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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96j. - Vehicles operated in combination.

Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lighted lamps are required, no lamp, except tail lamps, need be lighted which, by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination, would be obscured by another vehicle of the combination, but this shall not affect the requirement that lighted clearance lamps be displayed on the front of the foremost vehicle required to have clearance lamps or that all lights required on the rear of the rearmost vehicle of any combination shall be lighted. Failure to provide lamps as required by this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 11; P.A. 75-577, S. 36, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added provision that failure to provide lamps is an infraction.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96k. - Projecting loads. Carrying of animals.

No person shall, during the period from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset, operate upon any highway any vehicle except fire apparatus, the load of which extends more than four feet beyond the rear of the body of such vehicle unless there is attached to the rear end of such load a red flag or cloth not less than twelve inches square so hung that the entire area is visible to the driver of a vehicle approaching from the rear, or, during the period of one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, and at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of five hundred feet ahead, operate upon any highway any vehicle carrying a load which extends beyond the stationary floor of the body of such vehicle, unless a red light is attached to the rear end of such load, which light shall be plainly visible to the sides and rear for a distance of not less than five hundred feet. No motor vehicle with a commercial registration shall be permitted to remain stationary or be operated upon any highway when an animal not confined is carried or projects laterally outside of the body of such vehicle, or when any load or load-supporting device projects laterally beyond the edge of the body thereof. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 12; P.A. 75-577, S. 37, 126; P.A. 90-263, S. 63, 74.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added provision that violation is an infraction; P.A. 90-263 substituted phrase motor vehicle with a commercial registration for commercial motor vehicle.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96l. - Sufficiency of head and rear lights. Parked vehicles.

(a) Every vehicle, except a motorcycle, shall be equipped with one or more lamps which, when lighted, shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of one thousand feet to the front of the vehicle, and a red light visible from a distance of one thousand feet to the rear of the vehicle. The location of such lamp or lamps shall always be such that at least one lamp or combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this section is installed as near as practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closest to passing traffic.
(b) Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise and if there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of one thousand feet upon such street or highway, no lights need be displayed upon such parked vehicle.
(c) Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise and there is insufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of one thousand feet upon such highway, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with and shall display lamps meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.
(d) Any lighted head lamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
(e) Failure to have lamps as required by this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 13; P.A. 75-577, S. 38, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (e).
Cited. 30 CA 263.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96m. - Farm tractors and equipment.

(a) Every farm tractor and every self-propelled unit of farm equipment or implement of husbandry shall at all times mentioned in subsection (a) of section 14-96a be equipped with two single-beam or multiple-beam head lamps meeting the requirements of section 14-96t, at least two red lamps visible when lighted from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the rear and at least two red reflectors visible from all distances within six hundred feet to one hundred feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of head lamps.
(b) Every combination of farm tractor and towed farm equipment or towed implement of husbandry shall at all times mentioned in subsection (a) of section 14-96a be equipped with lamps as follows: (1) The farm tractor element of every such combination shall be equipped as required in subsection (a) of this section. (2) The towed unit of farm equipment or implement of husbandry element of such combination shall be equipped on the rear with two red lamps visible when lighted from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the rear, and two red reflectors visible to the rear from all distances within six hundred feet to one hundred feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of head lamps. (3) Such combinations shall also be equipped with a lamp displaying a white or amber light, or any shade of color between white and amber, visible when lighted from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the front. This lamp shall be so positioned as to indicate, as nearly as practicable, the extreme left projection of the combination carrying it.
(c) The two red lamps and the two red reflectors required in subsections (a) and (b) of this section on a self-propelled unit of farm equipment or implement of husbandry or combination of farm tractor and towed farm equipment shall be so positioned as to show from the rear as nearly as practicable the extreme width of the vehicle or combination carrying them.
(d) Failure to have lamps as required of this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 14; P.A. 75-577, S. 39, 126; P.A. 99-268, S. 8; P.A. 00-169, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (d); P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 14-96v, re specific requirements for single-beam road-lighting equipment; 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 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96n. - General lighting requirements.

