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Chapter 248

• Sec. 14-212. Definitions.
• Sec. 14-212a. Highway construction zones, utility work zones and traffic incident management zones. Fines doubled.
• Sec. 14-212b. School zones. Fines doubled.
• Sec. 14-212c. Fines doubled for failure to yield right-of-way to a bicyclist.
• Sec. 14-212d. Highway work zone. Highway worker. Endangerment of highway worker. Penalties.
• Sec. 14-212e. Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory Council established. Membership, meetings and duties.
• Sec. 14-213. Operation without carrying operator's license.
• Sec. 14-213a. Operation of private passenger motor vehicle when insurance coverage does not meet minimum no-fault security requirements. Penalty.
• Sec. 14-213b. Operation prohibited when insurance coverage fails to meet minimum requirements. Penalty. Evidence of insurance coverage required to restore suspended license.
• Sec. 14-214. Instruction of unlicensed person in motor vehicle operation.
• Sec. 14-215. Operation while registration or license is refused, suspended or revoked. Penalty.
• Sec. 14-215a. Operation while license is suspended pursuant to section 14-140.
• Sec. 14-215b. Operation after expiration of period of suspension and without obtaining reinstatement of license.
• Sec. 14-216. Operation by persons under eighteen without insurance.
• Sec. 14-217. Operator to give name and address and show or surrender license, registration and insurance identification card when requested.
• Sec. 14-218. Negligent homicide.
• Sec. 14-218a. Traveling unreasonably fast. Establishment of speed limits.
• Sec. 14-219. Speeding.
• Sec. 14-219a. Parking area defined.
• Sec. 14-219b. Limitation of municipal liability.
• Sec. 14-219c. Use of speed monitoring devices to support a conviction.
• Sec. 14-220. Slow speed.
• Sec. 14-221. Low-speed vehicles carrying passengers for hire.
• Sec. 14-222. Reckless driving.
• Sec. 14-222a. Negligent homicide with a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle.
• Sec. 14-223. Failure to bring motor vehicle to full stop when signalled. Disregard of signal. Penalty.
• Sec. 14-223a. Striking an officer with a motor vehicle. Penalties.
• Sec. 14-224. Evasion of responsibility in operation of motor vehicles. Racing. Required removal of motor vehicle from traveled portion of highway.
• Sec. 14-225. Evading responsibility in operation of other vehicles.
• Sec. 14-225a. Operation of motor vehicles in parking areas.
• Sec. 14-226. Operator to report injury to dog.
• Sec. 14-227. Operation while intoxicated.
• Sec. 14-227a. Operation while under the influence of liquor or drug or while having an elevated blood alcohol content.
• Sec. 14-227b. Implied consent to test operator's blood, breath or urine. Testing procedures. License suspension. Hearing.
• Sec. 14-227c. Blood or breath samples required following accidents resulting in death or serious physical injury.
• Sec. 14-227d. Pilot program permitting issuance of warning to and twenty-four-hour revocation of license of certain alleged offenders.
• Sec. 14-227e. Community service for persons convicted of operation while under the influence of liquor or drug.
• Sec. 14-227f. Alcohol and drug addiction treatment program. Waiver. Appeal. Regulations.
• Sec. 14-227g. Operation by person under twenty-one years of age while blood alcohol content exceeds two-hundredths of one per cent. Procedures. Penalties.
• Sec. 14-227h. Impoundment of motor vehicle operated by certain persons arrested for operating while under the influence of liquor or drug.
• Sec. 14-227i. Records of police investigation of defendant re operation of motor vehicle while under influence of, or impaired by, intoxicating liquor or drugs. Copies.
• Sec. 14-227j. Court order prohibiting operation of motor vehicle not equipped with ignition interlock device.
• Sec. 14-227k. Avoidance of or tampering with ignition interlock device.
• Sec. 14-228. Leaving motor vehicle without setting brake.
• Sec. 14-229. Using motor vehicle without owner's permission.
• Sec. 14-230. Driving in right-hand lane.
• Sec. 14-230a. Restricted use of left-hand lane on divided limited access highways.
• Sec. 14-231. Vehicles in opposite directions to pass on right.
• Sec. 14-232. Passing.
• Sec. 14-233. Passing on right.
• Sec. 14-234. Determination of no-passing zones.
• Sec. 14-235. Vehicle not to be driven on left side of highway on curve or upgrade.
• Sec. 14-236. Multiple-lane highways.
• Sec. 14-237. Driving on divided highways.
• Sec. 14-238. Controlled-access highways.
• Sec. 14-238a. (Formerly Sec. 13a-59). Illegal entry on limited access highway.
• Sec. 14-239. One-way streets. Rotaries or roundabouts.
