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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 14-286c. - Left and right turns.

(a) Each person riding a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter, upon the traveled portion of a highway and intending to make a left turn after proceeding pursuant to the provisions of section 14-244 or subsection (b) of this section may, in lieu of the procedure prescribed by section 14-241, approach as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the highway, proceed across the intersecting roadway and make such turn as close as practicable to the curb or edge of the highway on the far side of the intersection, provided such procedure is not prohibited by any regulation issued by any town, city, borough or the Office of the State Traffic Administration.
(b) Each person riding a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter upon the traveled portion of a highway and intending to make a right turn may, in lieu of the procedure prescribed by section 14-244, before turning and while in motion or if stopped while waiting to turn, signal such turn by extending such person's right hand and arm horizontally with forefinger extended.
(c) No person operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter upon the traveled portion of a highway and intending to make a right or left turn shall be required when making a signal of such intention to make such signal continuously.
(P.A. 77-375, S. 4; P.A. 12-132, S. 26; P.A. 17-79, S. 27; P.A. 18-165, S. 13; P.A. 19-162, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 12-132 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “State Traffic Commission” with “Office of the State Traffic Administration”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-79 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes; P.A. 18-165 added “or an electric bicycle, as defined in section 14-1,” in Subsecs. (a) to (c); P.A. 19-162 deleted references to Sec. 14-1, added references to electric foot scooter and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-286e. - Police officers, firefighters or emergency service personnel on bicycles.

(a) Any police officer, firefighter or person engaged in providing emergency services who operates a bicycle in response to an emergency call or while engaged in rescue operations or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 14-286, 14-286a, 14-286b, 14-286c and 14-289 provided (1) the police officer, firefighter or person engaged in providing emergency services is sixteen years of age or older, (2) the police officer, firefighter or person engaged in providing emergency services is wearing a distinctive uniform, and (3) the police officer has completed a course of instruction in basic police bicycle patrol certified by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council or an equivalent course of instruction, and the firefighter or person engaged in providing emergency services has completed an equivalent course of basic bicycle patrol.
(b) The exemptions granted in subsection (a) of this section shall apply only when such bicycle is making use of an audible warning signal device, including, but not limited to a siren, whistle or bell.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not relieve the operator of a bicycle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and property.
(P.A. 93-292, S. 6; P.A. 95-108, S. 12; P.A. 06-72, S. 1; P.A. 07-6, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 95-108 amended Subsec. (a) to rename Municipal Police Training Council as Police Officer Standards and Training Council; P.A. 06-72 amended Subsec. (a) to exempt firefighters or emergency service personnel, to require in new Subdiv. (1) that bicycle operator be 16 years of age or older, to renumber existing Subdiv. (1) as (2) and require that firefighters and emergency service personnel wear uniforms, and to renumber existing Subdiv. (2) as (3) and require that firefighters and emergency service personnel complete a bicycle patrol course; P.A. 07-6 substituted “person engaged in providing emergency services” for “emergency service personnel” in Subsec. (a).
See Sec. 14-286d re definition of “bicycle”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-286f. - “Share the Road” public awareness campaign.

The Commissioner of Transportation shall, within available appropriations and in consultation with groups advocating on behalf of bicyclists, develop and implement a state-wide “Share the Road” public awareness campaign to educate the public concerning the rights and responsibilities of both motorists and bicyclists as they jointly use the highways of this state.
(P.A. 08-101, S. 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-287. - Carrying person other than operator on bicycle.

Section 14-287 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2506; P.A. 75-577, S. 110, 126; P.A. 77-375, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-289. - Regulation of use of bicycles, electric bicycles and electric foot scooters by municipality.

