Sec. 14-221. Low-speed vehicles carrying passengers for hire.
Sec. 14-221. Low-speed vehicles carrying passengers for hire. No person shall
operate on any highway any vehicle which travels at a normal rate of speed of not more
than fifteen miles per hour, when transporting persons for hire or when transporting
three or more persons for pleasure purposes, whether or not for hire, unless he has
obtained a permit from the traffic authority of each city, town and borough in which the
vehicle is to be operated. Such permit shall include reasonable restrictions and may
require the temporary installation and use of such additional lighting equipment as such
traffic authority deems to be essential for the safety of the persons being transported
from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise or whenever smoke or
weather conditions render it impossible to see at least two hundred feet ahead of such
vehicle. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(1953, S. 1379d; P.A. 75-577, S. 69, 126; P.A. 85-174, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added statement that violation of provisions is an infraction; P.A. 85-174 eliminated the limitation
on the permit to one round trip per day and provided that the permit shall include reasonable restrictions.
See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.