992, two dollars and twenty-five cents, for each one hundred pounds or fraction thereof. The minimum fee for any such motor vehicle or tractor shall be fifty dollars. On and after July 1, 2011, the minimum fee shall be sixty dollars.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-390 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 255 / Section 14-390
Sec. 14-390. Municipal regulation of operation and use of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles. Penalties. Seizure and forfeiture.
Status: in_force

(b) No all-terrain vehicle shall be forfeited under an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section to the extent of the interest of an owner or lienholder by reason of any act or omission committed by another person if such owner or lienholder did not know and could not have reasonably known that such all-terrain vehicle was being used or was intended to be used in violation of a municipal ordinance.

(c) Any all-terrain vehicle ordered forfeited pursuant to such an ordinance shall be sold at public auction conducted by the municipality. The proceeds of such sale shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipality, who shall deposit such proceeds into the general fund of the municipality.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-145d — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-145d
Sec. 14-145d. Notification to chief of police required prior to use of wheel-locking device.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, for a first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined fifty dollars and, for each subsequent offense, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars and not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days or be both fined and imprisoned.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-247a — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-247a
Sec. 14-247a. Right-of-way yielded by one emerging from alley, driveway or building.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-111 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-111
Sec. 14-111. Suspension or revocation of registration, license or right to operate.
Status: repealed

(b) Suspension of operator's license or privilege. (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) or (3) of this subsection, whenever the holder of any motor vehicle operator's license has been convicted or has forfeited any bond taken or has received a suspended judgment or sentence for any of the following violations, the commissioner shall, without hearing, suspend such person's operator's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state as follows: For a first violation of subsection (a) or subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 14-224 or section 14-110 , 14-215 or 53a-119b , for a period of not less than one year and, for a subsequent violation thereof, for a period of not less than two years; for a violation of subsection (a) of section 14-222 or subsection (c) of section 14-224 , for a period of not less than thirty days or more than ninety days and, for a subsequent violation thereof, for a period of not less than ninety days; for a violation of subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection (b) of section 14-224 , for a period of not less than ninety days and for a subsequent violation thereof, for a period of not less than one year; for a first violation of subsection (b), (d) or (e) of section 14-147 , for a period of not less than ninety days and, for a subsequent violation thereof, for a period of not less than five years; for a first violation of subsection (c) of section 14-147 , for a period of not less than thirty days and, for a subsequent violation thereof, for a period of not less than one year.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14-111b and except as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, whenever the holder of any motor vehicle operator's license or youth instruction permit who is less than eighteen years of age or whenever a person who does not hold an operator's license who is less than eighteen years of age has been convicted or has forfeited any bond taken or has received a suspended judgment or sentence for any of the following violations, the commissioner shall suspend such person's operator's license or privilege to obtain an operator's license as follows: For a first violation of subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 14-219 or subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of section 14-219 , for a period of sixty days and, for a second violation thereof, for a period of ninety days and, for a third or subsequent violation thereof, for a period of six months; for a first violation of subsection (a) of section 14-222 , for a period of six months and, for a subsequent violation thereof, for a period of one year; for a violation of subsection (c) of section 14-224 , for a period of six months and, for a subsequent violation thereof, for a period of one year; for a first violation of section 14-296aa , for a period of thirty days and, for a second violation thereof, for a period of ninety days and, for a third or subsequent violation thereof, for a period of six months.

(3) The commissioner shall suspend the motor vehicle operator's license of any youth adjudged a youthful offender for a violation of section 14-215 or 14-222 , subsection (b) of section 14-223 or subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection (b) or subsection (c) of section 14-224 for six months for a first offense and one year for a second or subsequent offense.

(4) Whenever any person who has not been issued a motor vehicle operator's license under section 14-36 is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of subsection (a) of section 14-36 : (A) The commissioner shall suspend such person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle, (B) such suspension shall remain in effect for a period of ninety days, and (C) the commissioner shall not issue an operator's license to such person under section 14-36 until such period of suspension has expired and all applicable requirements for such license have been satisfied by such person.

(c) Suspension of license after fatal accident. Repealed by P.A. 95-260, S. 23, 24.

(d) Hearings. The commissioner may hold hearings in each judicial district on all matters arising within such judicial district under the provisions of this chapter. He may use any court room, when the same is not in use by the court, for the purpose of holding hearings and may require the attendance of any officer authorized to serve criminal process, and such officer shall be under the direction of the commissioner. The fees of witnesses and officers shall be the same as in criminal cases before the Superior Court and shall be paid by the Treasurer upon order of the Comptroller.