(a) Every vehicle, including animal-drawn vehicles, not specifically required by the provisions of sections 14-96a to 14-96aa, inclusive, to be equipped with lamps or other lighting devices, shall, at all times specified in subsection (a) of section 14-96a, be equipped with at least one lamp displaying a white light visible from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the front of such vehicle, and shall also be equipped with two lamps displaying red light visible from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the rear of said vehicle, or, as an alternative, one lamp displaying a red light visible from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the rear and two red reflectors visible from all distances between six hundred and one hundred feet to the rear when illuminated by the upper beams of head lamps.
(b) Each person driving or leading any animal on any public highway from one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise shall carry a light, which shall be so displayed as to be visible a distance of two hundred feet both in front and at the rear of such animal.
(c) Failure to carry lighting devices as required by this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 15; P.A. 75-577, S. 40, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (c).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96o. - Spot lamps. Fog lamps. Auxiliary passing lamps. Auxiliary driving lamps.

(a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two spot lamps and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used that no part of the high-intensity portion of the beam will strike the windshield, or any windows, mirror or occupant of another vehicle in use.
(b) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two fog lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twelve inches nor more than thirty inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands and so aimed that, when the vehicle is not loaded, none of the high intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle shall, at a distance of twenty-five feet ahead, project higher than a level of four inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes.
(c) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two auxiliary passing lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twenty-four inches nor more than forty-two inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. The provisions of section 14-96t shall apply to any combination of head lamps and auxiliary passing lamps.
(d) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two auxiliary driving lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than sixteen inches nor more than forty-two inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. The provisions of section 14-96t shall apply to any combination of head lamps and auxiliary driving lamps.
(e) Operating a motor vehicle with lamps which do not conform to the provisions of this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 16; P.A. 75-577, S. 41, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (e).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96r. - Color of stop lamps. Turn signal lamps.

(a) Any vehicle, when required under sections 14-96a to 14-96aa, inclusive, shall be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle which shall display a red or amber light, or any shade of color between red and amber, visible from a distance of not less than three hundred feet to the rear in normal sunlight, and which shall be activated upon application of the service or foot brake.
(b) Any vehicle, when required under subsection (b) of section 14-96e, shall be equipped with electric turn signals which shall indicate an intention to turn by flashing lights showing to the front and rear of a vehicle or on a combination of vehicles on the side of the vehicle or combination toward which the turn is to be made. The lamps showing to the front shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and, when signalling, shall emit white or amber light, or any shade of light between white and amber. The lamps showing to the rear shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and, when signalling, shall emit a red or amber light, or any shade of color between red and amber. Turn signal lamps on vehicles eighty inches or more in overall width shall be visible from a distance of not less than five hundred feet in normal sunlight. Turn signal lamps on vehicles less than eighty inches wide shall be visible at a distance of not less than three hundred feet in normal sunlight.
(c) Failure to have stop lamps and turn signals as required by any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 20; P.A. 75-577, S. 44, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (c).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96s. - Fender, backup and identification lamps. Penalties.

(a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit an amber or white light without glare.
(b) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more backup lamps either separately or in combination with other lamps, but any such backup lamp or lamps shall not be lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion.
(c) Any vehicle eighty inches or more in overall width, if not otherwise required by section 14-96f, may be equipped with not more than three identification lamps showing to the front which shall emit an amber light without glare and not more than three identification lamps showing to the rear which shall emit a red light without glare. Such lamps shall be mounted as specified in subdivision (f) of said section.
(d) Operating a motor vehicle with fenders, running boards, backup and identification lamps, except as authorized by this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 21; P.A. 75-577, S. 45, 126; P.A. 00-169, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (e); P.A. 00-169 deleted Subsec. (b) re running-board courtesy lamps and relettered Subsecs. (c) to (e), inclusive, as Subsecs. (b) to (d), inclusive.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96t. - Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.

Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps or the auxiliary driving lamps or combinations thereof on motor vehicles, other than motorcycles, shall be so arranged that the driver may control the selection between distributions of light projected to different elevations, subject to the following requirements and limitations:
(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.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 22; P.A. 75-577, S. 46, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (d).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96u. - Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.

Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in subsection (a) of section 14-96a, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations: (1) Whenever a driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within five hundred feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, specified in subsection (b) of section 14-96t shall be dimmed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and loading. (2) Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches another vehicle from the rear, within three hundred feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light permissible under sections 14-96a to 14-96aa, inclusive, other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in subsection (a) of section 14-96t. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 23; P.A. 75-577, S. 47, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (c).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96v and 14-96w. - Single-beam road-lighting equipment. Distance forward lights to illuminate.

Sections 14-96v and 14-96w are repealed, effective October 1, 1999.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 24, 25; P.A. 75-577, S. 48, 49, 126; P.A. 99-268, S. 45.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96x. - Head lamp of motorcycle.

The head lamp or head lamps upon every motorcycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type but, in either event, shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows: (1) Every such head lamp on a motorcycle shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of not less than one hundred feet when the motorcycle is operated at any speed less than twenty-five miles per hour and at a distance of not less than two hundred feet when the motorcycle is operated at a speed of twenty-five or more miles per hour, and at a distance of not less than three hundred feet when the motorcycle is operated at a speed of thirty-five or more miles per hour. (2) If the motorcycle is equipped with a multiple-beam head lamp or head lamps, the upper beam shall meet the minimum requirements set forth above and shall not exceed the limitations set forth in subsection (a) of section 14-96t and the lowermost beam shall meet the requirements applicable to a lowermost distribution of light as set forth in subsection (b) of said section. (3) If the motorcycle is equipped with a single-beam lamp or lamps, such lamp or lamps shall be so aimed that, when the vehicle is loaded, none of the high-intensity portion of light, at a distance of twenty-five feet ahead, shall project higher than the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes. Failure to have lamps as required by this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 26; P.A. 75-577, S. 50, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added provision that violation of requirements is an infraction.
Cited. 29 CA 791.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96y. - Number of head lamps. Number in combination with other lamps.

(a) At all times specified in subsection (a) of section 14-96a, at least two lighted lamps shall be displayed, one on each side at the front of every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, except when such vehicle is parked subject to the regulations governing lights on parked vehicles.
(b) Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps as herein required is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps or a spot lamp or any other lamp on the front thereof projecting a beam of intensity greater than three hundred candlepower, not more than a total of four of any such lamps on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when upon a highway.
(c) Failure to have lamps as required by this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 27; P.A. 75-577, S. 51, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (c).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96z. - Intensity of certain lamps. Location of red light.

(a) During the times specified in subsection (a) of section 14-96a, any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, emergency vehicle warning lamps and school bus warning lamps, which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five feet from the vehicle.
(b) Except as required in section 14-96q no person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device thereon displaying a red light visible from directly in front of the center thereof.
(c) Having lamps which do not conform to the provisions of this section shall be an infraction for each offense.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 28; P.A. 75-577, S. 52, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (c).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-97. - Defrosting devices on school buses and motor vehicles used to transport passengers for hire.

(a) Each school bus, as defined in subsection (a) of section 14-275, used for the transportation of school children and each motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire shall be equipped with a defrosting device, in good working order and adequate to prevent the accumulation of snow, ice, frost or condensation on the windshield.
(b) Operation of a motor vehicle or, as owner, permitting the operation of a motor vehicle, in violation of any provision of this section, shall be an infraction.
(1949 Rev., S. 2444; February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 10; P.A. 75-577, S. 53, 126; P.A. 90-263, S. 47, 74.)
History: 1965 act substituted “school bus” for “motor vehicle for hire,” deleted provision making defroster requirement applicable only during winter storms and added reference to frost and condensation in Subsec. (a); P.A. 75-577 replaced provision for $50 maximum fine in Subsec. (b) with statement that violation is an infraction; P.A. 90-263 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute “motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire” for “public service motor vehicle”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-97a. - Emergency lighting or reflecting devices on motor vehicles used to transport passengers for hire and motor vehicles with commercial registration.

