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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of Limited Access State Highways › Section 14-298-236 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections
				  14-298-237
				  to
				  14-298-252,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following
				  terms shall be construed as follows:
(1) "Camper" has the same meaning as provided
				in section
				14-1 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes;
(2) "Commercial motor vehicle" means any
				motor vehicle designed for the transportation of merchandise or freight and
				bearing commercial motor vehicle registration;
(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
				Transportation;
(4) "Emergency
				vehicle" means all police and ambulance vehicles and fire apparatus responding
				to an official call or performing an actual service;
(5) "Highway right-of-way" means the entire
				area, including highways, bridges, buildings, structures and lands encompassed
				by the lateral property lines purchased and owned by the state for the
				construction and maintenance of highways, bridges and access to service
				facilities. Where "highway" is used herein, it shall be interpreted as meaning
				or including the highway right-of-way;
(6) "Limited access state highway" has the
				same meaning as section
				14-1 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes;
(7) "Median divider" has the same meaning as
				section
				14-1 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes;
(8) "Motor scooter" or "motorized bicycle"
				means any motor vehicle having a saddle or seat for the use of the operator and
				designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground at
				a maximum sustained speed of less than fifty-five miles per hour;
(9) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as
				section
				14-1 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes;
(10) "Office" means the Office of the State
				Traffic Administration;
(11)
				"Parked vehicle" has the same meaning as section
				14-1 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes;
(12) "Parkway" means any state highway
				receiving special treatment in landscaping and marginal planting, especially
				designed for, and devoted exclusively to, the use and accommodation of
				noncommercial motor vehicle traffic, and to which access may be allowed only at
				highway intersections designated by the commissioner and designed by him so as
				to eliminate cross traffic of vehicles;
(13) "Passenger motor vehicle" has the same
				meaning as section
				14-1 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes;
(14) "Passenger and commercial motor vehicle"
				has the same meaning as section
				14-1 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes;
(15) "Pedestrian" means any person on
				foot;
(16) "Shoulder" has the same
				meaning as section
				14-1 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes;
(17) "Travel lane" means that portion of the
				highway for the forward movement of a single line of vehicles;
(18) "Wrecker" has the same meaning as
				section
				14-1 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of Limited Access State Highways › Section 14-298-237 - Compliance

Current through July 10, 2024
All persons using limited access state highways shall comply
				  with the Office rules and regulations, signs, signals and markings except as
				  follows:
(a) When engaged in official
				duties, personnel of the Office, Department of Transportation, Department of
				Motor Vehicles, state and local police departments and operators of emergency
				vehicles shall be exempt from these regulations;
(b) Contractors and their employees engaged
				in construction, maintenance, landscaping or surveys directly related to
				traffic with the written approval of the commissioner or the commissioner's
				authorized representative shall be exempt from these regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of Limited Access State Highways › Section 14-298-238 - Restricted use of limited access state highways

Current through July 10, 2024
The following are prohibited from entry upon and use of the
				  highway right of way of the parkways and other limited access state
				  highways;
(a) Pedestrians, except
				during emergencies or except on facilities specifically provided
				therefore;
(b) Animals, other than
				in vehicles and horses ridden or led on bridle paths provided by proper
				authorities;
(c) Bicycles, except
				on paths specifically provided therefore;
(d) Motorized bicycles and motor
				scooters;
(e) Vehicles drawn or
				propelled other than by motor power;
(f) Self-propelled or drawn construction and
				agricultural equipment or equipment not designed or employed in general highway
				transportation, except contractors' vehicles performing in accordance with
				department of transportation contracts directly connected with the facility and
				only via the nearest entrance to and exit from the work site;
(g) Vehicles in tow by a non-rigid
				connection;
(h) Vehicles with car
				top loads which extend beyond the lateral limits of the vehicle.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of Limited Access State Highways › Section 14-298-240 - Disabled vehicles