Each town, city and borough shall have authority to make any ordinance not inconsistent with section 14-286 or 14-288 or any regulation of the Office of the State Traffic Administration issued pursuant to section 14-298, respecting governing and controlling the use of bicycles, electric bicycles and electric foot scooters within such town, city or borough, with appropriate penalties for violation thereof, which ordinances may include provisions requiring annual licensing of bicycles, electric bicycles or electric foot scooters and providing for registration of any sale of, or change of ownership in, a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter.
(1949 Rev., S. 2508; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 76; P.A. 77-375, S. 7; P.A. 12-132, S. 27; P.A. 18-165, S. 15; P.A. 19-162, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 77-375 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 14-287 and included reference to regulations of state traffic commission; P.A. 12-132 replaced “State Traffic Commission” with “Office of the State Traffic Administration”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 18-165 added references to electric bicycles; P.A. 19-162 added references to electric foot scooters and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-289a. - Riding on motorcycle. Carrying of passenger.

(a) A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and such operator shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is properly equipped to carry more than one person, in which event a passenger may ride upon the permanent and regular seat if designed for two persons, or upon another seat firmly attached to the rear or side of the operator. No operator of a motorcycle who has not held an endorsement to operate a motorcycle for a period of three months shall carry any other person on such motorcycle, except that any operator sixteen or seventeen years of age shall not transport any passenger on a motorcycle for a period of six months after obtaining such endorsement.
(b) As used in this section, the term “motorcycle” shall not include “autocycle”, as defined in section 14-1, except that an operator of an autocycle who is sixteen or seventeen years of age shall be subject to all passenger restrictions contained in section 14-36g.
(c) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 17; 1967, P.A. 728; P.A. 75-577, S. 112, 126; P.A. 07-167, S. 8; P.A. 15-46, S. 6.)
History: 1967 act prohibited persons licensed to operate motorcycle for less than three months from carrying passengers; P.A. 75-577 stated that violation of provisions is an infraction; P.A. 07-167 replaced “a license” with “an endorsement” and added provision restricting transportation of passenger by operator sixteen or seventeen years of age; P.A. 15-46 designated existing provisions as Subsecs. (a) and (c) and added Subsec. (b) re autocycle, effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-289b. - Operation of motorcycles and autocycles.

(a) The operator of a motorcycle shall be entitled to the full use of any single traffic lane, but the operation of more than two motorcycles abreast in any single traffic lane is prohibited.
(b) The operator of a motorcycle shall not (1) overtake and pass, in the same single traffic lane occupied by such motorcycle, any motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, or (2) operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic. An autocycle shall not overtake and pass any motor vehicle operating in the same single traffic lane occupied by such autocycle.
(c) Any person operating a motorcycle manufactured after January 1, 1980, on a highway, shall illuminate the head lamp of such motorcycle at all times it is being operated.
(d) No provision of this section shall apply to a police officer during the performance of his official duties.
(e) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall have committed an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 396, S. 1; P.A. 75-577, S. 113, 126; P.A. 79-590; P.A. 84-429, S. 41; P.A. 15-46, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 75-577 replaced provision for $100 maximum fine with statement that violation of section is an infraction; P.A. 79-590 replaced previous provisions; P.A. 84-429 rephrased provisions and made other technical changes in Subsec. (c); P.A. 15-46 amended Subsec. (b) to prohibit autocycle from overtaking and passing and make a technical change, effective July 1, 2015.
See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.
Cited. 194 C. 129.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-289c. - Riding motorcycle sidesaddle; carrying of passenger on motorcycle not so designed.

Any person who rides sidesaddle on a motorcycle and any operator of a motorcycle who permits such riding or who carries a passenger on any motorcycle not designed for passengers shall have committed an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 396, S. 2; P.A. 75-577, S. 115, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 replaced provision for $100 maximum fine with statement that violation of provisions is an infraction.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-289d. - Vision-protecting devices for operators of motorcycles or motor-driven cycles.

