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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-267c. - Vehicles equipped with auxiliary power or idle reduction technology unit. Weight tolerance exemption.

The owner of a commercial motor vehicle that is equipped with an auxiliary power or idle reduction technology unit shall, subject to the conditions described in this section, be granted a weight tolerance exemption from the gross, total axle, total tandem or bridge formula weight limits established by section 14-267a. Such weight tolerance exemption shall authorize the operation of such commercial motor vehicle with additional weight equal to the actual weight of the auxiliary power or idle reduction technology unit, but not exceeding five hundred fifty pounds. Such exemption may be granted by any official or law enforcement officer authorized to enforce the provisions of said section 14-267a. To qualify for a weight tolerance exemption, an owner may be required to produce a written certification of the weight of such unit, and to show, by means of a written certification or physical demonstration, that the unit is fully functional at all times. As used in this section, “auxiliary power or idle reduction technology unit” means an integrated system, other than the vehicle's engine, that provides heat, air conditioning, engine warming, electric components or power to do the work for which the vehicle is designed.
(P.A. 09-187, S. 43; P.A. 13-271, S. 33.)
History: P.A. 13-271 increased maximum weight tolerance exemption from 400 pounds to 550 pounds, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-268. - Weight of vehicles and trailers restricted.

Section 14-268 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2496; 1949, S. 1376d; 1963, P.A. 488; 1967, P.A. 699; 1969, P.A. 446, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 515; P.A. 79-188, S. 9, 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-269a. - Weight of refuse vehicles.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14-267a, a motor vehicle which is owned or operated by any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of collecting refuse and which is operated for the purpose of collecting such refuse or which is owned and operated by any town or municipality for such purpose, may be operated on any road or highway, if the axle weight on the rear axle or axles of such vehicle does not exceed the weight limits established pursuant to section 14-267a by more than seven thousand pounds and if the combined weight on the rear axles does not exceed forty-four thousand five hundred pounds. This exemption shall not apply to any such motor vehicle operated on any road or highway which is a part of the interstate highway system.
(P.A. 86-125.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-270a. - Portable truck weight scales.

The Department of Transportation shall purchase a sufficient number of portable scales to implement a concentrated program of truck weight enforcement to comply with federal requirements in order to continue to qualify for federal highway funds. In no event shall the number of scales purchased in accordance with the provisions of this section be less than ten.
(P.A. 78-356, S. 2, 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-270b. - Truck weight enforcement program.

The Department of Transportation shall implement a consistent program of truck weight enforcement on that portion of Route I-84 lying within the town of Danbury not later than July 1, 1978.
(P.A. 78-356, S. 3, 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-270c. - Official weighing areas. Staffing requirements.

(a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall staff, and shall coordinate coverage and hours of operation of, the official weighing areas as follows:
(1) Greenwich: Eight work shifts in each seven-day period from Sunday through Saturday. No such shifts shall be worked consecutively, except that two shifts may be worked consecutively on not more than three days;
(2) Danbury: The Department of Motor Vehicles shall staff six work shifts in each seven-day period from Sunday through Saturday. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall, whenever possible, coordinate coverage between this official weighing area and the official weighing area in Greenwich in order to ensure concurrent coverage;
(3) Union: Between five and eight work shifts in each seven-day period from Sunday through Saturday; and
(4) Portable scale locations: The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall assign troopers to work ten shifts in each seven-day period from Sunday through Saturday to conduct commercial motor vehicle enforcement throughout the four geographical areas established by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles with concentration in areas that have fewer hours of operation for the permanent weighing areas.
(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adjust the work shifts required in subsection (a) of this section on a daily basis in order to effectuate an unpredictable schedule.
(c) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may assign personnel to the permanent weighing areas in Waterford and Middletown or to the portable scale operations.
(d) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, shall assign one trooper to each weighing area working shift in each seven-day period from Sunday through Saturday to enforce laws relative to the safe movement of all vehicles on the highways of the state.
(e) In addition to the weighing area commercial motor vehicle enforcement activities, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall perform roaming commercial motor vehicle enforcement on the highways of the state and such work shall be assigned to troopers trained in commercial motor vehicle enforcement.
(P.A. 98-248, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 59; P.A. 11-51, S. 38, 134.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by providing that Departments of Public Safety and Motor Vehicles shall each staff 3 work shifts in each 7-day period from Sunday through Saturday, effective September 1, 2010; P.A. 11-51 deleted references to Commissioner and Department of Public Safety, required Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to coordinate coverage and hours of operation and established responsibilities of Commissioner and Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-270d. - Temporary closing of weigh stations.