Current through July 10, 2024
Disabled vehicles shall be immediately removed from the
				  travel lanes and shall be removed from the highway as promptly as possible by
				  the owner or his agent, or by a law enforcement agency at the owner's expense.
				  Such vehicles shall be towed by duly authorized and properly equipped wrecker
				  vehicles, using a rigid tow bar and shall use the extreme right hand travel
				  lane.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of Limited Access State Highways › Section 14-298-241 - Parking in highway right of way

Current through July 10, 2024
No person shall allow his vehicle to remain standing or
				  parked within the highway right-of-way except in areas provided for this
				  purpose and in obedience to signs, signals or the directions of
				  officers.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of Limited Access State Highways › Section 14-298-242 - Picking up or discharging passengers

Current through July 10, 2024
Picking up or discharging passengers within the highway
				  right-of-way is prohibited except in areas designed for such
				  purposes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of Limited Access State Highways › Section 14-298-243 - Hitchhiking

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Hitchhiking, soliciting of rides and
				loitering are prohibited within the highway right of way.
(b) The picking up of hitchhikers within the
				highway right of way is prohibited.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of Limited Access State Highways › Section 14-298-245 - Prohibited movements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "U" turns and
				crossing the median divider are prohibited.
(b) Backing of vehicles on the highway is
				prohibited.
(c) No vehicle shall be
				operated in a direction contrary to the normal or directed flow of
				traffic.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of Limited Access State Highways › Section 14-298-247 - Picnicking and camping

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Picnicking or
				the lighting of fires is prohibited except at locations provided.
(b) Camping, hunting or shooting within the
				highway right of way is prohibited.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of Limited Access State Highways › Section 14-298-248 - Sale or distribution of goods

Current through July 10, 2024
No person, firm or corporation shall distribute, sell or
				  offer for sale any goods within the highway right of way except at facilities
				  provided and as set forth in contracts with the commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of Limited Access State Highways › Section 14-298-249 - Restricted use of parkways

Current through July 10, 2024
The following are prohibited from entry upon and use of the
				  highway right of way of those limited access state highways designated as
				  parkways:
(a) commercial motor
				vehicles;
(b) trailers;
(c) all towed vehicles except as provided in
				section
				14-298-240;
(d) buses;
(e) hearses when part of a procession or
				cortege;
(f) vehicles bearing other
				than passenger, camper, taxicab, vanpool, or hearse registrations and those
				vehicles bearing combination registrations which have a gross weight in excess
				of seventy-five hundred pounds;
(g)
				vehicles whose dimensions, including any load, exceed one of the following:
				Length-twenty-four feet, width-seven feet, six inches, height-eight
				feet.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of Limited Access State Highways › Section 14-298-250 - Authorized tasks

Current through July 10, 2024
Persons may, with written permission of the Office perform
				  such tasks on a limited access state highway as are authorized in said written
				  permission subject to such restrictions as set forth by the Office. A copy of
				  said written permission shall be carried by such persons.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of Limited Access State Highways › Section 14-298-251 - Parkway permits

Current through July 10, 2024
Permits for entry upon and use of the parkways by vehicles
				  normally excluded therefrom may be issued by the Office when, in its opinion,
				  the interests of public necessity are served thereby. Such permits shall be in
				  writing and shall specify the period of validity of such permit, the parkway or
				  portion thereof and the identity of the vehicle concerned. A copy of the permit
				  shall be carried in the vehicle.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of Limited Access State Highways › Section 14-298-252 - Emergency permission

Current through July 10, 2024
When emergency requires, the state police commissioner or his
				  authorized representative may grant permission for the use of the parkways by
				  vehicles normally excluded therefrom. Such permission shall designate the
				  vehicle or vehicles and shall specify the portion of the parkways over which
				  travel will be permitted.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Use of State Highways for Parades and Other Special Events › Section 14-298-262 - Use of state highways

