Title 14, Title 14: Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline

Sec. 14-70. Grounds for denial of application. The commissioner may deny the application of any person for a license if he determines that: (a) Such applicant has made a material false statement or concealed a material fact in connection with his application; (b) such applicant, …

Sec. 14-71. Schedule of rates to be filed. The applicant for a license to operate a drivers' school shall file with the commissioner a schedule of rates charged for services involved in the instruction of drivers. If such rates are changed, he shall file an amended schedule. (195…

Sec. 14-72. Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew school license. The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any school license if: (a) The licensee has made a material false statement or concealed a material fact in connection with the application for a license…

Sec. 14-73. Instructor's license. Master instructor's license. Regulations. (a)(1) No person shall be employed by a drivers' school to give instruction in driving a motor vehicle unless such person is licensed to act as an instructor or master instructor by the commissioner. (2) …

Sec. 14-74. Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew instructor's license or master instructor's license. The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any instructor's license or master instructor's license if: (1) The licensee has made a material false statement or …

Sec. 14-75. Revocation or suspension of license after renewal. Notwithstanding the renewal of a school or instructor's license, the commissioner may revoke or suspend such license for any violation of this part occurring during any prior license period. (1957, P.A. 507, S. 8.)

Sec. 14-76. Hearing for reinstatement or renewal. Appeal. Any person whose license to conduct a drivers' school or any person whose license to give instruction in such schools has been suspended or revoked or the renewal thereof refused may request a hearing for reinstatement or …

Sec. 14-77. Records of licensee. Each licensee shall keep such records as the commissioner requires. The records of the licensee shall be open to the inspection of the commissioner at all times during reasonable business hours. (1957, P.A. 507, S. 10.)

Sec. 14-78. Regulations for conduct of drivers' schools and instructor license requirements. Limited license. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, regarding the conduct of drivers' schools and instructor license requirements. Su…

Sec. 14-79. Penalty. Suspension, revocation or withdrawal of instructor's license or master instructor's license if imminent threat to public safety or welfare exists. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, after notice a…

Sec. 14-8. Police authority of commissioner and inspectors. (a) The commissioner, each deputy commissioner and any salaried inspector of motor vehicles designated by the commissioner, when engaged in the discharge of the duties of his office, shall have, in any part of the state,…

Sec. 14-80. Mechanical equipment. (a) Each motor vehicle and the devices on such vehicle shall be operated, equipped, constructed and adjusted to prevent unnecessary or unusual noise. (b) Each motor vehicle operated by an internal combustion engine shall be equipped, except as he…

Sec. 14-80a. Maximum noise levels. Regulations. (a) No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles, nor shall the owner of any vehicle allow the vehicle to be operated, at any time or under any condition of grade, surface, speed, load, acceleration, deceleration or …

Sec. 14-80b. Ball joints and tie rod ends. Prohibition on certain installations and attachments to. (a) No person shall install or attach to the ball joints or tie rod ends of a motor vehicle any type of bushing, spring, shim or device which results in concealing the degree of pl…

Sec. 14-80h. Brake equipment of motor vehicles. Compression brake device to be equipped with muffler. Penalties. (a) Each motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall be equipped, when operated on a highway, with at least two braking systems one of which shall be a service brake…

Sec. 14-80i. Brake equipment and handlebars of motorcycles. (a) Each motorcycle or motorcycle and sidecar shall be equipped with at least one brake adequate to stop it within a proper distance as defined under the provisions of section 14-80h. Any motorcycle designated as a 1974 …

Sec. 14-81. Brake equipment of trailers. (a) Each trailer or semitrailer having a gross vehicle weight rating of three thousand pounds or more shall, when operated on any public highway, be equipped with a braking system operating on all wheels. The braking system shall be adequa…

Sec. 14-81a. Hydraulic brake fluid. The term “hydraulic brake fluid” as used in this section means the liquid medium through which force is transmitted to the brakes in the hydraulic brake system of a vehicle. No person shall distribute, have for sale, offer for sale, sell or ser…

Sec. 14-81b. Restrictions on used brake drums and brake discs. The term “brake drum”, as used in this section, means the individual cupped metal drums to which motor vehicle wheels are each attached and against whose interior surface, brake shoe pressure is applied to effect stop…

Sec. 14-82. Free-wheeling devices. Section 14-82 is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1949 Rev., S. 2473; P.A. 99-268, S. 45.)

