The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
Motor Vehicle LauOs Stressed for Vets
It. Dwyer Cites Changes for Benefit of Returning G.I.'s

Due to the fact that many re- turning service men are confused because of traffic changes instituted in their absence, It, William Dwyer. in his weekly article on traffic safety and instruction, herewith presents several city and state laws which he reports appear to be the ones most misleading to the ex-GI.
 Section 1853 of the Connecticut motor vehicle laws as amended in l943 reads as follows: Parking Ve- hicles. Filling Tanks. No vehicle shall be permitted to remain sta tionary within 10 feet of any fire hydrant or upon the travelled portion of any highway except upon the right hand side of such highway in the direction in which such vehicle shall be headed; and. If such highway shall be curbed, such vehicle shall be so placed that its right hand wheels, when stationary, shall, when safety will permit, be within a distance of 12 inches from the curb.
 No vehicle shall be permitted to remain parked within 25 feet of an intersection or marked crosswalk thereat, or within 25 feet of a stop sign caused to be erected by the traffic authority in accordance with the provisions of section l23e of the 1889 supplement to the general statutes.
 No vehicle shall be permitted to remain stationary upon the travelled portion of any highway at any curve or turn or at the top of any grade where clear view of such vehicle may not be had from dis tance of at least l50 feet in either direction. The highway commission CT may post signs upon any high way at any place where the keep ing of of any vehicle stationary contrary to the directions of such signs shall be a violation of this section.
 No vehicle shall be permitted to remain stationary upon the travelled portion of any highway with 50 feet of the point where another vehicle on the opposite side of the travelled portion of the same high way.
 No vehicle shall be permitted to remain stationary within the limits of public highway in such a manner as to constitute traffic hazard or obstruct the free move ment of traffic thereon provided vehicle which has become disabled to such an extent that 1t is inpos- sible or-impracticable to remove 1t may be permitted to remain for 8 reasonable time for the purpose of making repairs thereto or of sufficient assistance to remove it.
 Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit vehicle from stopping or being held stationary by any officer, in an emergency to avoid accident or to give right of way to any vehicle or pedestrian as provided in this chapter, or from stopping on any highway within the limits of an incorporated city, town or borough where the parking of vehicles shall be regulated by local ordinances.
 No gasoline or other fuel shall be placed in the tank or any motor vehicle while the engine of such vehicle is running.
 The Board of Police Commis- sioners of the City of Waterbury passed the following regulations the parking of vehicles: No person shall permit any vehicle to be left standing or parked for more than three hours continuously upon any public highway or street, or upon any land dedicated to the public for use as a street or highway with said City of Waterbury, be- tween the hours of LOO a. m. and ! @. m.
 Any person violating this reg ulation shall be subject to the pen- alties provided by law for violating regulations of the traffic author lty. If a persons car is tagged for all-night parking the owner or oper- ator of the car in violation will be required to pay the sum of $l, One of the penalties of the above reg ulation is the towing to public garage of a vehicle parked in vio- lation, the cost of such towing to be paid by the owner or operator of such vehicle.
 These regulations went into ef- feet February 1, 1922"