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Division within the Department of Motor Vehicles shall temporarily close any weigh station located within the state that develops a backlog of traffic entering such weigh station and therefore creates a traffic hazard.
(P.A. 98-248, S. 3; P.A. 11-51, S. 39, 134.)
History: (Revisor's note: In codifying P.A. 98-248, the Revisors editorially changed the phrase “... and therefor creates a traffic hazard.” to “... and therefore creates a traffic hazard.”); P.A. 11-51 replaced Division of State Police within Department of Public Safety with Commercial Vehicle Safety Division within Department of Motor Vehicles, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-270e. - Program to implement regularly scheduled and enforced hours of operation for weigh stations.

On or before January 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Department of Motor Vehicles, shall establish a program to implement regularly scheduled and enforced hours of operation for weigh stations. Not later than October 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, on the planned program to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 6; P.A. 04-177, S. 10; P.A. 11-51, S. 40, 134.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4 effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-177 required that commissioner's report be submitted on October 1, 2004, rather than October 1, 2003, and that report comply with Sec. 11-4a, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 11-51 replaced “Department of Public Safety” with “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, replaced “January 1, 2004” with “January 1, 2012” and replaced “October 1, 2004” with “October 1, 2012”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-270f. - Weigh station logs.

(a) On and after January 1, 2008, logs shall be maintained for each shift at all weigh stations located in the state. Each log shall contain the following information with respect to each weigh station: (1) The location and date of each shift, (2) the hours the “OPEN” sign is illuminated, (3) the number of Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection officers or civilian technicians for each shift, (4) the number of all vehicles weighed, (5) the number and type of safety inspections, (6) the number and types of citations issued, (7) the amount of fines that may be imposed for overweight or other violations, and (8) the number of vehicles that pass through the weigh station during each shift. Each log shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Not later than December 15, 2011, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall develop and distribute a form for the recording of such information.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2012, and semiannually thereafter, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall submit, in accordance with section 11-4a, a written report that contains a summary of the information specified in subsection (a) of this section for the preceding six-month period to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation. Such report shall also be posted on the Internet web site of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7, S. 99; P.A. 11-51, S. 41, 134.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7 effective November 2, 2007; P.A. 11-51 replaced “Department of Public Safety” with “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” or “Department of Motor Vehicles”, replaced “Commissioner of Public Safety” with “Commissioner of Motor Vehicles”, amended Subsec. (a) to delete former Subdiv. (8) re shift operating costs, redesignate existing Subdiv. (9) as Subdiv. (8), change “December 15, 2007” to “December 15, 2011” and make technical changes, and amended Subsec. (b) to change “January 1, 2008” to “January 1, 2012”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-271. - Securing of loads.

(a) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom in such manner or quantity as to constitute a hazard or nuisance to other users of the highway, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining such roadway.
(b) No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle with any load unless such load and any covering thereon is securely fastened so as to prevent such covering or load from becoming loose, detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway.
(c) No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle having a gross weight of five thousand pounds or more which is designed and used exclusively for the collection and transportation of refuse and which has a separable container with an open top unless the contents of such container are secured by the use of a screen or other material having perforations of a size not greater than two square inches when such container is attached to such vehicle.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to motor vehicles registered as farm motor vehicles or vehicles used for farming purposes.
(e) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction for each offense.
(1957, P.A. 156, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 513; P.A. 75-577, S. 105, 126; P.A. 85-218.)
History: 1965 act added hazard or nuisance qualification to Subsec. (a); P.A. 75-577 replaced provision for $100 maximum fine with statement that violation is an infraction in Subsec. (d); P.A. 85-218 inserted new Subsec. (c) requiring the securing of containers attached to refuse collection vehicles and relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-271a. - Limits for weakening of vehicle frames. Regulations.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, specifying limits for weakening of vehicle frames or equivalent structures, including weakening through loading, damage or corrosion or any combination thereof.
(P.A. 99-268, S. 6; P.A. 00-169, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 00-169 revised effective date of P.A. 99-268 but without affecting this section.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-272. - Projecting loads. Carrying of animals.