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) As used in this
				section "special event" means a gathering of persons assembled for patriotic,
				religious, athletic, political, memorial or civic purposes.
(b) The local traffic authority of any
				municipality shall obtain permission from the Office of the State Traffic
				Administration to use a state highway for a parade, a bike-a-thon, a
				walk-a-thon, or a special event.
(c) Such required permission shall be
				requested not less than ninety (90) days prior to the scheduled
				event.
(d) The Office of the State
				Traffic Administration shall in cooperation with the local traffic authority or
				state police, determine the necessity for an alternate route for through
				traffic on state highways, the location and type of traffic control devices and
				for uniform traffic personnel required.
(e) The local traffic authority shall be
				responsible for seeing that all requirements of the Office of the State Traffic
				Administration are complied with and all emergency services and public
				utilities which could be affected are notified.
(f) The Office of the State Traffic
				Administration may waive any one or more of the above requirements upon showing
				of justification for such action.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Description of Organization › Section 14-298-263 - Description of organization

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Office of
				the State Traffic Administration, which derives its authority from Section
				14-298
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, is the successor to the State Traffic
				Commission and was established to provide for a uniform system of traffic
				control signal devices, signs and markings consistent with the provisions of
				Chapter 249 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) The Executive Director of the Office has
				the responsibility of the operation of the Office of the State Traffic
				Administration and related functions duly delegated to the Executive Director
				by the Commissioner of Transportation.
(c) The Office of the State Traffic
				Administration processes all traffic regulatory matters investigated by the
				Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Local Traffic Authorities
				of the municipalities. Reports and recommendations are submitted by the
				Department of Transportation - Bureau of Engineering and Construction -
				Division of Traffic Engineering to the Office of the State Traffic
				Administration for review and consideration.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Description of Organization › Section 14-298-264 - Official address

Current through July 10, 2024
All communications should be addressed to Executive Director,
				  Office of the State Traffic Administration, P. O. Box 317546, 2800 Berlin
				  Turnpike, Newington, CT 06131-7546.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Description of Organization › Section 14-298-265 - Public inspection

Current through July 10, 2024
In addition to publication of the adoption, amendment or
				  repeal of regulations pursuant to section
				  4-168
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes, a compilation of all regulations, policy
				  statements, final orders, decisions and opinions is available for public
				  inspection at the Office of the State Traffic Administration.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Description of Organization › Section 14-298-266 - Local traffic authority

Current through July 10, 2024
All formal requests for traffic studies of a regulatory
				  nature should be made through the Local Traffic Authority of each municipality.
				  A copy of the list of local traffic authorities is available from the
				  Office.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Rules of Practice › Section 14-298-267 - Course and methods of operation: Rules of practice for procedures available; blanket approval