(e) Enforcement of order. The Superior Court may, by mandamus or other appropriate remedy, upon application of the commissioner, enforce any order issued by the commissioner under the provisions of this section.

(f) Failure to return registration, plates or license. In case of failure forthwith to return any certificate of registration, number plate or plates of any motor vehicle or operator's license upon order of the commissioner, no certificate of registration shall be issued for any motor vehicle licensed by the certificate not returned and no operator's license shall be issued to the negligent party within a period of one year except by an order of the commissioner.

(g) Person not holding Connecticut operator's license. When any person who does not hold a Connecticut operator's license is convicted or has such person's case nolled or is given a suspended judgment or sentence for a violation of any provision of section 14-36 , 14-110 or 14-145 , subsection (b), (d) or (e) of section 14-147 , or section 14-215 , 14-224 , 14-227a , 14-227m , 14-227n or 14-229 , the commissioner shall not issue to such person a nonresident or resident operator's license during such period as the commissioner may determine, which period shall not be less than the period provided for suspension in subsection (b) of this section or in subsection (g) of section 14-227a , subsection (c) of section 14-227m or subsection (c) of section 14-227n . When any person is convicted or has such person's case nolled or is given a suspended judgment or sentence for any violation of any of the provisions of section 14-12 , the commissioner shall not issue registration for any motor vehicle owned by such person until thirty days after application therefor.

(h) Perjury or false statement. Whenever any person has been prosecuted for perjury or false statement under the provisions of section 14-110 and the case has been nolled or a suspended sentence or judgment entered, and when the false statement refers to the name or age or a former suspension or former conviction of the applicant, the commissioner shall suspend or withhold such applicant's license for a period of not less than thirty days plus the period of time wherein the applicant was in possession of the void license.

(i) Reversal or reduction of suspension or revocation. (1) Whenever any person has been convicted of any violation of section 14-110 , 14-147 , 14-215 , 14-222 or 14-224 and such person's license has been suspended by the commissioner, such person may make application to the commissioner for the reversal or reduction of the term of such suspension. Such application shall be in writing and shall state specifically the reasons why such applicant believes that the applicant is entitled to such reversal or reduction. The commissioner shall consider each such application and the applicant's driver control record, as defined in section 14-111h , and may grant a hearing to the applicant in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 and section 14-4a .

(2) Any person whose license has been revoked in accordance with subparagraph (C) of subdivision (3) of subsection (g) of section 14-227a or subparagraph (C) of subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of section 14-227m may, at any time after two years from the date of such revocation, request a hearing before the commissioner, conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, and the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection for reversal or reduction of such revocation. The commissioner shall require such person to provide evidence that any reversal or reduction of such revocation shall not endanger the public safety or welfare. Such evidence shall include, but not be limited to, proof that such person has: (A) Successfully completed an alcohol or drug education and treatment program subsequent to such person's most recent conviction or privilege suspension for an offense related to alcohol, controlled substances or drugs, (B) not been convicted of or had a suspension of his or her operating privilege for any offense related to alcohol, controlled substances or drugs during the preceding two years, and (C) has not operated a motor vehicle during the previous two years. The commissioner shall require any person, as a condition of granting such reversal or reduction, to install and maintain an approved ignition interlock device, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (i) of section 14-227a . The approved ignition interlock device shall be installed and maintained for any period during the lifetime of such person in which such person owns or operates a motor vehicle, except that such person may, at any time after fifteen years from the date the commissioner grants such reversal or reduction, request a hearing before the commissioner, conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to remove such ignition interlock device. The commissioner may authorize the removal of such ignition interlock device, for good cause shown, after such fifteen-year period and such hearing. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish standards to implement the provisions of this section.

(j) Ignition interlock device. Any person whose motor vehicle operator's license is suspended by the commissioner and whose license is subsequently restricted to the operation of a motor vehicle that is equipped with an approved, ignition interlock device who fails to comply with the requirements for the installation and use of such device in a motor vehicle owned or operated by such person, as set forth in regulations adopted by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of subsection (i) of section 14-227a , shall be subject to the reinstatement of such suspension of the person's operator's license until such person demonstrates to the commissioner's satisfaction that such person intends to install and maintain the ignition interlock device for the prescribed period.

See Sec. 14-111e re suspension of operator's license for misuse of license to procure liquor.

See Sec. 14-111f re suspension of operator's license for possession of counterfeit or altered license.

See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.

See Sec. 14-227o re discount for ignition interlock device services.