Section 14-272 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2512; February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 34; 1967, P.A. 834, S. 30.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-272a. - Carrying of children in pick-up trucks or open-bed vehicles. Restrictions.

(a) No person may operate on any public highway any truck type motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating not exceeding seventy-five hundred pounds having an open rear section or any motor vehicle having an open bed when a child under the age of sixteen years is in such open rear section or open bed unless such child wears a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt which conforms to the provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations Title 49, Section 571.209, as amended from time to time. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any person who operates such a vehicle (1) in a parade authorized by the municipality or municipalities in which such parade is conducted, (2) used for farming purposes or registered pursuant to subsection (q) of section 14-49 or (3) in a recreational hayride conducted between the months of August and December.
(b) Violation of any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be an infraction.
(P.A. 93-116.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-272b. - Transport of dogs in pick-up trucks. Restrictions.

No person operating a pick-up truck, as defined in section 14-1, on a public highway of this state shall transport a dog in the open rearward compartment of the pick-up truck unless the dog is secured in a cage or other container or otherwise protected or secured in such a manner as to prevent the dog from being thrown or falling or jumping from the pick-up truck.
(P.A. 05-218, S. 18.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-275a. - Use of standard school bus required, when. Use of mass transportation permitted, when. Use of certain motor vehicles prohibited.

(a) No town or regional school district shall transport or enter into a contract for the transportation of students under the age of twenty-one years to and from school in any motor vehicle accommodating more than fifteen students other than a school bus conforming to the provisions of section 14-275.
(b) On and after July 1, 1990, no motor vehicle with a seating capacity of more than ten passengers other than a school bus conforming to the provisions of section 14-275 may be initially registered for use in this state for the transportation of students under the age of twenty-one years to and from school. On and after July 1, 1994, no motor vehicle with a seating capacity of more than ten passengers other than a school bus conforming to the provisions of section 14-275 may be used for the transportation of such students to and from school.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, a town, regional school district, public, private or religious school may use the services of any mass transportation system to transport such students to and from school.
(d) No motor vehicle having (1) on and after July 1, 1992, a wheel base of less than one hundred and one inches, or (2) on and after July 1, 1991, a convertible top or an open body may be used by a carrier for the transportation of students under the age of twenty-one years to and from school.
(1972, P.A. 286, S. 2; P.A. 80-237, S. 2; P.A. 82-205; P.A. 89-320, S. 3, 12; P.A. 90-112, S. 4, 14; P.A. 91-272, S. 6, 8.)
History: 1972 act effective September 1, 1974, but section not applicable to any contract for the transportation of students which existed prior to May 26, 1972; P.A. 80-237 added exception re use of mass transportation system to convey students to and from school; P.A. 82-205 increased from 9 to 15 the maximum number of students that may be transported in a motor vehicle other than a school bus; P.A. 89-320 subdivided the section into Subsecs. and inserted new language in (1) Subsec. (b) to prohibit initial registration of vans for the transportation of students under 21 to and from school on and after July 1, 1990, and on and after July 1, 1994, to prohibit use of such vans for the transportation of such students and (2) Subsec. (c) to permit towns, regional school districts and schools to use services of mass transportation system to transport students to and from school; P.A. 90-112 added Subsec. (d), prohibiting use of certain motor vehicles by carriers for transportation of students under age 21 to and from school; P.A. 91-272 amended Subsec. (d)(1) and (2) to specify different effective dates for each Subdiv., deleting July 1, 1991, effective date applicable to both Subdivs.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-275b. - Transportation of students who have mobility impairments.

The provisions of section 14-275 and subsection (b) of section 14-275a shall not apply to any motor vehicle when used exclusively for the transportation of students under the age of twenty-one who have mobility impairments, provided such motor vehicle has been approved for such purpose by the commissioner.
(1972, P.A. 286, S. 3; P.A. 78-10; P.A. 83-412, S. 4, 5; P.A. 89-320, S. 4, 12; P.A. 17-202, S. 44.)
History: 1972 act effective September 1, 1974, but section not applicable to any contract for the transportation of students which existed prior to May 26, 1972; P.A. 78-10 deleted “physically” in phrase “physically handicapped students”; P.A. 83-412 provided that a town or school district shall not use any motor vehicle accommodating more than fifteen students (increased from nine), other than a school bus, for the transportation of handicapped students; P.A. 89-320 provided Sec. 14-275a(b) is applicable to motor vehicles used exclusively for transportation of mobility impaired students and deleted prohibition in proviso re use of motor vehicles accommodating more than fifteen students, other than school buses, for transportation of handicapped students; P.A. 17-202 replaced reference to mobility impaired students with reference to students who have mobility impairments.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-275d. - Program for funding to offset sales tax on purchase of school buses equipped with seat safety belts.