(a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue regulations, in accordance with nationally accepted standards, concerning specifications for vision-protecting devices, including but not limited to goggles, glasses, face shields, windshields and wind screens for use by operators of motorcycles and motor-driven cycles.
(b) Failure to wear either goggles, glasses or a face shield of a type which conforms to the minimum specifications as called for by such regulations shall be an infraction. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to operators of motorcycles and motor-driven cycles equipped with a wind screen or windshield which conforms to the minimum specifications called for by such regulations.
(1967, P.A. 375, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-577, S. 114, 126; P.A. 13-271, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 75-577 replaced provision for $100 maximum fine in Subsec. (b) with statement that failure to wear goggles, glasses or face shield is an infraction; P.A. 13-271 added provisions re operators of motor-driven cycles, effective July 1, 2013.
Cited. 194 C. 129.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-289e. - Headgear for motorcyclists and passengers.

Section 14-289e is repealed.
(1967, P.A. 376, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-369; P.A. 76-326, S. 1, 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-289f. - Liability insurance required for motorcycles or autocycles.

No owner of any motorcycle, as defined in section 14-1, registered in this state may operate or permit the operation of such motorcycle unless it has been insured for the amounts required by section 14-112, and, except in the case of autocycles, such insurance may exclude personal injury coverage for passengers. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(P.A. 84-291, S. 1; 84-546, S. 155, 173; P.A. 15-46, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 84-546 made technical change for statutory consistency; P.A. 15-46 excepted autocycles from allowable exclusion for personal injury coverage, effective July 1, 2015.
See Sec. 14-12(f)(5) re proof of insurance requirement prior to registration.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-289g. - Protective headgear for motorcycle or motor-driven cycle operators and passengers under eighteen years of age. Penalty.

(a) No person under eighteen years of age may (1) operate a motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle, as defined in section 14-1, or (2) be a passenger on a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, unless such operator or passenger is wearing protective headgear of a type which conforms to the minimum specifications established in 49 CFR 571.218, as amended from time to time. Any person who violates this section shall have committed an infraction and shall be fined not less than ninety dollars.
(b) As used in this section, the term “motorcycle” shall not include “autocycle”.
(P.A. 89-242, S. 3, 7; P.A. 08-150, S. 17; P.A. 14-187, S. 41; P.A. 15-46, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 08-150 amended Subsec. (a) to insert Subdiv. designators (1) and (2), include the operation of a “motor-driven cycle” in Subdiv. (1) and make conforming and technical changes; P.A. 14-187 deleted Subsec. (a) designator, replaced provision re specifications established by regulations with provision re specifications established in 49 CFR 571.218, added provision re infraction and fine for violation, deleted former Subsec. (b) re regulations to establish specifications for protective headgear and deleted former Subsec. (c) re penalty for violation of regulations, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 15-46 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to add reference to motor-driven cycle in Subdiv. (2), and added Subsec. (b) re term “motorcycle” not to include “autocycle”, effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-289h. - Electric personal assistive mobility devices. Definition. Operation.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “electric personal assistive mobility device” means a self-balancing device unsuitable for operation on public highways having two nontandem wheels and designed to transport one person with an electric propulsion system equipped with a device that limits the maximum speed of such device to not more than fifteen miles per hour.
(b) Each electric personal assistive mobility device shall be equipped with front, rear and side reflectors and a system that, when employed, will enable the operator to bring the device to a controlled stop. If such device is operated between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, it shall display a lamp emitting a white light which, while such device is in motion, illuminates the area in front of the operator and is visible from a distance of three hundred feet in front of and from the sides of such device.
(c) An operator of an electric personal assistive mobility device is not required to obtain an operator's license and such device is not required to be registered as a motor vehicle when such device is operated in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(d) Any person sixteen years of age or older who has disabilities which limit or impair the ability to walk, as defined in 23 CFR Part 1235.2 and who has been issued a placard pursuant to the provisions of section 14-253a may operate an electric personal assistive mobility device on any sidewalk or on a highway for the purposes of crossing the highway at a crosswalk, when practicable, or at an angle of approximately ninety degrees to the direction of the highway at a location at which there are no obstructions that may prevent an expedient and safe crossing provided such device is completely stopped before entering the traveled portion of the highway and the operator yields the right-of-way to any motor vehicle using such highway. Any such operator shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian on a sidewalk or highway.
(e) No person may operate such device on a limited access state highway, as defined in section 13a-1.
(f) No person may operate an electric personal assistive mobility device at a rate of speed exceeding fifteen miles per hour.
(g) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 67.)
History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 effective August 15, 2002.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-289i. - Vehicles used for landscaping purposes with caged trailers.