Commissioner may suspend or revoke any operator's license or certificate for any cause that he may deem sufficient. 143 C. 202. Fact that license has been suspended is not proof that operator lacks necessary skill to operate automobile. 146 C. 631. Proper method of appeal from suspension discussed. 148 C. 456. Cited. 176 C. 374; 177 C. 588. Conditions imposed on license holder under section violated right to equal protection under Conn. Const. Amdt. Art. XXI; not narrowly tailored to particular medical condition. 225 C. 499.

Cited. 38 CA 322, 324.

Not unconstitutional because of failure to require hearing. 7 CS 165. Cited. 16 CS 179. Action of commissioner in suspending or revoking operator's license is reviewable; he must not act arbitrarily or abuse his discretion. 20 CS 208. Cited. 24 CS 348. Not a proper remedy to bring an injunction restraining commissioner from interfering with plaintiff's right to drive where plaintiff had adequate legal remedies. 25 CS 512. The revocation of plaintiff's license upheld where there was substantial evidence of violation of Sec. 14-267. 31 CS 325. Cited. 36 CS 586; 37 CS 767.

Commissioner may suspend or revoke any operator's license or right of any person to operate on public highways for any cause he deems sufficient, with or without hearing. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 34, 38. Sending notice of suspension to licensee with suffix “Jr.” held sufficient compliance although notice returned unclaimed. Id., 254. Notice mailed by commissioner was sufficient although returned marked “moved, left no address” and defendant was properly convicted for driving without a license; notice required by statute may be constructive notice. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 72. Cited. Id., 161; Id., 163; 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 521.

Subsec. (a):

Commissioner has authority to suspend or revoke operator's license for traffic violations occurring in another state; exercise by commissioner of his powers under Subsec. does not give effect to penal law outside jurisdiction of state. 170 C. 140. There is no indication in the legislative history that actual knowledge of a license suspension is required; defendant bears burden of knowing limitations associated with having failed a chemical alcohol test. 245 C. 442.

Cited. 21 CA 496; 31 CA 797; 33 CA 727; 41 CA 866.

Resident of this state who is not a licensed operator in this state and has never been a registered owner in this state is not within class of persons for whom statutory notice is intended. 24 CS 346.

Subsec. (c):

Where a person by careless driving contributes to causing an accidental death, suspension of his license is not unequal treatment or denial of due process; legislature has drawn reasonable distinction between such operators and other careless operators as matter of public policy. 168 C. 94. Cited. Id., 587. Coroner's findings of fact and conclusions are designed to aid commissioner's decision, but cannot be substituted for independent determination by commissioner. 171 C. 705. Cited. 172 C. 263; 202 C. 453; 204 C. 60.

Cited. 4 CA 143; 7 CA 748; 10 CA 90; 27 CA 377.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-306 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 249 / Section 14-306
Sec. 14-306. Taxi stands in front of hotels.
Status: in_force

Cited. 118 C. 375. Statute construed as applying to establishment of taxi stands adjacent to hotels in those portions of highway of which hotel owner holds fee; hence constitutional. 119 C. 325.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-16 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-16
Sec. 14-16. Transfer of ownership. Designation of beneficiary. Fees. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(b) If a motor vehicle is owned by one owner who is a natural person, such owner may designate, in writing in a space provided on the certificate of registration for such motor vehicle, a beneficiary who shall assume ownership of such motor vehicle after the death of the owner and upon the making of an application pursuant to this subsection. The owner making such designation shall have all rights of ownership of such motor vehicle during the owner's life and the beneficiary shall have no rights in such motor vehicle until such time as the owner dies and an application is made pursuant to this subsection. Not later than sixty days after the death of the owner, the beneficiary may make application to the commissioner for the issuance of a certificate of title and a certificate of registration for such motor vehicle in the beneficiary's name. Such application shall be accompanied by: (1) The original certificate of registration in which the beneficiary is designated pursuant to this subsection; (2) a death certificate for the deceased owner; (3) such proof of the beneficiary's identity as the commissioner may require; (4) the transfer fee required by subsection (c) of this section; and (5) any applicable fees for registration, title and number plates as required under this chapter and chapter 247. If the beneficiary fails to make such application within the time period specified in this subsection, the beneficiary shall have no right to obtain ownership of and title to such motor vehicle under this subsection after the expiration of such time period. The right of the beneficiary to obtain ownership of and title to such motor vehicle under this subsection shall be subordinate to the rights of each lienholder whose security interest in such motor vehicle is duly recorded pursuant to chapter 247. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this subsection.