(a) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall administer a program to provide funding to offset a portion of sales tax on the purchase of school buses equipped with 3-point lap/shoulder seat safety belts installed during the manufacture of such buses. From July 1, 2011, to December 31, 2017, inclusive, a local or regional school district may submit an application to the department, on a form provided by said department, which shall include a proposed agreement between such district and a private carrier under contract with such district for the provision of transportation of school children. Such agreement shall require such carrier to provide the district with at least one but not more than fifty school buses, each of which shall be equipped with such seat belts, and shall include a request by such carrier for funds in an amount equal to fifty per cent of the sales tax paid by the carrier for the purchase of any such bus purchased on or after July 1, 2011. Such agreement shall be contingent upon approval of the application and the payment of such amount by the department. The department shall make any such payments with funds available from the school bus seat belt account established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 14-50b.
(b) A school district participating in the program shall provide written notice concerning the availability and proper use of such seat belts to a parent or legal guardian of each student who will be transported on such school bus. A school district shall instruct such students on the proper use, fastening and unfastening of such seat belts.
(c) No local or regional school district, carrier with whom a local or regional school district has contracted for the transportation of students, or operator of a school bus shall be liable for damages for injury resulting solely from a student's use, misuse or failure to use a seat safety belt installed on a school bus used in the program established under this section.
(d) During the 2018 regular session of the General Assembly, the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation and education shall conduct a joint public hearing on the level of participation in such program and its effectiveness with respect to the use of seat belts. Not later than March 1, 2018, the joint standing committees shall make a recommendation to the General Assembly concerning the continuation of such program.
(P.A. 10-83, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 10-83 effective July 1, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-276b. - School bus driver training re life-threatening allergic reactions and administration of medication.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Carrier” has the same meaning as provided in section 14-212;
(2) “School bus driver” means any person who holds a commercial driver's license with a public passenger endorsement to operate a school bus pursuant to subsection (a) of section 14-44;
(3) “School bus” has the same meaning as provided in section 14-1; and
(4) “Cartridge injector” means an automatic prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment used to deliver epinephrine in a standard dose for emergency first aid response to allergic reactions.
(b) (1) Not later than June 30, 2019, each carrier shall provide the training described in subsection (c) of this section to all of its school bus drivers.
(2) On and after July 1, 2019, each carrier shall provide the training described in subsection (c) of this section to a school bus driver as follows:
(A) In the case of a school bus driver who is employed by such carrier, such training shall be provided to such school bus driver following the issuance or renewal of a public passenger endorsement to operate a school bus pursuant to subsection (a) of section 14-44, to such school bus driver; and
(B) In the case of a school bus driver who is not employed by such carrier at the time when such endorsement is issued or renewed to such school bus driver, upon the hiring of such school bus driver by such carrier, except such carrier shall not be required to provide such training to any school bus driver who has previously received such training following the most recent issuance or renewal of such endorsement to such school bus driver.
(c) The training required under this section shall include, but need not be limited to, instruction on (1) the identification of the signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis, (2) the administration of epinephrine by a cartridge injector, (3) the notification of emergency personnel, and (4) the reporting of an incident involving a student and a life-threatening allergic reaction. Such training may be completed using an online module, provided such online module meets the requirements of this section.
(P.A. 18-185, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-278. - Hours of operation. Placement of seats. No extra exemption or authority for operators.

The provisions of section 14-274 as to hours of operation of such motor vehicles and of section 14-257 as to placement of seats in such motor vehicles shall apply to the operation of school buses. Nothing in sections 14-275 to 14-281, inclusive, shall exempt the operator of any school bus from compliance with all laws governing the operation of motor vehicles upon the public highway, including the passing of other school buses similarly engaged. Nothing in said sections shall be construed as giving the operator of any school bus the authority to control traffic manually or by any other means than those specifically stated herein.
(1955, S. 1322d; P.A. 90-263, S. 52, 74.)
History: P.A. 90-263 deleted references to public service motor vehicles.
See Sec. 14-107 re liability of owner, operator or lessee of vehicle.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-281. - Penalties.