Secs. 14-83 to 14-96. Head and rear lights; spotlights; color of lights; reflectors; turn signals; minimum standards; single-beam, multibeam and alternate road-lighting equipment; number of driving lamps; flashing lights; emergency lighting equipment; etc. Sections 14-83 to 14-96…

Sec. 14-9. Oath of office. The commissioner and each deputy commissioner shall take the oath provided by law for public officers. (1949 Rev., S. 2358; June, 1955, S. 1283d; P.A. 88-245, S. 5, 7.) History: P.A. 88-245 made a technical change. See Sec. 1-25 re forms of oaths. Cited…

Sec. 14-96a. Lighted lamps and illuminating devices required, when. (a) Every vehicle upon a highway within this state shall display such lighted lamps and illuminating devices as may be required under the provisions of sections 14-96a to 14-96aa, inclusive, (1) at any time from …

Sec. 14-96aa. Standards and specifications for lamps for snow-removal and highway maintenance equipment. (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt standards and specifications applicable to head lamps, clearance lamps, identification and other lamps on snow-removal and o…

Sec. 14-96b. Head lamps. (a) Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle shall be equipped with at least two head lamps with at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle, which head lamps shall comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in sections 14-9…

Sec. 14-96bb. Operation of motor vehicles without required lighting devices. Section 14-96bb is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1969, P.A. 409; P.A. 75-577, S. 70, 126; P.A. 99-268, S. 45.)

Sec. 14-96c. Tail lamps. Illumination of rear registration plate. (a) After October 1, 1967, every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least two tail la…

Sec. 14-96cc. Regulation of hazardous lighting equipment. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may make regulations prohibiting the use on any motor vehicle operating on the highways of this state of any lighting equipment which he determines to be hazardous to either the operator …

Sec. 14-96d. Reflectors. (a) Each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two or more red reflectors meeting the requirements of this section. Each motorcycle shall carry at least one such ref…

Sec. 14-96e. Stop lamps. Turn signals. (a) Each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall be equipped with two or more stop lamps meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of section 14-96r, except that passenger motor vehicles manufactured or assembled prior to…

Sec. 14-96f. Special requirements for buses, trucks, trailers, truck tractors. The following vehicles shall be equipped in the following manner: (a) Buses and trucks eighty inches or more in overall width: (1) On the front, two clearance lamps, one at each side, and on vehicles m…

Sec. 14-96g. Colors of lamps and reflectors. Reflective sheeting on certain vehicles. (a) Front clearance lamps, identification lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color. (b)…

Sec. 14-96h. Mounting of reflectors and clearance lamps. Section 14-96h is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1967, P.A. 834, S. 9; P.A. 75-577, S. 34, 126; P.A. 90-263, S. 23, 74; P.A. 99-268, S. 45.)

Sec. 14-96i. Visibility of reflectors and clearance, identification and side marker lamps. (a) Each reflector upon any vehicle referred to in section 14-96f shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be readily visible at nighttime from all distances within…

Sec. 14-96j. Vehicles operated in combination. Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lighted lamps are required, no lamp, except tail lamps, need be lighted which, by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination, would be obs…

Sec. 14-96k. Projecting loads. Carrying of animals. No person shall, during the period from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset, operate upon any highway any vehicle except fire apparatus, the load of which extends more than four feet beyond the rear of the…

Sec. 14-96l. Sufficiency of head and rear lights. Parked vehicles. (a) Every vehicle, except a motorcycle, shall be equipped with one or more lamps which, when lighted, shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of one thousand feet to the front of the vehicle, …

Sec. 14-96m. Farm tractors and equipment. (a) Every farm tractor and every self-propelled unit of farm equipment or implement of husbandry shall at all times mentioned in subsection (a) of section 14-96a be equipped with two single-beam or multiple-beam head lamps meeting the req…

Sec. 14-96n. General lighting requirements. (a) Every vehicle, including animal-drawn vehicles, not specifically required by the provisions of sections 14-96a to 14-96aa, inclusive, to be equipped with lamps or other lighting devices, shall, at all times specified in subsection (…

Sec. 14-96o. Spot lamps. Fog lamps. Auxiliary passing lamps. Auxiliary driving lamps. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two spot lamps and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used that no part of the high-intensity portion of the beam will strike …

Sec. 14-96p. Color of lights. Flashing lights. Intensity of lights. (a) Except as provided in section 14-96q, no person shall display upon any motor vehicle or equipment: (1) Any light visible from the front of such motor vehicle or equipment other than white, yellow or amber; (2…

Sec. 14-96q. Permits for colored or flashing lights. Exceptions. Fee. (a) A permit is required for the use of colored or flashing lights on all motor vehicles or equipment specified in this section except: (1) Motor vehicles not registered in this state used for transporting or e…

Sec. 14-96r. Color of stop lamps. Turn signal lamps. (a) Any vehicle, when required under sections 14-96a to 14-96aa, inclusive, shall be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle which shall display a red or amber light, or any shade of color between red and …

Sec. 14-96s. Fender, backup and identification lamps. Penalties. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit an amber or white light without glare. (b) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more backup lamps eith…

Sec. 14-96t. Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps or the auxiliary driving lamps or combinations thereof on motor vehicles, other than motorcycles, shall be so arranged that the driver may control the selection between distribution…

Sec. 14-96u. Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in subsection (a) of section 14-96a, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directe…