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Traffic
				signal permits
Application forms for traffic signal permits are available
				  from the Office of the State Traffic Administration. Pursuant to Section
				  14-299
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes, permits for the installation of approved
				  traffic control signal lights are issued to the traffic authority having
				  jurisdiction.
(b)
Speed limit certificates
Application forms for speed limit certificates are available
				  from the Office of the State Traffic Administration. Pursuant to Section
				  14-218a
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes, speed limit certificates are issued to the
				  local municipalities for approved speed limits on town roads and speed limits
				  are also established on any state highway, bridge or parkway built or
				  maintained by the state.
(c)
No Passing zones
No Passing zones on state highways are recommended by an
				  engineering study and pursuant to Section
				  14-234
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes approved by the Office and indicated by
				  appropriate markings, or, when necessary, signs.
(d)
Through truck routes
Pursuant to Section
				  14-298
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes the Office makes regulations, in
				  cooperation and agreement with local traffic authorities, respecting the use by
				  through truck traffic of streets and highways within the limits of and under
				  the jurisdiction of, any city, town or borough of the state for protection and
				  safety of the public.
(e)
				Certificate for traffic generator
Upon proper application and subsequent investigation,
				  certificates for traffic generators, as described in Section
				  14-312-1
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, are issued upon approval
				  pursuant to Sections
				  14-311
				  and
				  14-311c
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(f) Miscellaneous permits
Pursuant to Section
				  14-298
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes, the following permits are issued:
(1) to perform such tasks as are authorized
				in written permission on a state highway subject to such restrictions as are
				set forth by the Office as cited in Section
				14-298-250 of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(2) for use of parkways by vehicles normally
				excluded therefrom as cited in Section
				14-298-251 of the
				Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; and
(3) for use of state highways for special
				events as authorized in written permission subject to such restrictions as set
				forth by the Office as cited in section
				14-298-262
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Rules of Practice › Section 14-298-268 - Petition for requesting the promulgation, amendment or repeal of regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
The Office of the State Traffic Administration will accept
				  petitions requesting the promulgation, amendment or repeal of a regulation of
				  said Office in the following form:
(1)
				A petition must be in writing indicating the manner in which and the date on
				which it is being filed at the Office of the State Traffic
				Administration.
(2) The petition
				shall be signed by the petitioner and shall include the petitioner's address
				for purpose of reply.
(3) The
				petition shall clearly state the language to be promulgated, amended or
				repealed.
(4) The petition may
				include a statement of facts and arguments in support thereof. When the
				requirements of the above have been complied with, the Office of the State
				Traffic Administration shall promptly rule on such petition.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Rules of Practice › Section 14-298-269 - Petition for declaratory ruling

Current through July 10, 2024
The Office of the State Traffic Administration will accept a
				  petition for declaratory ruling as to the applicability of any statutory
				  provision or of any regulation or order of the agency administered by the
				  Office in the following form:
(1) A
				petition stating the factual background of the issue must be in writing and
				include the date on which it is being filed in the Office of the State Traffic
				Administration.
(2) The petition
				shall be signed by the petitioner and shall include the petitioner's address
				for purpose of reply.
(3) The
				petition shall state clearly the question of applicability upon which it seeks
				a ruling.
(4) The petition shall
				state the position of the petitioner with respect to the question of
				applicability.
(5) The petition may
				include an argument in support of the position of the petitioner with such
				legal citation as may be appropriate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Rules of Practice › Section 14-298-270(a) - Through trucks exemption

Current through July 10, 2024
Through trucks operating under a special permit issued
				  pursuant to section
				  14-270
				  of the general statutes of Connecticut, as revised, shall be exempt from those
				  no through truck restrictions as deemed necessary by the commissioner of
				  transportation and as specified in the permit.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part I - Signs › General Provisions › Section 14-298-500 - Uniformity

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All regulatory, warning, and guide signs
					 on public highways, in parking lots having a capacity of 20 or more vehicles,
					 and in commercial establishments shall be of the type approved by the Office of
					 the State Traffic Administration and shall be in compliance with the provisions
					 set forth in
					 23 CFR
					 655.603.
(b) Such signs shall conform to the standards
					 set forth in the following publications as applicable, except as otherwise
					 provided in sections 14-298-500 to
					 14-298-900,
					 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) The 2009 edition of the "Manual on
					 Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways" (MUTCD) approved by
					 the Federal Highway Administration;
(2) The 2004 edition of the "Standard Highway
					 Signs" approved by the Federal Highway Administration; and
(3) The Connecticut Department of
					 Transportation's "Catalog of Signs".
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part I - Signs › General Provisions › Section 14-298-501 - Legal authority

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Traffic signs
					 shall be placed only by the authority of a public body or official having
					 jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding
					 traffic.
(b) No traffic sign or its
					 support installed for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic
					 shall bear any message that is not essential to traffic control.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part I - Signs › General Provisions › Section 14-298-502 - Standardization of application

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each standard
					 sign shall be displayed only for the specific purpose presented for it in these
					 regulations.
(b) Before any new
					 highway or any detour or temporary route is opened to traffic all necessary
					 signs shall be in place.
(c) Signs
					 required by road conditions or restrictions shall be removed without undue
					 delay when those conditions cease to exist or the restrictions are
					 withdrawn.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part II - Markings › General Provisions › Section 14-298-600 - Uniformity