(c) If the owner of a registered motor vehicle dies, the registration for the vehicle shall, unless the vehicle is destroyed, continue in force as a valid registration until the end of the registration period unless: (1) Ownership of the vehicle is transferred pursuant to subsection (b) of this section or by the deceased owner's executor, administrator, legatee or distributee prior to the end of the registration period, in which case the registration shall continue in force until the time of the transfer; or (2) ownership of the vehicle is transferred to the brother, sister, father, mother, child or spouse of the owner, in which case the registration shall, upon the payment of a fee of twenty dollars, continue in force until the end of the registration period or until the ownership is sooner transferred to a person other than such a relative. If at the end of the registration period the relative has not transferred ownership of the vehicle and the relative applies for registration of the vehicle, the registration shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of section 12-71b .

(d) If a motor vehicle is transferred in connection with the organization, reorganization or dissolution, or because of the partial liquidation, of an incorporated or unincorporated business in which gain or loss to the transferor is not recognized for federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury regulations and rulings issued thereunder, the registration of the vehicle shall, upon the payment of a fee of twenty dollars, continue in force until the end of the registration period or until the registration is sooner transferred to anyone outside the original business organization. If the transferee of the motor vehicle has not transferred ownership of the motor vehicle to anyone outside the original business organization at the end of the registration period and the transferee applies for a registration for the vehicle, the registration shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of section 12-71b .

(e) A person who transfers ownership of a registered motor vehicle to another may have registered in his name, upon the filing of a new application and the payment of the fee required by subsection (i) of section 14-49 , another motor vehicle for the remainder of the registration period if the gross weight of the other motor vehicle is the same or less than that of the transferred motor vehicle and the registration of the transferred motor vehicle has been surrendered. If the gross weight of the other motor vehicle is greater than the gross weight of the motor vehicle the registration of which has been surrendered, the applicant shall pay, in addition to such fee, the difference between the fee paid by him for the surrendered registration and the fee for the registration of the motor vehicle of greater gross weight. The minimum fee for any such transfer shall be twenty dollars.

(f) Any person may transfer an unexpired registration of a motor vehicle such person owns or leases for a period of one year or more, to another motor vehicle owned or so leased by such person upon payment of the fee required by subsection (i) of section 14-49 . Any person transferring such a leased motor vehicle shall provide the commissioner with evidence that the lessor has granted permission for such transfer. If a transfer is made to a motor vehicle of greater gross weight or from one class of registration to another, credit shall be given toward the new registration in accordance with schedules established by the commissioner. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this subsection.

(g) Any person who sells any motor vehicle, other than a new motor vehicle, for which a certificate of title has not been issued and which is not registered under the provisions of subsections (e) or (g) of section 14-12 , shall, within forty-eight hours of the sale, certify under oath to the commissioner, on blanks provided by him, such information as the commissioner may require. Until the commissioner receives the certification under oath required by this subsection, he shall not issue a registration other than for a new motor vehicle and shall not renew a registration other than for the same owner.

(h) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the penalty provided for false statement. Any person who violates any provision of subsection (g) of this section shall, for a first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction, and, for a subsequent offense, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.

A partnership car, taken by one of the partners on dissolution, must be reregistered. 100 C. 119. Cited. 110 C. 281.

Cited. 9 CA 686.

The leaving of a license plate belonging to defendant in or on the car which facilitates its use by another who causes injury could constitute negligence on the part of defendant. 40 CS 149.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-218a — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-218a
Sec. 14-218a. Traveling unreasonably fast. Establishment of speed limits.
Status: in_force

(2) The Office of the State Traffic Administration may determine speed limits which are reasonable and safe on any state highway, bridge or parkway built or maintained by the state, and differing limits may be established for different types of vehicles, and may erect or cause to be erected signs indicating such speed limits.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and section 14-307a , the traffic authority of any town, city or borough may establish speed limits on streets, highways and bridges or in any parking area for ten cars or more or on any private road wholly within the municipality under its jurisdiction; provided such limit on streets, highways, bridges and parking areas for ten cars or more shall become effective only after application for approval thereof has been submitted in writing to the Office of the State Traffic Administration and a certificate of such approval has been forwarded by the office to the traffic authority; and provided such signs giving notice of such speed limits shall have been erected as the office directs, provided the erection of such signs on any private road shall be at the expense of the owner of such road. The presence of such signs adjacent to or on the highway or parking area for ten cars or more shall be prima facie evidence that they have been so placed under the direction of and with the approval of the office. Approval of such speed limits may be revoked by the office at any time if said office deems such revocation to be in the interest of public safety and welfare, and thereupon such speed limits shall cease to be effective and any signs that have been erected shall be removed.

(4) Any speed in excess of a speed limit established in accordance with this section or section 14-307a , other than speeding as provided for in section 14-219 , shall be prima facie evidence that such speed is not reasonable, but the fact that the speed of a vehicle is lower than such speed limit shall not relieve the operator from the duty to decrease speed when a special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions.