(a) There shall be carried on each motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire whose capacity is in excess of seven passengers, each motor vehicle with a commercial registration and a manufacturer's rated capacity in excess of two thousand pounds and each combination of tractor and trailer, when it is operated on any highway during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, flares, flaring candles, torches, lanterns or other lighting or light reflecting devices designed for emergency use, which shall be ready for immediate use. The operator of any such motor vehicle shall cause such emergency equipment to be kept lighted or in the case of light reflecting devices to be situated in such manner as to be visible for at least two hundred feet in front and in the rear of such motor vehicle, during any period between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise when such motor vehicle has become stalled or is in such condition that it cannot be operated on the highway.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars and the commissioner may suspend, for not more than sixty days, the registration of any such motor vehicle not equipped as provided in this section.
(1969, P.A. 639, S. 1; P.A. 90-263, S. 48, 74.)
History: P.A. 90-263 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute “motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire” for “public service motor vehicle”, and to substitute “motor vehicle with a commercial registration” for “commercial motor vehicle”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-97b. - Lift equipment on motor buses.

On and after April 18, 1988, any motor bus purchased for use in providing fixed route bus service by the state or any transit district or other entity which receives state subsidies for such services shall be equipped with a mechanical lift or similar device which provides persons with disabilities with sufficient access to the bus. On or before September 30, 1996, all motor buses used by the state or any such transit district or other entity to provide fixed route bus service shall be so equipped.
(P.A. 88-62, S. 1, 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-98. - Tires.

Each vehicle operated upon any highway or bridge shall be equipped with tires of rubber, or other elastic substance, approved by the commissioner, and the wheels shall be so constructed that no metal part of the wheel or tire may be in contact with the surface of the road at any time when such vehicle is in motion upon the highway, except such vehicle may be equipped with tires incorporating a metal nonskid device during the period from November fifteenth to April thirtieth, inclusive. Nothing in this section shall apply to authorized emergency vehicles, to road-making machinery in use in the repair or construction of highways or to a tractor used in agricultural pursuits when necessarily traversing a highway or bridge for the purpose of access to agricultural lands, or to a truck, tractor, trailer or semitrailer for which a permit has been granted by the Commissioner of Transportation. 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 two hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 2445; 1969, P.A. 446, S. 1; 768, S. 139; 1971, P.A. 496, S. 1; P.A. 76-145, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-161; P.A. 82-223, S. 12; P.A. 83-577, S. 18; P.A. 84-197, S. 4; 84-429, S. 60.)
History: 1969 acts deleted provisions limiting weight on wheels and setting forth tire specifications, excluded from provisions road-making machinery, agricultural tractors and trucks, tractors, trailers and semitrailers operating under permit issued by highway commissioner and later replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; 1971 act excluded from provisions emergency vehicles defined by Sec. 14-1a and limited use of studded tires to period from October fifteenth to April fifteenth; P.A. 76-145 added provisions further restricting use of studded tires and prohibited their sale after February 1, 1977; P.A. 78-161 deleted previous provisions re studded tires and allowed their use during period between November fifteenth and April first; P.A. 82-223 specified that the commission of a first offense constituted an infraction, and established a minimum fine of $25 and lowered the maximum fine from $100 to $90 for such first offense; P.A. 83-577 deleted the provision specifying the fine for an infraction is not less than $25 nor more than $90; P.A. 84-197 extended the ending date of the period of use of studded tires from April first to the thirtieth; P.A. 84-429 made technical changes for statutory consistency.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-98a. - Tires to be in safe operating condition.

No person shall operate a motor vehicle or trailer upon the public highways unless such motor vehicle or trailer is equipped with tires, in safe operating condition, that conform to the standards set forth in 49 CFR 571.109, as amended from time to time, and if applicable, to section 14-163c. Any law enforcement officer, at any time, upon reasonable cause to believe that the tires of a vehicle are unsafe or it is equipped with tires in violation of the provision of this section, may require the operator of such vehicle to stop and submit the tires of such vehicle to an inspection. If the inspection discloses the vehicle to be in violation, the officer may issue a summons for such violation. Operation of a motor vehicle or, as owner permitting the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 881; P.A. 75-577, S. 55, 126; P.A. 98-182, S. 2, 22; P.A. 14-187, S. 40.)
History: P.A. 75-577 replaced provision for $50 maximum fine with statement that violation is an infraction; P.A. 98-182 deleted motor vehicles used exclusively for farming purposes from exemption, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 14-187 deleted provisions re commissioner to approve requirements, re commissioner to establish safety standards for tires and re exemption for certain agricultural machines and tractors, and added provision re requirements to conform to standards in 49 CFR 571.09 and Sec. 14-163c, effective July 1, 2014.
Cited. 41 CA 664; 46 CA 633.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-99. - Mirror. Motor vehicles with commercial registration to allow others to pass.