Section 14-289i is repealed, effective October 1, 2012.
(P.A. 03-115, S. 24; P.A. 12-81, S. 57.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-289k. - Rights of electric bicycle riders. Operation of electric bicycles. Prohibition re children riding electric bicycles. Protective headgear for electric bicycle riders and passengers. Exceptions.

(a) Except as provided in this section, the rider of an electric bicycle shall be afforded the same rights and privileges and subject to the same duties as the rider of a bicycle.
(b) Except as provided in this section or where prohibited by local ordinance, an electric bicycle may be ridden where bicycles are permitted to travel.
(c) A class 3 electric bicycle shall not be ridden on a bicycle trail or path or multiuse trail or path.
(d) Except where permitted by local ordinance, a class 1 or class 2 electric bicycle shall not be ridden on a bicycle trail or path or multiuse trail or path designated for nonmotorized traffic if such trail or path has a natural surface tread made by clearing and grading the soil and no surfacing materials have been added.
(e) No person under the age of sixteen shall ride a class 3 electric bicycle. Any person under the age of sixteen may sit as a passenger on a class 3 electric bicycle provided such bicycle is equipped or designed to carry a passenger.
(f) No person shall ride or sit as a passenger on an electric bicycle unless such person is wearing protective headgear that conforms to the minimum specifications established for bicycle helmets by the American National Standards Institute, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, the American Society for Testing and Materials or the Snell Memorial Foundation's Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling, as amended from time to time.
(g) The provisions of subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this section shall not apply to any police officer, firefighter or emergency medical technician engaged in the performance of the duties of such officer, firefighter or technician.
(P.A. 18-165, S. 1; P.A. 19-162, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 19-162 deleted former Subsec. (a) re definitions, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) to (h) as Subsecs. (a) to (g), amended redesignated Subsec. (f) to add reference to American National Standards Institute and Snell Memorial Foundation's Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling, and made technical and conforming changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-289l. - Duties of electric bicycle manufacturers.

On and after January 1, 2019, any manufacturer of electric bicycles offered for sale in this state shall (1) ensure that such electric bicycles comply with all relevant requirements for bicycles established pursuant to 16 CFR 1512; (2) affix a conspicuous label to each electric bicycle that contains the classification, maximum speed and motor wattage of such electric bicycle; (3) equip each class 3 electric bicycle with a speedometer that displays the speed at which such class 3 electric bicycle is traveling in miles per hour; and (4) ensure that (A) the motor of each class 1 electric bicycle disengages when the rider of such electric bicycle stops pedaling or such electric bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour, (B) the motor of each class 2 electric bicycle disengages when the brakes of such electric bicycle are applied or such electric bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour, and (C) the motor of each class 3 electric bicycle disengages when the rider of such electric bicycle stops pedaling or such electric bicycle reaches the speed of twenty-eight miles per hour.
(P.A. 18-165, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-291. - Traffic regulations for special occasions.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, their deputies or any inspector or police officer authorized by said commissioners, may make and provide for the enforcement of traffic regulations for such time or times as unusually heavy traffic conditions may be anticipated upon any highway, provided such traffic regulations shall not apply to or be enforced in the streets of any incorporated city regularly employing a police force of more than fifteen men.
(1949 Rev., S. 2514; February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 39; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: 1965 act added reference to state police commissioner and changed “any person authorized” to “police officer authorized;” P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner 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 14-292. - Marking of vehicle operated by student driver.