(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the Office of the State Traffic Administration shall establish a speed limit not to exceed sixty-five miles per hour on each multiple lane, limited access highway. The office shall establish speed limits that are suitable for each such highway, taking into consideration relevant factors including design, population of area and traffic flow.

(2) The Commissioner of Transportation may establish a variable speed limit to allow for the temporary lowering of a posted speed limit on a limited access highway, or a designated portion thereof, to address traffic congestion, road construction or any other condition that affects the safe and orderly movement of traffic on such limited access highway. Any such variable speed limit (A) shall be based on an engineering investigation; (B) shall not be less than ten miles per hour below the posted speed limit on such highway, or designated portion thereof; and (C) shall be effective when the variable speed limit is posted and when a sign notifying motorists of the change in the posted speed limit is erected not less than five hundred feet, but not more than one thousand feet, before the point at which the variable speed limit begins. The commissioner shall use stationary or portable changeable message signs to provide notice of a variable speed limit.

(c) (1) The traffic authority of any town, city or borough may establish, modify and maintain speed limits on streets, highways and bridges or in any parking area for ten cars or more or on any private road wholly within the municipality under its jurisdiction without approval from the Office of the State Traffic Administration, provided:

(A) The municipality, by vote of its legislative body, or in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting, its board of selectmen, permits the traffic authority to assume responsibility and authority for the establishment, modification and maintenance of the speed limits on all streets, highways and bridges and in parking areas for ten cars or more or on any private road wholly within the municipality under its jurisdiction. Such permission is not required if such legislative body or board of selectmen is also the traffic authority;

(B) The traffic authority notifies the office in writing that the traffic authority is permitted under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision and intends to assume such responsibility and authority;

(C) The traffic authority establishes, modifies and maintains the speed limits on all streets, highways and bridges and in parking areas for ten cars or more or on any private road wholly within the municipality under its jurisdiction;

(D) The traffic authority conducts an engineering study described in subdivision (3) of this subsection; and

(E) The traffic authority notifies the office of each change to a speed limit on such street, highway, bridge and parking area wholly within the municipality under its jurisdiction so the office may maintain a state-wide inventory of speed limits. Any speed limit approved by the office pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall remain in effect until modified by a traffic authority.

(2) (A) The traffic authority shall not establish or reduce a speed limit lower than twenty-five miles per hour unless (i) the speed limit is in a pedestrian safety zone pursuant to section 14-307a , or (ii) the engineering study described in subdivision (3) of this subsection finds that a speed limit lower than twenty-five miles per hour is reasonable.

(B) The traffic authority shall not reduce a speed limit by more than ten miles per hour without approval from the municipality, by vote of its legislative body, or in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting, its board of selectmen, if such legislative body or board of selectmen is not also the traffic authority.

(C) If the traffic authority reduces a speed limit by more than ten miles per hour, the traffic authority shall erect reduced speed limit ahead signs in accordance with the standards contained in the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, as amended from time to time.

(D) On any street or highway that runs into an adjoining municipality, a traffic authority shall not reduce the speed limit within one thousand feet of the boundary of the adjoining municipality by more than ten miles per hour from the speed limit on such road in the adjoining municipality without (i) approval of the adjoining municipality, by vote of its legislative body, or in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting, its board of selectmen, and (ii) the approval required under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision.

(E) If a traffic authority reduces the speed limit on any street or highway that runs into an adjoining municipality between one thousand feet and one mile of the boundary of the adjoining municipality by more than ten miles per hour from the speed limit on such road in the adjoining municipality, the traffic authority shall provide written notice of the reduced speed limit to the adjoining municipality.

(3) Prior to establishing or modifying a speed limit pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the traffic authority shall conduct an engineering study in accordance with the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, as amended from time to time, and other generally accepted engineering principles and guidance. The study shall be completed by a professional engineer licensed to practice in this state and shall consider factors, including, but not limited to, pedestrian activity, type of land use and development, parking and the record of traffic accidents in the jurisdiction of the traffic authority.

(4) The Office of the State Traffic Administration may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this subsection.

(d) Any person who operates a motor vehicle at a greater rate of speed than is reasonable, other than speeding, as provided for in section 14-219 , shall commit the infraction of traveling unreasonably fast.

See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.

Cited. 181 C. 515; 208 C. 94; 234 C. 660.

Cited. 5 CA 434; 9 CA 825; 29 CA 791; 30 CA 810; 33 CA 44; 34 CA 189; 37 CA 85; 38 CA 322; 46 CA 633.