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All markings on public highways, in
					 parking lots having a capacity of 20 or more vehicles, and in commercial
					 establishments shall be of the type approved by the Office of the State Traffic
					 Administration and shall be in compliance with the provisions set forth in
					 23 CFR
					 655.603.
(b) Such markings shall conform to the
					 standards set forth in the following publications as applicable, except as
					 otherwise provided in sections
					 14-298-500
					 to
					 14-298-900
					 inclusive of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) The 2009 edition of the "Manual on
					 Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways" (MUTCD) approved by
					 the Federal Highway Administration; and
(2) The 2004 edition of the "Standard Highway
					 Signs" approved by the Federal Highway Administration;
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part II - Markings › General Provisions › Section 14-298-601 - Legal Authority

Current through July 10, 2024
Markings shall be placed or caused to be placed only by
						the traffic authority having jurisdiction over the regulating, warning, and
						guiding of traffic.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part III - Signals › General Provisions › Section 14-298-700 - Uniformity

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All traffic control signals on public
					 highways, within parking lots having a capacity of 20 or more vehicles, and
					 within commercial establishments shall be of the type approved by the Office of
					 the State Traffic Administration and shall be in compliance with the provisions
					 set forth in
					 23 CFR
					 655.603.
(b) Such traffic control signals shall
					 conform to the standards set forth in the 2009 Edition of the "Manual on
					 Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways" (MUTCD), except as
					 otherwise provided in sections
					 14-298-500
					 to
					 14-298-900
					 inclusive of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(c) The decision to install a traffic control
					 signal at a particular location shall be made on the basis of an engineering
					 study.
(d) Engineering judgment
					 should be exercised in the selection and application of all traffic control
					 devices.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part III - Signals › General Provisions › Section 14-298-701 - Legal Traffic Authority

Current through July 10, 2024
Traffic control signals shall be installed or caused to
						be installed only by the traffic authority having jurisdiction to install,
						operate and maintain traffic control signals on public highways in accordance
						with Section
						14-299
						of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part IV - Temporary Traffic Control for Highway Construction, Maintenance and Incident Management › Section 14-298-800 - Uniformity

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All temporary traffic control devices
				  used on road or street construction, maintenance work, or for incident
				  management, shall be of the type approved by the Office of the State Traffic
				  Administration and shall be in compliance with the provisions set forth in
				  23 CFR
				  655.603.
(b) Such devices shall conform to the
				  standards set forth in the following publications as applicable, except as
				  provided otherwise in sections
				  14-298-500
				  to
				  14-298-900,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) The 2009 edition of the "Manual on
				  Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways" (MUTCD) approved by
				  the Federal Highway Administration;
(2) The 2004 edition of the "Standard Highway
				  Signs" approved by the Federal Highway Administration; and
(3) The Connecticut Department of
				  Transportation's "Catalog of Signs".
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part IV - Temporary Traffic Control for Highway Construction, Maintenance and Incident Management › Section 14-298-801 - Responsibility

Current through July 10, 2024
The standards set forth in section
					 14-298-800 of the
					 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies are for application by:
(1) The Department of Transportation and
				  municipalities performing construction, maintenance, and incident management
				  operations on roads or streets.
(2)
				  Contractors employed in road or street construction or maintenance under
				  contract to any governmental authority.
(3) All others, including employees of public
				  utility companies, performing any work on highways or so closely adjacent as to
				  create hazards for the public or for themselves.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part IV - Temporary Traffic Control for Highway Construction, Maintenance and Incident Management › Traffic Control Systems for Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings › General Provisions › Section 14-298-900 - Uniformity