When any motor vehicle is in use on any highway of this state for the purpose of instructing any person in the operation of a motor vehicle, for compensation or as a part of any school program, the person giving such instruction shall cause to be displayed in a conspicuous place on the front and rear thereof a distinctive marker, not less than twelve inches long nor six inches high, in such form as the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles prescribes, and bearing the inscription “Student Driver”. Failure to display the distinctive markers required by this section shall be an infraction.
(1957, P.A. 530; P.A. 75-577, S. 116, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 made failure to display markers an infraction.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-293a. - Riding animals on highways.

Any person who rides any horse or other animal upon a public highway shall conform to the provisions of this chapter and chapter 249, unless such provisions clearly do not apply from the language or context or such application would be inconsistent with the manifest intention of the statutes. The fines established in accordance with section 51-164m for violations of the provisions of this chapter and chapter 249, with respect to a motor vehicle, shall apply if the same violation of a provision is committed in the riding of a horse or other animal.
(February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 19; P.A. 75-577, S. 117, 126; P.A. 76-435, S. 5, 82.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added provision re fines; P.A. 76-435 replaced invalid section reference.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-293b. - Responsibilities of motor vehicle operators when approaching equestrians.

(a) When an operator of a motor vehicle is approaching a person riding a horse on a public highway, such operator shall reduce speed appropriately or stop, if necessary, to avoid endangering the equestrian or frightening or striking the horse.
(b) No operator of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of an equestrian and horse may blow a horn or cause loud or unusual noises, in a manner to startle or frighten the horse.
(c) A statement concerning such responsibilities shall be included in the instruction manual for motor vehicle operation of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(P.A. 85-75; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 217; P.A. 16-55, S. 17.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 designated existing provisions as Subsecs. (a) and (c), deleted regulation requirement in Subsec. (a), added Subsec. (b) re blowing horn or causing loud or unusual noises, deleted reference to next revision of instruction manual in Subsec. (c), and made technical changes, effective June 30, 2015; P.A. 16-55 made a technical change, effective May 31, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-295a. - Assessment for certain violations and payments of fines by mail.

An assessment of five dollars shall be imposed against any person who is convicted of a violation of section 14-219, 14-222, 14-227a or 14-227m or subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of section 14-227n or who pleads nolo contendere to a violation of section 14-219 and pays the fine by mail. Such assessment shall be in addition to any fee, cost or surcharge imposed pursuant to any other provision of the general statutes. All assessments collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to the brain injury prevention and services account established under section 14-295b.
(P.A. 04-199, S. 39; P.A. 05-152, S. 2; P.A. 16-126, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 05-152 deleted provision re imposition of assessment for forfeiture of cash bond or guaranteed bail bond certificate; P.A. 16-126 added references to Secs. 14-227m and 14-227n(a)(1) and (2).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-295b. - Brain injury prevention and services account.

There is established a brain injury prevention and services account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain all moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Investment earnings from any moneys in the account shall be credited to the account and shall become part of the assets of the account. Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the fiscal year next succeeding. The moneys in the account shall be allocated to the Department of Social Services for the purpose of providing grants to the Brain Injury Association of Connecticut.
(P.A. 04-199, S. 40.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-296. - General penalty.

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided or is not designated an infraction shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 2515; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 129; P.A. 75-577, S. 122, 126.)
History: 1971 act reduced fine from $100 to $50 maximum; P.A. 75-577 made fine applicable to violations which are not designated as infractions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-296a. - House trailer not to be occupied when on highway.

No person or persons shall occupy a house trailer while it is being moved upon a public highway. Violation of this section shall be an infraction.
(February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 33; P.A. 75-577, S. 118, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 made violation of section an infraction.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-296b. - Following or parking near fire apparatus, driving over hose prohibited.

(a) No driver of a vehicle other than one on official business relating to the emergency shall follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than five hundred feet or park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
(b) No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street or private driveway to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the fire department official in command.
(c) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 35, 36; P.A. 75-577, S. 119, 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 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-296bb. - Access to dedicated roadway for bus rapid transit service.