• Sec. 14-240. Vehicles to be driven reasonable distance apart.
• Sec. 14-240a. Vehicles to be driven reasonable distance apart. Intent to harass or intimidate.
• Sec. 14-241. Turns.
• Sec. 14-242. Turns restricted. Signals to be given before turning or stopping. U-turns. Left turns. Right turns when passing bicyclist.
• Sec. 14-243. Starting or backing vehicle.
• Sec. 14-244. Signals.
• Sec. 14-245. Intersection. Right-of-way.
• Sec. 14-246. Right-of-way at intersection turn.
• Sec. 14-246a. Right-of-way at junction of highways.
• Sec. 14-247. Right-of-way at driveway or private road.
• Sec. 14-247a. Right-of-way yielded by one emerging from alley, driveway or building.
• Sec. 14-248. Cattle crossings.
• Sec. 14-248a. Cattle crossings.
• Sec. 14-248b. Livestock crossing paths. Right-of-way.
• Sec. 14-249. Stopping at grade crossings.
• Sec. 14-250. Certain motor vehicles to stop at railroad crossing. Regulations. Penalty.
• Sec. 14-250a. Vehicles prohibited on sidewalks.
• Sec. 14-251. Parking vehicles.
• Sec. 14-252. Parking so as to obstruct driveway.
• Sec. 14-253. Parking privileges of handicapped persons.
• Sec. 14-253a. Special license plates and removable windshield placards for blind persons and persons with disabilities which limit or impair the ability to walk. Parking spaces. Penalty. Regulations.
• Sec. 14-253b. Municipal police departments to report violations of handicapped parking laws.
• Sec. 14-254. Parking privileges of disabled veterans.
• Secs. 14-255 and 14-256. Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. Following vehicle to dim lights.
• Sec. 14-257. Crowded seats. Riders on outside of vehicle. Aisle seats.
• Secs. 14-258 and 14-259. Use of metal tires restricted. Use of radio telephones.
• Sec. 14-260. Filling tanks.
• Secs. 14-260a to 14-260m.
• Sec. 14-260n. Definitions.
• Sec. 14-261. Towing and pushing of vehicles. Double trailers and semitrailers.
• Sec. 14-261a. Regulation of commercial vehicle combinations.
• Sec. 14-261b. Drug and alcohol testing of drivers of certain vehicles, mechanics and forklift operators.
• Sec. 14-262. Width and length of vehicles. Exceptions. Permits.
• Sec. 14-262a. Towing or hauling of motor vehicle from highway by wrecker.
• Sec. 14-262b. Permits for operating or towing mobile homes. Width and length of vehicles.
• Sec. 14-263. Length of camp trailers.
• Sec. 14-264. Special permits for vehicles of excessive height.
• Sec. 14-265. Special permits for trailers.
• Sec. 14-266. Operating vehicles of over four tons' capacity on restricted highways.
• Sec. 14-267. Operating overweight commercial vehicles. Highway weighing required. Penalty.
• Sec. 14-267a. Weight restrictions for vehicles, trailers or other objects. Highway weighing procedure. Penalties for overweight violations. Fines for failure to comply. Regulations.
• Sec. 14-267b. Weight restrictions for motor buses. Penalties.
• Sec. 14-268. Weight of vehicles and trailers restricted.
• Sec. 14-269. Weight of vehicles and trailers engaged in construction work.
• Sec. 14-269a. Weight of refuse vehicles.
• Sec. 14-270. Permits for nonconforming vehicles. Regulations. Penalties.
• Sec. 14-270a. Portable truck weight scales.
• Sec. 14-270b. Truck weight enforcement program.
• Sec. 14-270c. Official weighing areas. Staffing requirements.
• Sec. 14-270d. Temporary closing of weigh stations.
• Sec. 14-270e. Program to implement regularly scheduled and enforced hours of operation for weigh stations.
• Sec. 14-270f. Weigh station logs.
• Sec. 14-271. Securing of loads.
• Sec. 14-271a. Limits for weakening of vehicle frames. Regulations.
• Sec. 14-272. Projecting loads. Carrying of animals.
• Sec. 14-272a. Carrying of children in pick-up trucks or open-bed vehicles. Restrictions.
• Sec. 14-272b. Transport of dogs in pick-up trucks. Restrictions.
• Sec. 14-273. Operation of motor vehicles requiring a passenger endorsement or passenger and school endorsement.
• Sec. 14-274. Hours of operators of motor vehicles with commercial registration or requiring a passenger endorsement or a passenger and school endorsement.
• Sec. 14-275. Equipment and color of school buses.