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Traffic control systems for
						railroad-highway grade crossings include all signs, markings, signals, control
						or warning devices, and illumination devices and their supports along highways
						approaching and at railroad-highway crossings at-grade.
(b) Such control systems shall conform to the
						standards set forth in the following publications as applicable, except as
						otherwise provided in sections
						14-298-500
						to 14-298-900, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) The 2009 edition of the "Manual on
						Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways" (MUTCD) approved by
						the Federal Highway Administration;
(2) The 2004 edition of the "Standard Highway
						Signs" approved by the Federal Highway Administration; and
(3) The Connecticut Department of
						Transportation's "Catalog of Signs".
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part IV - Temporary Traffic Control for Highway Construction, Maintenance and Incident Management › Traffic Control Systems for Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings › General Provisions › Section 14-298-901 - Legal authority

Current through July 10, 2024
The determination of need and selection of devices at a
						  grade crossing shall be made by the public agency with jurisdictional
						  authority.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part IV - Temporary Traffic Control for Highway Construction, Maintenance and Incident Management › Traffic Control Systems for Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings › Signs and Pavement Marks › Section 14-298-903 - Railroad crossing sign (crossbuck) (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part IV - Temporary Traffic Control for Highway Construction, Maintenance and Incident Management › Traffic Control Systems for Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings › Signs and Pavement Marks › Section 14-298-904 - Railroad advance warning sign (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part IV - Temporary Traffic Control for Highway Construction, Maintenance and Incident Management › Traffic Control Systems for Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings › Signs and Pavement Marks › Section 14-298-905 - Turn restriction sign (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part IV - Temporary Traffic Control for Highway Construction, Maintenance and Incident Management › Traffic Control Systems for Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings › Signs and Pavement Marks › Section 14-298-906 - Do not stop on tracks sign (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part IV - Temporary Traffic Control for Highway Construction, Maintenance and Incident Management › Traffic Control Systems for Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings › Signs and Pavement Marks › Section 14-298-907 - Pavement markings (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part IV - Temporary Traffic Control for Highway Construction, Maintenance and Incident Management › Traffic Control Systems for Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings › Crossing Signals › Section 14-298-909 - Operation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Sequence of Operation (Flashing Lights):
						Automatic railroad flashing lights shall operate for a minimum of 29 seconds
						before the train enters the crossing. The operation shall continue until the
						train clears the crossing. When railroad flashing lights are activated by key,
						push button or an island type circuit, the flashing lights shall operate for a
						minimum of 20 seconds before the train enters the crossing.
(b) Sequence of Operation (Gates): Railroad
						gates shall operate for a minimum of 29 seconds before the train enters the
						crossing. The following sequence within the 29 seconds shall occur:
(1) The gates shall begin to lower
						approximately 7 seconds after activation of railroad flashing lights and
						bells.
(2) The gates shall reach
						the horizontal position approximately 17 seconds after activation of railroad
						flashing lights and bells.
(3) The
						train shall enter the crossing approximately 12 seconds after the gates reach
						the horizontal position.
The gates shall ascend to its upright position in not
						  more than 12 seconds after the train clears the crossing, and the railroad
						  flashing lights and bells shall cease operating.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part IV - Temporary Traffic Control for Highway Construction, Maintenance and Incident Management › Traffic Control Systems for Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings › Crossing Signals › Section 14-298-910 - Motorist response to railroad-highway grade crossing signals (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 298 - State Traffic Administration › Through Truck Traffic › Part IV - Temporary Traffic Control for Highway Construction, Maintenance and Incident Management › Traffic Control Systems for Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings › Crossing Signals › Section 14-298-911 - Tragic signals at or near grade cross (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 307 - Notice Required to Owners and Lienholders of Motor Vehicles Upon Towing by Police or Traffic Authority and Upon Sale or Other Disposition of Motor Vehicles › Section 14-307-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 14-307-1 to
				14-307-8,
				inclusive, the following words and phrases shall have the following
				meanings:
(1) "Commissioner" means the
			 Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or his designee;
(2) "DMV" means the Department of Motor
			 Vehicles;
(3) "Market value" means
			 the average trade-in value, appearing in the current month's issue of the
			 N.A.D.A. Official Used Car Guide, Eastern Edition;
(4) "Motor vehicle" or "vehicle" means a
			 motor vehicle as defined in section
			 14-1 of
			 the general statutes;
(5) "Police
			 officer" means any officer attached to an organized police department or a
			 member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Public
			 Safety;
(6) "Storage facility"
			 means a registered place of storage for motor vehicles for which a schedule of
			 storage charges has been filed by a tower, in accordance with section
			 14-66
			 of the general statutes;
(7)
			 "Tower" means a person, firm or corporation licensed as a dealer or repairer
			 and engaged in the business of towing or transporting motor vehicles for
			 compensation, as provided in accordance with section
			 14-66
			 of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 307 - Notice Required to Owners and Lienholders of Motor Vehicles Upon Towing by Police or Traffic Authority and Upon Sale or Other Disposition of Motor Vehicles › Section 14-307-2 - Notice to owner and lienholders upon nonconsensual tow