Cited. 38 CS 426; 39 CS 313.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-96c — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-96c
Sec. 14-96c. Tail lamps. Illumination of rear registration plate.
Status: in_force

(b) Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a mounted height of not more than seventy-two inches nor less than fifteen inches.

(c) The rear registration plate shall be so illumined with a white light as to render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted, except that any vehicle equipped by the manufacturer with daytime running lamps which meet federal requirements may have such daytime running lamps illuminated without illumination of the tail lamps or rear registration plate.

(d) Failure to have tail lamps or failure to illuminate the rear registration plate as required in this section shall be an infraction.

Cited. 11 CA 11; 30 CA 263.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-34a — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-34a
Sec. 14-34a. Reciprocal agreements apportioning the registration of commercial vehicles.
Status: in_force

(b) Any reciprocal agreement, arrangement or declaration relating to commercial vehicles in effect between this state and any jurisdiction not a party to such reciprocal agreement or plan, or which relates to any matters not covered in such reciprocal agreement or plan shall continue in force and effect until specifically amended or revoked as provided by law.

(c) Notwithstanding any such agreement or plan, (1) any such commercial vehicle garaged at any fixed location or which leaves from and returns to one or more points within this state in the normal course of operations, shall be taxable in this state as personal property in the town where such vehicle is garaged; (2) registration shall be denied to any such vehicle if any personal property taxes are unpaid with respect to such vehicle, as provided in section 14-33 ; and (3) any such vehicle based in this state shall be subject to the provisions of sections 14-12 , 14-15 , 14-15a , 14-16a and chapter 247.

(d) At such time as the state of Connecticut may enter into and become a member of the International Registration Plan pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the provisions of the plan, as it may be amended from time to time, which are concerned with the registration of any vehicle or the fees which relate to any such registration shall control whenever any special act or any provision of the general statutes, except subsection (c) of this section, conflicts with any provision of the plan. A copy of the plan, as it may be amended from time to time, shall be maintained on file by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles at the main office of the department, and shall be available for public inspection.

(e) If the International Registration Plan is entered into by this state pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and the plan requires that a member jurisdiction accept registration or other documents under the plan in electronic format, the registrant may show a legible electronic image of such registration or document to any person who is required or authorized, in connection with such person's employment, to view such registration or document. If a registrant presents such registration or document by displaying an electronic image on a cellular mobile telephone or other electronic device, such person may not view, and offering such display shall not be construed to be consent for such person to view, any content on such telephone or electronic device other than such registration or document. No person who is required or authorized to view registrations or documents under the plan shall be liable for any damage to, or destruction of, a cellular mobile telephone or other electronic device provided to such person for the purpose of displaying an electronic image of a registration or document.

(f) Any commercial vehicle that is required to be registered in another jurisdiction shall not operate on any highway of the state without being so registered. Any commercial vehicle that is registered in any other jurisdiction and is eligible for registration on an apportionment basis shall not be operated on any highway without such registration or a seventy-two-hour trip permit registration issued by the commissioner. Any person who owns any motor vehicle operated in violation of this subsection shall be fined five hundred dollars for the first offense, and for each subsequent offense, not less than one thousand dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, except if the motor vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating of more than sixty thousand pounds, such owner shall be fined one thousand dollars for the first offense, and for each subsequent offense, not less than two thousand dollars nor more than four thousand dollars.

See Sec. 20-427a re commissioner's duty to deny registration for commercial motor vehicle of contractor who is in violation of Sec. 20-420 or 20-432.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-186 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 247 / Section 14-186
Sec. 14-186. Duties on creation of security interest.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner shall immediately execute the application, in the space provided therefor on the certificate of title or on a separate form the commissioner prescribes, to name the lienholder on the certificate, showing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his security agreement, and cause the certificate, the application and the required fee to be delivered to the lienholder.

(b) The lienholder shall immediately cause the certificate, the application and the required fee to be mailed or delivered to the commissioner.

(c) Upon request of the owner or subordinate lienholder, a lienholder in possession of the certificate of title shall either mail or deliver the certificate to the subordinate lienholder for delivery to the commissioner or, upon receipt from the subordinate lienholder of the owner's application and the required fee, mail or deliver them to the commissioner with the certificate. The delivery of the certificate does not affect the rights of the first lienholder under his security agreement.