Any person who violates any provision of sections 14-275 to 14-280, inclusive, for which no other penalty is provided shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than one hundred dollars for the first offense, and not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
(1955, S. 1325d; P.A. 07-217, S. 54.)
History: P.A. 07-217 made technical changes, effective July 12, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-281a. - Speed of school buses. Display of head lamps.

(a) Every school bus shall be operated at a safe rate of speed, consistent with the volume of traffic, intersections, curves, railway crossings and any other condition requiring special caution. The maximum speed shall not exceed fifty miles per hour on divided limited access highways and forty miles per hour on all other highways or, where highway signs indicate lower speeds, shall not exceed such posted speed limits.
(b) Each school bus and student transportation vehicle shall display lighted head lamps while transporting school children.
(c) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 324; P.A. 75-577, S. 106, 126; P.A. 90-112, S. 7, 14.)
History: P.A. 75-577 stated that violation of provisions is an infraction; P.A. 90-112 divided section into Subsecs. and inserted new language as Subsec. (b), requiring school buses and student transportation vehicles to display lighted head lamps while transporting school children.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-281b. - Summons issued to holder of license endorsement while operating school bus or student transportation vehicles; copy to be sent to employer and local board of education; notification of disposition of case.

(a) Within two days after a summons is issued to a holder of a license endorsement while the holder is operating a school bus or student transportation vehicle, a copy of the summons shall be transmitted to the employer of the license endorsement holder and the board of education for which such school bus or student transportation vehicle is performing contract services.
(b) Within five days of the conviction, forfeiture, nolle or other disposition of a holder of a license endorsement for any violation while operating a school bus or student transportation vehicle, a report of the conviction, forfeiture, nolle or other disposition shall be transmitted by the court to the employer of the license endorsement holder and the board of education for which such school bus or student transportation vehicle is performing contract services.
(P.A. 80-277, S. 2, 3; P.A. 90-263, S. 30, 74; P.A. 93-341, S. 29, 38.)
History: P.A. 90-263 substituted public passenger transportation permit for public service operator's license, inserted “student transportation vehicle” after “school bus” and required copy of summons and report of disposition to be furnished to board of education for which school bus or student transportation vehicle is performing contract services in lieu of town in which summons was issued; P.A. 93-341 replaced references to public passenger transportation permits with references to license endorsements, effective July 1, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-281c. - Report of serious accidents involving school buses or student transportation vehicles.

In each serious accident involving a school bus or a student transportation vehicle as defined in section 14-212, the police officer who, in the regular course of duty, investigates such accident, shall immediately report such accident by telephone or otherwise to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. In the event of any accident in which an occupant of a school bus or student transportation vehicle is injured resulting in admission of such occupant to a hospital overnight, the police officer investigating the accident shall report such accident to the commissioner within twenty-four hours thereafter. For the purposes of this section, the term “serious accident” means any accident in which (1) any occupant of the school bus or student transportation vehicle is killed, or (2) a fire occurs in, or there is a roll-over of, the school bus or student transportation vehicle.
(P.A. 90-112, S. 1, 14.)
See Sec. 14-277 re operator's duties on stopping bus.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-281d. - Duties of operators of student transportation vehicles re receipt or discharge of school children.

No operator of a student transportation vehicle, as defined in section 14-212, while engaged in the transportation of school children to and from school or school activities may receive or discharge any child in a location where such child may cross any highway to board the vehicle or to reach his residence or other destination, except as approved by the Commissioner of Education.
(P.A. 89-320, S. 10, 12; P.A. 90-112, S. 9, 14.)
History: P.A. 90-112 substituted “student transportation vehicle” for “motor vehicle, other than a registered school bus, owned by or under contract to a town, regional school district, public, private or religious school”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-282. - Vehicle formerly used as a school bus to be repainted. Penalty.