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If a motor vehicle is towed by order of a
			 police officer or traffic authority, the state or municipal agency employing
			 such police officer or such traffic authority, or the designee of such agency
			 or authority, as permitted by statute, shall notify the owner and all
			 lienholders of record in the manner provided by subsection (b) of this
			 section.
(b) The agency or
			 authority shall complete the designated portions of DMV Form, "Motor Vehicle
			 Notice of Tow" and mail a copy of said form by certified mail, return receipt
			 requested to the owner and all lienholders of record not more than forty-eight
			 (48) hours from the time of the tow. Such form shall be mailed to the most
			 current address or addresses shown on the records of DMV. Such notice shall
			 include all the information contained in subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of
			 subsection (e) of section
			 14-150
			 of the general statutes. The DMV shall, upon request by a licensed tower or
			 storage facility made by telephone or telecommunications system, immediately
			 provide to such tower or storage facility such registration and/or title
			 information contained in its records pertaining to any towed motor vehicle as
			 may be necessary for completing DMV Form "Motor Vehicle Notice of Tow" and
			 providing notice of a tow to the owner and all lienholders of record. The tower
			 or storage facility shall maintain in its files a record of each such request,
			 including the date of the request and the information given by the tower or
			 storage facility to the DMV in making such request.
(c) This section shall not be construed to
			 require a police agency, traffic authority or tower to notify the owner and all
			 lienholders of record in any case where the owner or other, duly authorized
			 person has claimed the motor vehicle, or made satisfactory arrangements to
			 claim the vehicle, within forty-eight (48) hours of the time of tow.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 307 - Notice Required to Owners and Lienholders of Motor Vehicles Upon Towing by Police or Traffic Authority and Upon Sale or Other Disposition of Motor Vehicles › Section 14-307-3 - Opportunity for hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
An opportunity for a hearing shall be provided to the owner of
				record of each motor vehicle towed by order of a police officer or traffic
				authority, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (f) of section
				14-150
				of the general statutes, and sections
				14-150-1
				to
				14-150-4,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 307 - Notice Required to Owners and Lienholders of Motor Vehicles Upon Towing by Police or Traffic Authority and Upon Sale or Other Disposition of Motor Vehicles › Section 14-307-4 - Lien by tower or storage facility

Current through July 10, 2024
Each tower and/or storage facility which stores a motor vehicle
				towed by order of a police officer or traffic authority shall, subject to the
				provisions of subsection (f) of section
				14-150
				of the general statutes, regarding a determination of liability for the
				expenses of an unauthorized tow, have a lien upon such motor vehicle for its
				towing and storage charges.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 307 - Notice Required to Owners and Lienholders of Motor Vehicles Upon Towing by Police or Traffic Authority and Upon Sale or Other Disposition of Motor Vehicles › Section 14-307-5 - Sale or other disposition of unclaimed vehicle

