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

Sec. 14-281b. Summons issued to holder of license endorsement while operating school bus or student transportation vehicles; copy to be sent to employer and local board of education; notification of disposition of case. (a) Within two days after a summons is issued to a holder of…

Sec. 14-281c. Report of serious accidents involving school buses or student transportation vehicles. In each serious accident involving a school bus or a student transportation vehicle as defined in section 14-212, the police officer who, in the regular course of duty, investigat…

Sec. 14-281d. Duties of operators of student transportation vehicles re receipt or discharge of school children. No operator of a student transportation vehicle, as defined in section 14-212, while engaged in the transportation of school children to and from school or school acti…

Sec. 14-282. Vehicle formerly used as a school bus to be repainted. Penalty. (a) Any person who is the owner or becomes the owner of a motor vehicle formerly used as a school bus who discontinues the use of such vehicle for the transportation of school children as stated in secti…

Sec. 14-282a. School bus and student transportation vehicle inspectors. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall assign the necessary number of inspectors for the purpose of maintaining a system of continuing inspection of school buses and student transportation vehicles, investi…

Sec. 14-283. Rights and duties re emergency vehicles. Obstruction of emergency vehicle. (a) As used in this section, “emergency vehicle” means (1) any ambulance or vehicle operated by a member of an emergency medical service organization responding to an emergency call or taking …

Sec. 14-283a. Pursuits by police officers. State-wide policy. Prohibitions. Reports. (a) As used in this section, “police officer” and “law enforcement unit” have the same meanings as provided in section 7-294a, and “pursuit” means an attempt by a police officer in an authorized …

Sec. 14-283b. Motor vehicle operator required to move over or reduce speed when approaching emergency vehicle that is stationary or traveling significantly below speed limit and nonemergency vehicle that is stationary and located on shoulder. (a) For the purpose of this section, …

Sec. 14-283c. Definitions. For the purposes of this section and sections 14-283d to 14-283h, inclusive: (1) “Frozen dessert truck” means a motor vehicle in which frozen desserts are carried for purposes of retail sale on the highway; (2) “Vend” means offering frozen desserts for …

Sec. 14-283d. Motor vehicle operator required to stop when approaching frozen dessert truck with flashing red signal lights and extended arms. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the operator of a vehicle shall stop such vehicle not less than ten feet from t…

Sec. 14-283e. Equipment of frozen dessert truck. Penalty. (a) On and after May 1, 2022, each frozen dessert truck shall be equipped in the following manner: (1) Signal lamps mounted at the same level and as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable. The signal lamps shal…

Sec. 14-283f. Operation of frozen dessert truck. Penalty. (a) On and after May 1, 2022, or when a frozen dessert truck is equipped as required by subsection (a) of section 14-283e, whichever is earlier, the operator of any frozen dessert truck shall display flashing red signal li…

Sec. 14-283g. Restrictions on vending from frozen dessert truck. Penalty. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person shall vend from a frozen dessert truck that is stopped or parked on any highway: (1) When the posted speed limit on such highway is greate…

Sec. 14-283h. Information concerning equipment and operation of frozen dessert truck. Not later than July 1, 2021, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall publish on the Internet web site of the Department of Motor Vehicles information concerning (1) the equipment required of a …

Sec. 14-284. Use of restricted highway by livery service vehicles. The restriction of any highway to use by passenger motor vehicles shall not prohibit the use thereof by motor vehicles in livery service as defined in chapter 244b, provided such vehicles comply with the regulatio…

Sec. 14-285. Use of mirrors by vehicles other than motor vehicles. Each vehicle, except a motor vehicle, which is so constructed or which is so loaded that the driver is prevented from having a free and unobstructed view of the highway immediately to the rear and at the sides of …

Sec. 14-286. Use of bicycles, electric bicycles, electric foot scooter, motor-driven cycles and high-mileage vehicles. (a) Each person operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter upon and along a sidewalk or across any roadway upon and along a crosswalk s…

Sec. 14-286a. Rights and duties of person riding bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter. Regulation of use of bicycle, electric bicycle and electric foot scooter. (a) Every person riding a bicycle, as defined in section 14-286, an electric bicycle or an electric foot …

Sec. 14-286b. Operation of bicycles, electric bicycles and electric foot scooters on roadways. Prohibitions re attaching to moving vehicle. Penalty. (a) Any person operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 14-286d. Prohibition re children operating bicycles, electric bicycles, nonmotorized scooters, skateboards or electric foot scooters or wearing roller skates or in-line skates without protective headgear. Renting bicycles, electric bicycles or electric foot scooters to child…

Sec. 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 im…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 14-288. Lights, reflectors and brakes on bicycles, electric bicycles and electric foot scooters. Whistle emitting devices prohibited. (a) Each bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter operated upon the public highway, during the times or under the conditions as pro…

Sec. 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 Adm…

Sec. 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 moto…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 no…

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 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,…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 designe…

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 14-289j. Restrictions on the use and sale, lease or rental of mini-motorcycles. (a) For the purposes of this section, “mini-motorcycle” means a vehicle, as defined in section 14-1, that (1) has not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, (2) has a manufactured sea…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 CF…

Sec. 14-289m. Operation of low-speed vehicles. Penalty. (a) A person may operate a low-speed vehicle on a highway with an established speed limit of not more than twenty-five miles per hour, unless the traffic authority of any town, city or borough or the Office of State Traffic …

Sec. 14-290. Exemptions from motor vehicle laws. (a) Motor vehicles in the custody and use of officers in the performance of their duties shall be exempt from any traffic regulations of any town, city or borough, including, but not limited to, regulations concerning the payment o…

Sec. 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 enforcemen…

Sec. 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 ins…

Sec. 14-293. Vehicles and persons driving or leading animals to display lights. Section 14-293 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2490; 1967, P.A. 834, S. 30.)

Sec. 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 in…

Sec. 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 t…

Sec. 14-294. Security for appearance of accused. Section 14-294 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2491; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 120.)

Sec. 14-295. Double or treble damages for personal injury or property damage resulting from certain traffic violations. In any civil action to recover damages resulting from personal injury, wrongful death or damage to property, the trier of fact may award double or treble damage…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 accou…

Sec. 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.) Histor…