• Sec. 14-275a. Use of standard school bus required, when. Use of mass transportation permitted, when. Use of certain motor vehicles prohibited.
• Sec. 14-275b. Transportation of mobility impaired students.
• Sec. 14-275c. Regulations re school buses and motor vehicles used to transport special education students. Operators age seventy or older. Penalties.
• Sec. 14-276. School bus operators to hold a valid passenger and school endorsement. Duties of carrier re withdrawal, suspension or revocation of employee's operator's license or endorsement to
• Sec. 14-276a. School bus operators and operators of student transportation vehicles: Regulations; qualifications; training; drug testing.
• Sec. 14-277. Operator's duties on stopping bus. Prohibition on idling of bus.
• Sec. 14-278. Hours of operation. Placement of seats. No extra exemption or authority for operators.
• Sec. 14-279. Vehicles to stop for school bus. Penalties. Written warning or summons.
• Sec. 14-280. Letters and signals to be concealed when not used in transporting children. Signs on other vehicles.
• Sec. 14-281. Penalties.
• Sec. 14-281a. Speed of school buses. Display of head lamps.
• 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 d
• Sec. 14-281c. Report of serious accidents involving school buses or student transportation vehicles.
• Sec. 14-281d. Duties of operators of student transportation vehicles re receipt or discharge of school children.
• Sec. 14-282. Vehicle formerly used as school bus to be repainted. Inspection of other vehicles.
• Sec. 14-282a. Inspection districts for school buses and student transportation vehicles.
• Sec. 14-283. Rights of emergency vehicles. Obstruction of.
• Sec. 14-283a. Adoption of state-wide policy for pursuits by police officers.
• Sec. 14-284. Use of restricted highway by livery service vehicles.
• Sec. 14-285. Use of mirrors by vehicles other than motor vehicles.
• Sec. 14-286. Use of bicycles, motor-driven cycles and high-mileage vehicles.
• Sec. 14-286a. Rights, duties and regulation of cyclists.
• Sec. 14-286b. Operation of bicycles; attaching to moving vehicle prohibited; carrying of passengers, packages, bundles and other articles restricted; at least one hand to be kept on handle bars. Opera
• Sec. 14-286c. Left and right turns.
• Sec. 14-286d. Bicycle helmets. Children. Renting bicycles. Public awareness campaign.
• Sec. 14-286e. Police officers, firefighters or emergency service personnel on bicycles.
• Sec. 14-286f. "Share the Road" public awareness campaign.
• Sec. 14-287. Carrying person other than operator on bicycle.
• Sec. 14-288. Lights, reflectors and brakes on bicycles. Whistle emitting devices prohibited.
• Sec. 14-289. Regulation of use of bicycles by municipality.
• Sec. 14-289a. Riding on motorcycle. Carrying of passenger.
• Sec. 14-289b. Operation of motorcycles.
• Sec. 14-289c. Riding motorcycle sidesaddle; carrying of passenger on motorcycle not so designed.
• Sec. 14-289d. Vision-protecting devices for motorcyclists.
• Sec. 14-289e. Headgear for motorcyclists and passengers.
• Sec. 14-289f. Liability insurance required for motorcycles.
• Sec. 14-289g. Protective headgear for motorcycle or motor-driven cycle operators and passengers under eighteen years of age. Regulations. Penalty.
• Sec. 14-289h. Electric personal assistive mobility devices. Definition. Operation.
• Sec. 14-289i. Vehicles used for landscaping purposes with caged trailers.
• Sec. 14-289j. Restrictions on the use and sale, lease or rental of mini-motorcycles.
• Sec. 14-290. Exemptions from motor vehicle laws.
• Sec. 14-291. Traffic regulations for special occasions.
• Sec. 14-292. Marking of vehicle operated by student driver.
• Sec. 14-293. Vehicles and persons driving or leading animals to display lights.
• Sec. 14-293a. Riding animals on highways.
• Sec. 14-293b. Responsibilities of motor vehicle operators when approaching equestrians.
• Sec. 14-294. Security for appearance of accused.
• Sec. 14-295. Double or treble damages for personal injury or property damage resulting from certain traffic violations.
• Sec. 14-295a. Assessment for certain violations and payments of fines by mail.
• Sec. 14-295b. Brain injury prevention and services account.
• Sec. 14-296. General penalty.
• Sec. 14-296a. House trailer not to be occupied when on highway.
• Sec. 14-296b. Following or parking near fire apparatus, driving over hose prohibited.
• Sec. 14-296c.
• 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.
• Secs. 14-296e to 14-296z.
• Sec. 14-296aa. Use of hand-held mobile telephones and mobile electronic devices by motor vehicle operators and school bus drivers, prohibited or restricted, when. Penalties.