Each motor vehicle shall be equipped with a mirror 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 of or on a line parallel to the left side of the body of such motor vehicle. Any person operating a motor vehicle with a commercial registration so constructed or which may be so loaded that the operator is prevented from having a free and unobstructed view of the highway immediately to the rear and at the left side of the same shall, by means of such mirror, make frequent observations of the approach of vehicles from the rear. When operating at below the posted speed limits and when so approached or overtaken, the operator of such motor vehicle shall drive to the extreme right of the traveled way as promptly as safety will permit, giving the vehicle approaching from the rear opportunity to pass. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(1949 Rev., S. 2446; February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 11; P.A. 75-577, S. 56, 126; P.A. 90-263, S. 64, 74.)
History: 1965 act added the word “left” in the first and second sentences, changed the duty of constant observation to one of frequent observations, removed the words “in safety” from the end of the last sentence and deleted a penalty provision; P.A. 75-577 provided that violation of section is an infraction; P.A. 90-263 substituted “motor vehicle with a commercial registration” for “commercial motor vehicle”.
See Sec. 14-230 re driving in right-hand lane.
See Sec. 14-285 re use of mirrors by vehicles other than motor vehicles.
Allegation that driver did not keep a constant observation of approach of vehicles from rear is sufficient to raise issue of compliance with statute. 119 C. 595, 596. Requires driver to keep such a regularly recurring observation of mirror as will make him aware of vehicles approaching in rear. 122 C. 216. Cited. 129 C. 13; 134 C. 644.
Cited. 30 CA 263.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-99f. - Windshield. Obstruction of view.

(a) Each motor vehicle shall be equipped with a windshield of a type prescribed by section 14-100 and a windshield cleaner or wiper in effective working order located directly in front of the operator while in use on the highway. The windshield shall be reasonably free of defects and accumulations, inside and out, of snow, ice, condensation and dirt. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a motorcycle or a vehicle designed by the manufacturer for nonhighway operation without a windshield.
(b) No person shall operate a motor vehicle required to be equipped with such a windshield if the windshield is in a condition to interfere with an unobstructed view of the highway.
(c) No article, device, sticker or ornament shall be attached or affixed to or hung on or in any motor vehicle in such a manner or location as to interfere with the operator's unobstructed view of the highway or to distract the attention of the operator.
(d) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(P.A. 84-429, S. 36; P.A. 99-268, S. 4; P.A. 00-169, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (a) to delete exemption for certain farm vehicles; P.A. 00-169 revised effective date of P.A. 99-268 but without affecting this section.
See Sec. 14-99g re use of tinted or reflectorized windows and obstruction of view.
See Sec. 14-100 re safety glass requirement.
Cited. 30 CA 263.
Subsec. (c):
To constitute a violation of Subsec., there must be more than a hypothetical possibility that driver's vision would be obstructed or that driver would be distracted, and police officer did not articulate any reasonable belief that Subsec. was being violated. 297 C. 829.
The hanging of an object from a rearview mirror is not a per se infraction under Subsec., and Subsec. requires proof of interference with an operator's unobstructed view or the operator's distraction. 111 CA 482.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-100. - Safety glass. Use of plastics.

(a) The commissioner shall not register any motor vehicle manufactured after July 1, 1937, unless the windshield, the doors, windows and glass partitions are equipped with safety glass, except that, in lieu of safety glass, the commissioner may permit the use of plastic materials manufactured and processed into transparent sheets, at such locations as he designates. The commissioner shall issue regulations, in accordance with nationally accepted standards, concerning the specifications for safety glass and plastic materials and the locations where they may be used.
(b) The term “safety glass”, as used in this chapter, means glass so treated or combined with other materials that its use in motor vehicles will afford a greater degree of protection to occupants thereof than the use of glass not so treated or combined.
(1949 Rev., S. 2447; 1949, S. 1335d; 1959, P.A. 62, S. 6.)
History: 1959 act removed provision for approval by commissioner of type of safety glass and added provision re issuance of regulations by commissioner in Subsec. (a).
See Sec. 14-99f re windshield and view requirements.
See Sec. 14-99g re use of tinted or reflectorized windows and obstruction of view.
Registration of a motor vehicle, the windshield of which was not composed of approved safety glass as required by former statute, is not negligence which can be the basis of a cause of action against the public official issuing the registration by an individual injured, as the duty imposed was to the public. 142 C. 585.
Duty imposed on Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is a public duty and he is liable only to the state for nonperformance. 19 CS 172.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-100b. - Air pollution control devices required on certain passenger motor vehicles.

