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

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 Section 14-289i is repealed, effective October 1, 2012.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 Section 14-293 is repealed.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…

Sec. 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:…

Sec. 14-296aa. Use of hand-held mobile telephones and mobile electronic devices by motor vehicle operators and school bus drivers prohibited or restricted. Exceptions. Penalties. Amounts remitted to municipality. Record of violation. (a) For purposes of this section, the followin…

Sec. 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 pa…

Sec. 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 p…

Sec. 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. 2…

Sec. 14-297. Definitions. Terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows, unless another construction is clearly apparent from the language or context in which the term is used or unless the construction is inconsistent with the manifest intention of the General Assembl…

Sec. 14-298. Office of the State Traffic Administration. There shall be within the Department of Transportation the Office of the State Traffic Administration, which shall constitute a successor to the State Traffic Commission, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d,…

Sec. 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 h…

Sec. 14-299. Traffic control signals. Right turn on red. (a) For the purpose of standardization and uniformity, no installation of or revision to any traffic control signal light shall be made by any town, city or borough until the same has been approved by the Office of the Stat…

Sec. 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 p…

Sec. 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 inter…

Sec. 14-300. Crosswalks. Pedestrian-control signals. Regulation of pedestrians and motor vehicles at crosswalks. Pedestrians who are blind or have guide dogs. (a) The traffic authority may designate, by appropriate official traffic control devices, as defined in section 14-297, o…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 t…

Sec. 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 t…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 per…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 traff…

Sec. 14-300i. Vehicle operator to exercise reasonable care when near vulnerable user on a public way. (a) As used in this section, (1) “vulnerable user” means: (A) A pedestrian; (B) a highway worker; (C) a person riding or driving an animal; (D) a person riding a bicycle, an elec…

Sec. 14-300j. Opening or leaving open a motor vehicle door so as to cause physical contact with moving traffic. (a) For the purposes of this section, “moving traffic” includes, but is not limited to, a motor vehicle, bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter using a high…

Sec. 14-301. Through ways. Stop signs. (a) The Office of the State Traffic Administration may designate any state highway or part thereof or any bridge upon any such highway as a through way, and may, after notice, revoke any such designation. The traffic authority of any town, c…

Sec. 14-302. “Yield” signs. The Office of the State Traffic Administration, on any state highway, or a local traffic authority, on any highway under its control, may designate intersections at which signs bearing the words “Yield” may be erected. The driver of a vehicle approachi…

Sec. 14-303. Designation of one-way streets. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the traffic authority shall have power to designate streets as one-way streets and to place and maintain on each street intersecting a street designated as a one-way street, at or near the pro…

Sec. 14-304. Safety zones. (a) The traffic authority shall have power to establish safety zones of such character and at such places as it deems necessary for the protection of pedestrians. (b) No person shall operate or drive any vehicle over or through any safety zone establish…

Sec. 14-305. Bus stops and public service motor vehicle stands. (a) The traffic authority shall have power to establish bus stops with the approval of the Department of Transportation. The traffic authority shall also have the power to establish stands for other motor vehicles us…

Sec. 14-306. Taxi stands in front of hotels. The traffic authority of any city or town is authorized to establish a public taxi stand in connection with any hotel within the limits of such city or town and may, with the approval of the owner or lessee of such hotel, limit the use…

Sec. 14-307. Parking restrictions. Regulations. (a) The traffic authority of any city, town or borough shall have power to prohibit, limit or restrict the parking of vehicles and to erect and maintain signs in each block designating the time or terms of such prohibition or restri…

Sec. 14-307a. Pedestrian safety zones. Regulations. (a) The traffic authority of any town, city or borough may establish a pedestrian safety zone on any street, highway and bridge or in any parking area for ten cars or more or on any private road wholly within the municipality un…