(a) Any person who is the owner or becomes the owner of a motor vehicle formerly used as a school bus who discontinues the use of such vehicle for the transportation of school children as stated in sections 14-275 and 14-280 shall cause the same to be painted another color, readily distinguishable from “National School Bus Chrome”.
(b) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(1955, S. 1326d; 1957, P.A. 418; P.A. 75-577, S. 107, 126; P.A. 89-320, S. 8, 12; P.A. 02-70, S. 60; P.A. 22-44, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 75-577 stated that violation of provisions is an infraction; P.A. 89-320 subdivided the section into Subsecs. and required each former school bus 10 years old or older to be inspected every 2 years at the motor vehicle department on and after July 1, 1990; (Revisor's note: In 1997 references throughout the general statutes to “Motor Vehicle(s) Commissioner” and “Motor Vehicle(s) Department” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “Commissioner of Motor Vehicles” or “Department of Motor Vehicles”, as the case may be, for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 02-70 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 22-44 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re former school bus 10 years or older to be presented for inspection at department, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-282a. - School bus and student transportation vehicle inspectors.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall assign the necessary number of inspectors for the purpose of maintaining a system of continuing inspection of school buses and student transportation vehicles, investigation of accidents involving school buses and student transportation vehicles and investigation of complaints against the owners and drivers of school buses and student transportation vehicles, and to coordinate the various school bus safety programs.
(1967, P.A. 608, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-112, S. 11, 14; P.A. 14-130, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 90-112 amended Subsec. (a) to require commissioner to establish inspection districts for maintaining a system of continuing inspection of student transportation vehicles; P.A. 14-130 deleted Subsec. (a) designator, replaced “establish eight inspection districts” with “assign the necessary number of inspectors” and deleted former Subsec. (b) re commissioner's authority to add six inspectors to present staff, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-283c. - Definitions.

For the purposes of this section and sections 14-283d to 14-283h, inclusive:
(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.
(P.A. 21-20, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 21-20 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-283d. - Motor vehicle operator required to stop when approaching frozen dessert truck with flashing red signal lights and extended arms.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the operator of a vehicle shall stop such vehicle not less than ten feet from the front when approaching and not less than ten feet from the rear when overtaking any frozen dessert truck on a highway when the frozen dessert truck is displaying flashing red signal lights and extending the stop signal arm and the front crossing arm. The operator may then proceed past the frozen dessert truck at a reasonable and prudent speed, not exceeding five miles per hour, and shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian who crosses the highway to or from the frozen dessert truck.
(b) The operator of a vehicle on a highway with two or more lanes for traffic separated by a safety island or physical barrier may proceed without stopping upon approaching or overtaking a frozen dessert truck on another lane.
(c) (1) On and after July 1, 2021, and until September 30, 2021, any person who violates any provision of this section shall receive a warning.
(2) On and after October 1, 2021, any person who violates 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 more than one hundred dollars.
(P.A. 21-20, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 21-20 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-283f. - Operation of frozen dessert truck. Penalty.

(a) On and after May 1, 2022, or when a frozen dessert truck is equipped as required by subsection (a) of section 14-283e, whichever is earlier, the operator of any frozen dessert truck shall display flashing red signal lights and extend the stop signal arm and the front crossing arm (1) for not less than fifty feet before the operator brings the frozen dessert truck to a stop to vend, (2) while vending, and (3) until all customers are safely off the highway.
(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.
(P.A. 21-20, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 21-20 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-283g. - Restrictions on vending from frozen dessert truck. Penalty.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person shall vend from a frozen dessert truck that is stopped or parked on any highway:
(1) When the posted speed limit on such highway is greater than twenty-five miles per hour;
(2) When such highway is less than one hundred feet from an intersection with another highway that has a posted speed limit greater than twenty-five miles per hour;
(3) Located less than five hundred feet from any property used as an elementary or middle school, one hour before and one hour after the regular school day, unless that day is not a school day and the local or regional board of education approves such vending in writing;
(4) When such person does not have a free and unobstructed view for at least two hundred feet in both directions of the highway where the frozen dessert truck is stopped or parked; or
(5) To a person standing in the highway.
(b) A local traffic authority, as defined in section 14-297, may authorize vending from a frozen dessert truck that is stopped or parked on a highway (1) that has a posted speed limit not greater than thirty-five miles per hour, or (2) that is less than one hundred feet from an intersection with another highway that has a posted speed limit not greater than thirty-five miles per hour.
(c) No person shall (1) stop on the left side of a one-way highway to vend, or (2) back up a frozen dessert truck to vend or attempt to vend.
(d) A person shall vend (1) when the frozen dessert truck is lawfully stopped or parked, and (2) from the side of the frozen dessert truck facing away from moving vehicular traffic and as close as practicable to the curb or edge of the highway.
(e) (1) On and after July 1, 2021, and until September 30, 2021, any person who violates any provision of this section shall receive a warning.
(2) On and after October 1, 2021, any person who violates 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 more than one hundred dollars.
(P.A. 21-20, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 21-20 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-283h. - Information concerning equipment and operation of frozen dessert truck.