On and after January 1, 1968, no passenger motor vehicle designated as a 1968 or later model shall be registered in this state unless equipped with an effective air pollution control device. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, with the advice of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, may make regulations establishing standards for such devices, which standards shall be consistent with provisions of federal law, if any, relating to control of emissions from the vehicles concerned. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall not require, as a condition precedent to the initial sale of a vehicle or vehicular equipment, the inspection, certification or other approval of any feature or equipment designed for the control of emissions from motor vehicles if such feature or equipment has been certified, approved or otherwise authorized pursuant to federal law.
(1967, P.A. 676; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 29; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act made environmental protection commissioner rather than commissioner of motor vehicles responsible for regulations but kept commissioner of motor vehicles as advisor; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-101. - Turn signals.

Any person who operates on any highway any motor vehicle so constructed or so loaded that the operator is unable to clearly indicate by hand signals to both approaching and following traffic his intention of stopping or turning, unless such motor vehicle is equipped with a turn signal or signalling device, or fails to cause such turn signal or device to be maintained, at all times, in good and sufficient working order, or fails to use the same when making any stop or turn, or the owner of any such motor vehicle who allows it to be so operated, shall be fined the amount designated for such infraction.
(1949 Rev., S. 2448; 1953, S. 1339d; 1959, P.A. 62, S. 7; 1967, P.A. 834, S. 30; P.A. 75-577, S. 58, 126.)
History: 1959 act added words “turn signal” in Subsec. (a) and deleted word “mechanical” in front of words “signalling device” and “signal device” in Subsecs. (a) and (b); 1967 act repealed Subsec. (b); P.A. 75-577 replaced provision for $25 maximum fine with statement that fine be “the amount designated for such infraction”.
See Sec. 14-96e(b) re measurements determining when turn signals required.
See Sec. 14-244 re hand signals.
Statutes do not require driver to give hand signal in preference to mechanical signal. 122 C. 210. Cited. 129 C. 122.
Cited. 2 CS 99.
Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 694.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-102. - View in and exits from motor vehicles used to transport passengers for hire.

The passenger compartment in any motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire shall, if enclosed or partly enclosed, be so constructed as to give an unobstructed view of the interior of the same from any point within such vehicle. Each such motor vehicle of a seating capacity of more than seven shall have exits on more than one side thereof. Any person who owns or operates any such motor vehicle which fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be fined the amount designated for each such infraction.
(1949 Rev., S. 2450; P.A. 75-577, S. 59, 126; P.A. 90-263, S. 49, 74.)
History: P.A. 75-577 replaced provision for $5 minimum fine and $25 maximum fine with reference to fine in “the amount designated for each such infraction”; P.A. 90-263 substituted “motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire” for “public service motor vehicle”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-102a. - Inspection of student transportation vehicles.

Each student transportation vehicle shall be inspected for safety before its initial registration in accordance with a schedule to be adopted by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Each such student transportation vehicle shall pass inspection before each renewal of registration. Any student transportation vehicle that transports individuals in wheelchairs shall meet the requirements of subsection (e) of section 14-100a in order to pass inspection. The fee for each such inspection shall be twenty dollars, except there shall be no fee for inspection of a student transportation vehicle owned by the state or a municipality.
(P.A. 05-218, S. 14; P.A. 07-134, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 05-218 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 07-134 added provision requiring student transportation vehicles transporting individuals in wheelchairs to meet the requirements of Sec. 14-100a(e).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-103b. - High-mileage vehicles, regulations re safety and performance standards.

