The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-15
1881 Assembly Laws
 Affect Motorists
Nineteen of the Fory.six Changes Made at Hartford Re-
 gently Have Direct Bearing on Operators

accidents has been clarified by par lticularly stating that accidents must be reported when the damage to any lproperty including all vehicles in- yolved is in excess of $25.00.
 When there is a conviction for overloading and the operator is not lthe owner, the operators license may be suspended at the discretion of the commissioner. Formerly this |suspension was mandatory.
 A law which provided for suspen- lsion of an operators license when lthere was failure to satisfy a court Judgment after sixty days, has been Irepealed.
 Any person who rents motor lvehicle without driver must in- Ispect the operators license of the person by whom the vehicle is to be operated, compare the signature lon the license with that written in his presence, and must keep the rec ord of the name of the licensee humber of the license, and the date Issued with a record of the registra- ton number of the rented vehicle.
 Changes in the law affecting vehi- |cles and vehicle ownership include the following:
 A lowed vehicle must be register ed except when being lowed for re- lpair and bearing a dealers marker.
 Registration of any motor vehicle not equipped with prescribed light ing devices shall be void and the fee forfeited to the state.
 Upon the death of the owner of a motor vehicle a certificate of trans fer need not be filed with the depart lment until the end of the registra- ltion period unless the vehicle is de- stroyed or sold.
 The brake law has been amended Ito provide that any rubber tired Ivehicle owned by a municipality or hospital must comply with state lbrake regulations: also the commits lsioner is allowed to make rules and regulations or tests for brakes and lshall refuse to register any motor lvehicle not equipped with safe and adequate brakes. This provision be.
 came effective April l.
 An important change in the law on lights provides that no lamp oI bulb shall be of more than thirty , 1.-two candlepower. Formerly tn, maximum was twenty-one candle bower. Taxicabs may carry a luna , white light or lights. This law i 
 now in effect.
 Every motor vehicle hencefortl must be equipped with a mirror Formerly the law applied only t Icommercial motor vehicles. . Sheriffs, their deputies and con sta ables now have the same authorit [ lin regard to abandoned vehicles tha Is vested in motor vehicle inspector [ and officers of an organized polio
 department.
 The law which required wrltte
 order for repairs of more than S50.0 on any vehicle has been repealed.
 The gross weight maximum al
 lowed for motor vehicle and traile
 has been increased Co 26.000 pound ' when the four-wheeled vehicle equipped with solid tires; s2.o0
 pounds if the four.wheeled vehicl Is equipped with pneumatic tires an | l40.000 pounds if the vehicle ha . Ithree axles or for any combination Q
 any vehicle or trailer or semi traiIe s lwith q total of three or more axle | land equipped with pneumatic tirei ! Vehicles loaded with structura { lsteel or iron are now included 1 ' Ithe flaw restricting the length Of . Ivehicie and trailer Co forty feet. ? All of these changes. unless other , wiss noted. will Ro N'o eHect on Jul