(d) Upon receipt of the certificate of title, the application and the required fee, the commissioner shall either endorse the certificate or issue a new certificate containing the name and address of the new lienholder, and, except as provided in subsection (b) of section 14-175 , mail the certificate to the first lienholder named in it.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-36a — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 246 / Section 14-36a
Sec. 14-36a. Classification of operators' licenses. Designations; endorsements. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) A commercial driver's license may contain any of the following endorsements:

“P”- authorizes the operation of commercial motor vehicles designed to carry passengers;

“S”- in combination with “P”, authorizes the operation of a school bus or any vehicle described in subsection (c) of this section;

“H”- authorizes the operation of vehicles transporting hazardous materials;

“N”- authorizes the operation of tank vehicles;

“X”- authorizes both hazardous materials and tank vehicles; and

“T”- authorizes the operation of vehicles with up to three trailing, nonpower units.

The commissioner may establish one or more restrictions on commercial driver's licenses of any class, in regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of section 14-44d , a commercial driver's license of any class authorizes the holder of such license to operate any motor vehicle that may be operated by the holder of a class D operator's license.

(c) A commercial driver's license or a class D license that contains any of the following public passenger endorsements, as defined in section 14-1 , evidences that the holder meets the requirements of section 14-44 :

“V”- authorizes the transportation of passengers in a student transportation vehicle, as defined in section 14-212 , or any vehicle that requires an “A” or “F” endorsement;

“A”- authorizes the transportation of passengers in an activity vehicle, as defined in section 14-1 , or any vehicle that requires an “F” endorsement; and

“F”- authorizes the transportation of passengers in a taxicab, motor vehicle in livery service, service bus or motor bus.

The commissioner may establish one or more endorsements or restrictions on class D licenses, in accordance with regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(d) (1) A license of any class that contains the designation “Q” indicates eligibility to operate fire apparatus. A “Q” endorsement shall signify that the holder either has been trained to operate fire apparatus in accordance with standards established by the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control or has qualifying military training and experience as described in subdivision (2) of this subsection. Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, no such endorsement shall be issued to any person until such person demonstrates personally to the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, including the Connecticut Fire Academy, any regional fire school or the chief local fire official of any municipality as defined in section 7-323j , by means of testing in a representative vehicle that such person possesses the skills necessary for operation of fire apparatus.

(2) If the holder of a license of any class is (A) a veteran who applies to the commissioner for a “Q” endorsement not later than two years after the date of discharge from the military and who, not more than two years prior to such discharge, met the conditions and limitations set forth in 49 CFR 383.77(a)(2) or 49 CFR 383.77(b)(2), as amended from time to time, or (B) a member of the armed forces or the National Guard who applies to the commissioner for a “Q” endorsement and who meets the conditions and limitations set forth in 49 CFR 383.77(a)(2) or 49 CFR 383.77(b)(2), as amended from time to time, the commissioner shall waive the requirement under subdivision (1) of this subsection to demonstrate that such veteran or member possesses the skills necessary for operation of fire apparatus. The commissioner shall prescribe the form and manner by which such veteran or member shall apply for such waiver. As used in this subparagraph, “veteran” and “armed forces” have the same meanings as provided in section 27-103 .

(e) No person shall operate a motor vehicle in violation of the classification of the license issued to such person.

(f) No employer shall knowingly require or permit an employee who is acting within the scope of such employee's employment to operate a motor vehicle in violation of the classification of such employee's license.

(g) (1) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (e) of this section shall, for a first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined fifty dollars and, for a subsequent offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.

(2) Any employer who violates subsection (f) of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for a first violation and not more than two thousand five hundred dollars for a second or subsequent violation.

(h) The revocation, suspension or withdrawal of, or refusal to issue or renew an “S” endorsement, or any endorsement described in subsection (c) of this section, shall prohibit the licensee from operating any public passenger vehicle for which an endorsement described in said subsection (c) is required. During the period of such revocation, suspension or withdrawal of, or after a refusal to issue or renew an “S” endorsement, or any endorsement described in said subsection (c), the commissioner shall not issue any other public passenger endorsement to such licensee.

Cited. 40 CA 762.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-222 — Connecticut Code / Title 14 / Chapter 248 / Section 14-222
Sec. 14-222. Reckless driving.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or be both fined and imprisoned for the first offense and for each subsequent offense shall be fined not more than six hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned.

See Sec. 14-107 re liability of owner, operator or lessee of vehicle.

See Sec. 14-111(b) re suspension or revocation of operator's license.

See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.

See Sec. 14-112(a) re proof of financial responsibility.

See Sec. 14-219b re limitation of municipal liability.