(a) No person shall access or travel upon any highway that is a dedicated roadway for bus rapid transit service except as an operator or passenger in (1) a motor vehicle authorized by the state to provide public transit service on such highway, (2) an authorized emergency vehicle responding to an emergency call, (3) a vehicle operated by the Department of Transportation or any contractor of the department authorized by the state to perform maintenance on such highway, or (4) any motor vehicle specifically authorized in writing by the Commissioner of Transportation to access or travel upon such highway.
(b) Any violation of this section shall be an infraction.
(P.A. 13-277, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 13-277 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 14-296d. - Moving violation defined. Motor vehicle operator's retraining program for operators eighteen years of age or over. Fee. Hearing. Possible license suspension. Regulations.

Section 14-296d is repealed, effective July 1, 1998.
(P.A. 93-341, S. 36, 38; P.A. 98-182, S. 21, 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 249 - Traffic Control and Highway Safety › Section 14-298a. - Operation of motor vehicle exceeding posted clearance, load or weight limit prohibited.

(a) No person shall operate or move a motor vehicle over, on, through, or under any bridge or structure on any highway (1) if the height of such vehicle or the load exceeds the height of the posted clearance or load, as shown by an official traffic control device, as defined in section 14-297, or (2) if the weight of such vehicle or such vehicle and the load exceeds the weight of the posted weight limit.
(b) Any person violating any provision of this section shall, (1) for a first offense, be fined not more than one thousand dollars, and (2) for a subsequent offense, be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars.
(P.A. 05-218, S. 30; P.A. 21-175, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 21-175 designated existing provision as Subsecs. (a)(1) and (b), added Subsec. (a)(2) re posted weight limit, and amended Subsec. (b) to replace provision re commission of infraction with provision re maximum fine of $1,000 for a first offense in Subdiv. (1) and provision re maximum fine of $2,500 for a subsequent offense in Subdiv. (2).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 249 - Traffic Control and Highway Safety › Section 14-299a. - Traffic signal preemption devices. Penalty.

(a) As used in this section, “traffic signal preemption device” means a device capable of altering the timing or phasing of a traffic control signal.
(b) No person shall use a traffic signal preemption device unless such person, in furtherance of such person's duties, is (1) installing or maintaining a traffic control signal; (2) operating railroad equipment or a movable bridge; (3) operating a transit vehicle on behalf of the Department of Transportation; (4) operating a motor vehicle owned by the federal or state government, a municipal government or fire district in responding to an emergency; or (5) operating an ambulance in responding to an emergency. No traffic signal preemption device shall be in, or part of, a motor vehicle unless (A) the motor vehicle is owned or controlled by the federal or state government, a municipal government or fire district, (B) the motor vehicle is an ambulance, or (C) such vehicle is being used in the course of manufacturing, transporting, installing or maintaining such a device.
(c) No person shall possess a traffic signal preemption device unless such person is a manufacturer specializing in the manufacture of such devices, a vendor authorized by a manufacturer specializing in the manufacture of such devices or a repairer of such devices.
(d) No person shall sell or transfer possession of a traffic signal preemption device unless (1) such person is a manufacturer specializing in the manufacture of such devices, a vendor authorized by a manufacturer specializing in the manufacture of such devices or a repairer of such devices, and (2) such sale or transfer of possession is to the federal or state government, a municipal government or fire district, ambulance operator or to a vendor or repairer of such devices.
(e) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (b), (c) or (d) of this section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three months, or both.
(f) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (b) of this section which violation results in a traffic accident shall be guilty of a class D felony, except that such person shall be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars.
(P.A. 05-242, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 166; P.A. 13-258, S. 60.)
History: P.A. 05-242 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 12-80 amended Subsec. (e) to replace maximum term of imprisonment of “ninety days” with “three months”; P.A. 13-258 amended Subsec. (f) to substitute provisions re class D felony for provision re imprisonment of not more than 5 years.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 249 - Traffic Control and Highway Safety › Section 14-299b. - Inoperative traffic control signal.