Section 14-103b is repealed, effective January 1, 2010.
(P.A. 81-394, S. 11; P.A. 09-187, S. 69.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-103d. - Vehicles using any pressurized gas as fuel. Regulations. Class C misdemeanor.

(a) No motor vehicle which uses any pressurized gas except natural gas or hydrogen as a fuel for its engine may enter or be parked in any area that is under grade level. Any vehicle within the state which carries any pressurized gas as its fuel in a tank attached to the vehicle in any concealed area, including, but not limited to, trunks, compartments or under such vehicle, except a vehicle that is in compliance with all applicable federal codes and standards for light duty passenger use, shall have displayed on its exterior the words “Pressurized Flammable Gas” or a standard abbreviation or symbol as determined by the Office of the State Fire Marshal, in block letters at least two inches high, which letters shall be of contrasting colors and shall be placed as near as possible to the area where the tank is located. No person may dispense any pressurized gas used as a vehicle fuel into any tank in a concealed area of a vehicle unless the vehicle is in compliance with the requirements of this subsection. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of this section.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section or any regulation adopted pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(P.A. 83-317; P.A. 91-179, S. 3; P.A. 93-90; 93-206, S. 3, 16; P.A. 16-135, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 91-179 in Subsec. (a) added exemption allowing vehicles powered by clean alternative fuel to travel through any tunnels in the state; P.A. 93-90 deleted provision allowing natural gas vehicles to travel through highway tunnels and instead wholly exempted natural gas vehicles from provisions of section; P.A. 93-206 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute office of the state fire marshal for bureau of the state fire marshal, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 16-135 amended Subsec. (a) to add “or hydrogen” in provision re under grade level parking restrictions and add “except a vehicle that is in compliance with all applicable federal codes and standards for light duty passenger use”, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-104. - Fenders and other wheel protectors.

(a) No person shall operate on any public highway any motor vehicle with a passenger or commercial registration which is not equipped with fenders on all wheels which come into contact with the highway unless the body of the vehicle or attachments thereto afford adequate protection to effectively minimize the spray or splash of water or mud to the rear of the vehicle.
(b) No person shall operate or cause to be operated any bus, truck, truck-tractor, full trailer or semitrailer of registered gross weight exceeding three tons on any public highway unless the same is equipped with suitable metal protectors or substantial flexible flaps behind the rearmost wheels, and, in case the rear wheels are not covered at the top and rear by fender, body or other parts of the vehicle, the rear wheels shall be covered at the top and rear by protective means of such standard type or design and so installed as to reduce, as far as practicable, such wheels from throwing dirt, water or other materials on the windshields of following vehicles, except in cases in which the motor vehicle is so designed and constructed that the above requirements are accomplished by reason of the fender or body construction or other means of enclosure.
(c) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(1953, 1955, S. 1340d; February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 13; 1969, P.A. 576; P.A. 76-381, S. 6; P.A. 90-263, S. 65, 74; P.A. 99-268, S. 5; P.A. 00-169, S. 22.)
History: 1965 act added “truck tractor” to first sentence of Subsec. (b) and deleted provision exempting vehicles requiring complete freedom around the wheel area from last sentence of Subsec. (b); 1969 act amended Subsec. (a) to require fenders on all wheels in contact with highway unless vehicle is equipped to minimize spray or splash of mud or water and specified applicability to passenger or commercial motor vehicles and motorcycles; P.A. 76-381 replaced provision re fine and/or imprisonment with statement that violation is an infraction; P.A. 90-263 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute phrase “motor vehicle with a passenger or commercial registration” for “passenger or commercial motor vehicle or motorcycle”; P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (b) to delete exemption for farm vehicles; P.A. 00-169 revised effective date of P.A. 99-268 but without affecting this section.
Cited. 30 CA 263.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-106. - Air conditioning equipment.

(a) The term “air conditioning equipment” or “equipment”, as used or referred to in this section, means mechanical vapor compression refrigeration equipment which is used to cool the driver's or passenger compartment of any motor vehicle.
(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.
(1955, S. 1341d; P.A. 75-577, S. 61, 126; P.A. 08-150, S. 31.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (f); P.A. 08-150 amended Subsec. (b) to add exception for refrigerant included as a safe alternative motor vehicle air conditioning substitute in list published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.