Criminal homicide by reckless driving. 82 C. 671; 83 C. 437; 108 C. 212. Former statute applied. 93 C. 254. Violation does not entitle injured person to recover treble damages. Id., 249. Doing any act prohibited by motor vehicle laws is negligence of itself, and is actionable when proximate cause of injury. 98 C. 495; 99 C. 727. Driving down icy hill in high gear. 105 C. 669. Reckless driving does not lie in speed alone, but in that and other circumstances which together show reckless disregard of consequences. 108 C. 214. Contributory negligence, while not a defense to action for reckless misconduct, is a defense to action for negligence consisting in part of violation of statute. 116 C. 475; 123 C. 211. Negligence as a prerequisite for finding statute was violated. 117 C. 616. Cited. 119 C. 314. Where complaint had no allegation of reckless driving, court properly omitted reading portion of statute referring to it. 123 C. 177. Operating recklessly is operating without regard for safety of others. Id., 212. If speed in passing vehicle was not such as to endanger any of its occupants, it did not constitute reckless driving. 124 C. 270. Where jury was cautioned that plaintiff was limited to negligence specified in complaint, it was not prejudicial to read inapplicable portion of statute. 125 C. 512. Violation of statute not necessarily established by fact only that defendant was driving under influence of liquor, or only that car was going at high rate of speed. 132 C. 227. Excessive speed passing trolley car may be reckless driving. Id., 248. Cited. 139 C. 719; 149 C. 385. The allegations of plaintiff's complaint that defendant was negligent because of actions including violations of statute were not sufficient to permit recovery upon the ground of reckless and wanton misconduct by defendant. 159 C. 91. Cited. 162 C. 565. Plaintiff's waiver of representation by counsel at hearing where his license was suspended for contributing to accidental death precludes later claim of denial of procedural due process. 168 C. 94. Cited. 202 C. 629; 203 C. 305; 208 C. 94; 226 C. 191; 230 C. 427; 240 C. 489. Road that was under the control of a political subdivision of the state and open to public travel was a public “highway” as defined in Sec. 14-1. 300 C. 426.

Cited. 9 CA 686; 12 CA 306; 14 CA 347; 27 CA 225; Id., 377; 32 CA 1; 33 CA 49; 36 CA 710; 38 CA 8; judgment reversed, see 236 C. 18; Id., 85; 41 CA 664. Evidence is sufficient to prove defendant operated motor vehicle recklessly or at such a rate of speed as to endanger the life of another when state proves, beyond a reasonable doubt, that defendant ignored posted warning signs, drove well in excess of the posted speed limit and operated vehicle in such a reckless manner as to endanger the lives of the passengers. 51 CA 463.

Operating recklessly within the meaning of section requires a conscious choice of action either with knowledge of the serious danger to others involved in it or with knowledge of facts which would disclose this danger to a reasonable man; there must be something more than a failure to use reasonable care, something more than gross negligence. 22 CS 391. Neither speed nor driving under the influence of liquor would alone be sufficient for a conviction for reckless driving, but such circumstances in conjunction with other circumstances can be taken into consideration in determining whether defendant showed a reckless disregard of consequences. Id., 400. Nature of reckless misconduct discussed. 24 CS 108. Cited. Id., 156; 26 CS 184. The misconduct of plaintiff was simple negligence and not the exacerbated type which is reckless misconduct. 31 CS 325. Cited. 37 CS 661; 38 CS 549.

Evidence of injuries received in auto accident relevant in proving offense. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 446. Reckless driving does not lie in speed alone but in speed and other circumstances which, together, show a reckless disregard of circumstances. Id., 501, 502. Cited. Id., 634. To establish violation of first sentence of statute, reckless or wanton misconduct must be shown. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 25. Guilt might be established under second sentence of statute by evidence which would prove only that life was endangered. Id., 26, 27. Where only evidence relative to defendant's operational conduct is an estimate of his speed at a point 600 feet before accident occurred, evidence held insufficient to warrant conclusion of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Id., 28. Cited. Id., 294, 295. Presumption raised by Sec. 14-107 that proof of registration number of motor vehicle shall be prima facie evidence that owner was operator thereof is not violative of due process since there is a rational and reasonable connection between the facts proved and the ultimate fact presumed. Id., 462, 463. Cited. Id., 380; 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 499; Id., 541; 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 298.

Subsec. (a):

Cited. 198 C. 43; 236 C. 18.

Cited. 40 CA 643. Conviction of reckless driving not inconsistent with acquittal on charge of risk of injury to a child under Sec. 53-21(a)(1) because each offense contains different elements and a conviction on one is not inconsistent with an acquittal on the other. 122 CA 631. There was insufficient evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the road on which defendant drove recklessly was a municipal road. 126 CA 52; judgment reversed, see 306 C. 426.

Defendant who, following another car, bumped it from the rear more than once could reasonably be found guilty of reckless driving under section. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 509, 510.