The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection controlled by a traffic control signal that is inoperative shall stop such vehicle and proceed in the same manner as though a stop sign were facing in each direction at the intersection, unless otherwise directed by a police officer. Violation of this section shall be an infraction.
(P.A. 21-61, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 249 - Traffic Control and Highway Safety › Section 14-300a. - Pedestrian street markings near housing projects for elderly persons.

The Office of the State Traffic Administration and each municipal traffic authority shall, on highways under their respective jurisdictions and subject to the provisions of section 14-298, provide special pedestrian street or sidewalk markings at intersections and streets in proximity to projects designated for or containing a high proportion of elderly persons.
(1967, P.A. 358; P.A. 12-132, S. 31.)
History: 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 249 - Traffic Control and Highway Safety › Section 14-300b. - Pedestrian use of crosswalks and roadways.

(a) Each pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a crosswalk marked as provided in subsection (a) of section 14-300 or any unmarked crosswalk or at a location controlled by police officers shall yield the right of way to each vehicle upon such roadway. Each pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right-of-way to each vehicle upon such roadway.
(b) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized by a pedestrian-control signal or police officer. When authorized by a pedestrian-control signal or police officer to cross an intersection diagonally each pedestrian shall cross only in accordance with such signals or as directed by such police officer. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway between adjacent intersections at which traffic or pedestrian-control signals are in operation except within a marked crosswalk.
(c) Each pedestrian crossing a roadway within a crosswalk shall travel whenever practicable upon the right half of such crosswalk.
(d) A violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(P.A. 78-309, S. 3.)
Cited. 27 CA 513.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 249 - Traffic Control and Highway Safety › Section 14-300c. - Pedestrian use of roads and sidewalks. Required to yield to emergency vehicle.

(a) No pedestrian shall walk along and upon a roadway where a sidewalk adjacent to such roadway is provided and the use thereof is practicable. Where a sidewalk is not provided adjacent to a roadway each pedestrian walking along and upon such roadway shall walk only on the shoulder thereof and as far as practicable from the edge of such roadway. Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder adjacent to a roadway is provided each pedestrian walking along and upon such roadway shall walk as near as practicable to an outside edge of such roadway and if such roadway carries motor vehicle traffic traveling in opposite directions each pedestrian walking along and upon such roadway shall walk only upon the left side of such roadway.
(b) No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb, sidewalk, crosswalk or any other place of safety adjacent to or upon a roadway and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close to such pedestrian as to constitute an immediate hazard to such pedestrian. No pedestrian who is under the influence of alcohol or any drug to a degree which renders himself a hazard shall walk or stand upon any part of a roadway.
(c) Each pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to any authorized emergency vehicle, as defined by section 14-1, approaching such pedestrian and emitting any audible signal or displaying or making any visual signal reasonably indicating that such vehicle is being operated in an emergency situation. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to relieve the driver of such an authorized emergency vehicle from any duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway or from the duty to exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian.
(d) Except as provided by sections 14-299, 14-300, and 14-300b to 14-300e, inclusive, each pedestrian upon a roadway shall yield the right-of-way to each vehicle upon such roadway.
(e) A violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(P.A. 78-309, S. 4; P.A. 84-429, S. 68.)
History: P.A. 84-429 substituted reference to Sec. 14-1 for reference to Sec. 14-1a, repealed in the same act.
Cited. 27 CA 513. Plaintiff's failure to comply with Subsec. (a) demonstrated negligence on her part and precluded recovery under Sec. 13a-149, the municipal highway defect statute. 119 CA 724.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 249 - Traffic Control and Highway Safety › Section 14-300d. - Operator of a vehicle required to exercise due care to avoid pedestrian.

Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes or any regulations issued thereunder, sections 14-299, 14-300, 14-300b to 14-300e, inclusive, or any local ordinance to the contrary, each operator of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian or person propelling a human powered vehicle and shall give a reasonable warning by sounding a horn or other lawful noise emitting device to avoid a collision. An operator who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
(P.A. 78-309, S. 5; P.A. 16-54, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 16-54 replaced “A violation of” with “An operator who violates” and replaced “an infraction” with “fined not more than five hundred dollars”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 249 - Traffic Control and Highway Safety › Section 14-300e. - Application of pedestrian rights to solicitation of rides in a motor vehicle and walking on limited access highways.

Nothing contained in sections 14-299, 14-300 or 14-300b to 14-300d, inclusive, shall be construed to limit the provisions of section 53-181 or to permit any pedestrian to walk upon or along any highway where pedestrians are prohibited by any provision of the general statutes or any regulations issued thereunder.
(P.A. 78-309, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 249 - Traffic Control and Highway Safety › Section 14-300f. - Vehicles to stop for school crossing guard. Penalties. Issuance of warning or summons upon report of school crossing guard.

(a) The operator of a motor vehicle shall immediately bring the motor vehicle to a stop not less than ten feet from a location on any highway or private road where a school crossing guard is on duty when the school crossing guard specifically directs the operator to do so. Any motor vehicle so stopped for a school crossing guard shall not proceed until the school crossing guard specifically directs the operator to do so.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined four hundred fifty dollars for the first offense and, for each subsequent offense, not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
(c) Upon receipt of a written report from any school crossing guard specifying the license plate number, color and type of any motor vehicle observed by such school crossing guard violating any provision of subsection (a) of this section and the date, approximate time and location of such violation, a police officer may issue a written warning or summons to the owner of such vehicle.
(P.A. 96-167, S. 1; P.A. 13-22, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 13-22 amended Subsec. (b) to increase fine for first offense from not less than $100 or more than $500 to $450, added Subsec. (c) re issuance of warning or summons upon report of school crossing guard and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 249 - Traffic Control and Highway Safety › Section 14-300g. - Operation of golf carts. Equipment. Insurance.

(a) The traffic authority of any city, town or borough is authorized to permit the operation of golf carts, during daylight hours only, on any street or highway within the limits of, and under the jurisdiction of, such traffic authority, provided: (1) Each such golf cart shall be equipped with an operable horn in accordance with the requirements of subsection (e) of section 14-80; (2) each such golf cart shall be equipped with a flag that is positioned to assist operators of motor vehicles in observing the location and operation of such golf cart; (3) no such authorization shall be granted for operation on any street or highway the posted speed limit of which is more than twenty-five miles per hour; and (4) the operator of any such golf cart shall carry a valid motor vehicle operator's license while operating such golf cart. Any person who operates a golf cart in violation of any provision of this subsection, any insurance requirement established in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, or any other conditions or limitations established by the traffic authority for the operation of golf carts shall have committed an infraction.
(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may establish, by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, insurance requirements for the operation of golf carts in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 09-187, S. 27; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 218.)
History: P.A. 09-187 effective July 8, 2009; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “Connecticut” re valid motor vehicle operator's license, effective June 30, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 249 - Traffic Control and Highway Safety › Section 14-300h. - Special event permit for fire department to use state highway to collect charitable donations.

Notwithstanding any provision of section 14-298 or any regulation adopted thereunder, the Office of the State Traffic Administration shall, at the request of a local traffic authority of a municipality, issue a special event permit to allow members of the fire department of such municipality to use a state highway, other than a limited access highway, to collect donations for charitable purposes. No such permit shall be issued except for the use of a state highway at an intersection controlled by a traffic control signal or stop sign where the posted speed limit is thirty miles per hour or less. No permit shall be issued for a period of more than one day. No local traffic authority shall be issued more than two such permits per year per fire company. The issuance of a permit shall be considered an agreement by the municipality to indemnify and hold harmless the state against any financial loss and expense arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment resulting from or related to the issuance of the permit or the collection of donations.
(P.A. 13-93, S. 1.)