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any sale by
			 a tower or storage facility of a towed motor vehicle, in order to collect
			 towing charges or storage charges, or both, shall comply with the provisions of
			 subsections (g), (h) and (i) of section
			 14-150
			 of the general statutes, including notification by certified mail, return
			 receipt requested, to the motor vehicle owner and to the commissioner. Notice
			 of intent to sell shall be provided to the commissioner by completing and
			 returning, with the signature of the tower or storage facility under penalty of
			 false statement, the DMV "Notice of Intent to Sell". The notice to the
			 commissioner shall include evidence that notice has been given to the owner at
			 least five (5) days before the date of the sale. Upon receipt of the "Notice of
			 Intent to Sell", the commissioner shall make such notice available as a public
			 record.
(b) Any tower or storage
			 facility which sells a motor vehicle in accordance with subsection (a) of this
			 section shall report such sale to the commissioner as provided in section
			 14-150-5
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The tower or storage facility
			 shall also issue to the purchaser of the motor vehicle a completed and executed
			 DMV Form "Affidavit of Compliance". DMV shall not register or title any such
			 motor vehicle sold by a tower or storage facility unless the application for
			 registration and title is accompanied by the duly executed "Affidavit of
			 Compliance".
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 307 - Notice Required to Owners and Lienholders of Motor Vehicles Upon Towing by Police or Traffic Authority and Upon Sale or Other Disposition of Motor Vehicles › Section 14-307-6 - Provision of notice of sale to lienholders of record

Current through July 10, 2024
Each tower or storage facility shall, not later than the date
				of filing with the commissioner of the DMV Form "Notice of Intent to Sell",
				provide notification of the pending sale or disposition of a motor vehicle to
				all lienholders listed on the Certificate of Title. The notice shall be given
				by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to each such lienholder
				at the address or addresses maintained in the records of the DMV. Each tower or
				storage facility shall maintain in its records a copy of each such notice
				indicating the date and time of mailing. The provisions of this section shall
				apply to all titled motor vehicles which have been subject to a transfer of
				ownership or the filing of a lien since July 1, 1992.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 307 - Notice Required to Owners and Lienholders of Motor Vehicles Upon Towing by Police or Traffic Authority and Upon Sale or Other Disposition of Motor Vehicles › Section 14-307-7 - Provision of owner and lienholder information

Current through July 10, 2024
In providing owner and lienholder information, with respect to
				any towed or stored vehicle to a tower, storage facility or bailee for the
				purpose of providing written notice to an owner, and for providing notice by
				certified mail, return receipt requested, to any lienholders of record on the
				title of such motor vehicle in the custody of such tower, storage facility or
				bailee, the commissioner shall provide and use that information which appears
				on the official registration and title records of the DMV, as of the date of
				each inquiry and/or transmittal of information.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 307 - Notice Required to Owners and Lienholders of Motor Vehicles Upon Towing by Police or Traffic Authority and Upon Sale or Other Disposition of Motor Vehicles › Section 14-307-8 - Value of motor vehicle

Current through July 10, 2024
The commissioner shall require any tower or storage facility
				which files with the commissioner the DMV Form "Notice of Intent to Sell" to
				state on such form the market value of the motor vehicle which it intends to
				sell, where such value is greater than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Such
				statement of value shall be under penalty of false statement. If the tower or
				storage facility claims that the market value is not an accurate estimate of
				the value of the motor vehicle, then a reasonable estimate of current market
				value may be provided together with a statement of the facts on which such
				estimate is based.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 312 - Certificate of Operation › Section 14-312-1 - Certificate of operation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Within the
			 context of sections
			 14-311
			 and
			 14-311a of
			 the General Statutes of Connecticut, any open air theater, shopping center or
			 other such development generating large volumes of traffic shall mean any
			 development providing two-hundred or more parking spaces, or a gross floor area
			 of 100,000 square feet or more.
(b)
			 Application for Certificate for such developments shall be made on the forms
			 provided by the state traffic commission and shall contain all the data
			 required by the commission.