Not later than July 1, 2021, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall publish on the Internet web site of the Department of Motor Vehicles information concerning (1) the equipment required of a frozen dessert truck pursuant to subsection (a) of section 14-283e, and (2) the operation of and vending from a frozen dessert truck as specified in subsection (c) of section 14-283e and sections 14-283f and 14-283g.
(P.A. 21-20, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 21-20 effective June 2, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-284. - Use of restricted highway by livery service vehicles.

The restriction of any highway to use by passenger motor vehicles shall not prohibit the use thereof by motor vehicles in livery service as defined in chapter 244b, provided such vehicles comply with the regulations of the Office of the State Traffic Administration, pursuant to subsection (f) of section 13a-26, for the length, height and width requirements of vehicles authorized to operate on the Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways.
(1955, S. 1402d; 1957, P.A. 109; P.A. 07-167, S. 30; P.A. 12-132, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 07-167 replaced provision re vehicles having a maximum capacity of seven passengers with provision re vehicles complying with State Traffic Commission regulations re length, height and width requirements for operation on Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 12-132 replaced “State Traffic Commission” with “Office of the State Traffic Administration”, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-285. - Use of mirrors by vehicles other than motor vehicles.

Each vehicle, except a motor vehicle, which is so constructed or which is so loaded that the driver is prevented from having a free and unobstructed view of the highway immediately to the rear and at the sides of the same, shall be equipped with a mirror or reflector attached to and so located and adjusted on such vehicle as to give the operator thereof a clear reflected view of the highway directly to the rear on a line parallel to the side of the body of such vehicle. Any person operating such a vehicle shall make observations for the approach of vehicles from the rear and, when so approached, shall drive to the right of the center line of the traveled way as promptly as safety will permit, giving the vehicle approaching from the rear opportunity to pass in safety. 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.
(1949 Rev., S. 2503; P.A. 82-223, S. 25; P.A. 83-577, S. 30; P.A. 10-3, S. 63.)
History: P.A. 82-223 specified that violation of the section constituted an infraction and increased the minimum fine from $10 to $25; P.A. 83-577 increased the minimum fine to $35; P.A. 10-3 replaced fine of not less than $35 nor more than $50 with fine of $50, effective April 14, 2010.
See Sec. 14-99 re mirror requirement.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-286a. - Rights and duties of person riding bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter. Regulation of use of bicycle, electric bicycle and electric foot scooter.

(a) Every person riding a bicycle, as defined in section 14-286, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter upon the traveled portion of a highway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of any vehicle subject to the requirements of the general statutes relating to motor vehicles, except (1) as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application, (2) each town, city or borough and the Office of the State Traffic Administration within its jurisdiction as provided in section 14-298 shall have authority to regulate bicycles, electric bicycles and electric foot scooters as provided in sections 14-289 and 14-298, and (3) as provided by section 14-286c. No parent of any child and no guardian of any ward shall authorize or knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any provision of the general statutes or ordinances enacted under section 14-289 relating to bicycles, electric bicycles or electric foot scooters.
(b) Every person operating a bicycle solely by hand or foot power upon and along any sidewalk or across any roadway upon and along any crosswalk shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians walking in such areas as provided by the general statutes, except as provided otherwise by any ordinance of any city, town or borough or any regulation of the Office of the State Traffic Administration, issued or adopted pursuant to the provisions of section 14-289.
(February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 37; P.A. 77-375, S. 2; P.A. 78-331, S. 11, 58; P.A. 12-132, S. 25; P.A. 18-165, S. 11; P.A. 19-162, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 77-375 deleted references to tricycles, included reference to regulations imposed by state traffic commission and added Subsec. (b) re rights of cyclists operating bicycle solely by hand or foot power; P.A. 78-331 made technical changes; P.A. 12-132 replaced “State Traffic Commission” with “Office of the State Traffic Administration”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 18-165 amended Subsec. (a) to add references to electric bicycles and make a technical change; P.A. 19-162 amended Subsec. (a) to add references to electric foot scooters, insert Subdiv. designators (1) to (3) and make technical changes.