Sec. 14-212a. Highway construction zones and utility work zones. Fines doubled. (a) The Superior Court shall impose an additional fee equivalent to one hundred
per cent of the fine established or imposed for the violation of the provisions of section
14-213, 14-213b, 14-214, 14-215, 14-216, 14-218a, 14-219, 14-220, 14-221, 14-222,
14-222a, 14-223, 14-224, 14-225, 14-227a, 14-230, 14-230a, 14-231, 14-232, 14-233,
14-235, 14-236, 14-237, 14-238, 14-238a, 14-239, 14-240, 14-240a, 14-241, 14-242,
14-243, 14-244, 14-245, 14-246a, 14-247, 14-247a, 14-248a, 14-249, 14-250, 14-250a,
14-257, 14-261, 14-266, 14-271, 14-273, 14-279, 14-281a, subsection (e) or (g) of section 14-283, section 14-289a or 14-289b for any such violation committed while construction work is ongoing within a highway construction zone designated in a conspicuous manner by the Department of Transportation or while utility work is ongoing within
a utility work zone designated in a conspicuous manner by a public service company,
as defined in section 16-1, or by a water company, as defined in section 25-32a.
(b) (1) The Department of Transportation shall post a sign at the beginning of a
highway construction zone which shall read as follows: "ROAD WORK AHEAD
FINES DOUBLED", and at the end of such zone which shall read as follows: "END
ROAD WORK".
(2) A public service company or water company shall post a sign at the beginning
of a utility work zone which shall read as follows: "UTILITY WORK AHEAD FINES
DOUBLED", and at the end of such zone which shall read as follows: "END UTILITY
WORK".
(c) The state or any agency or employee of the state shall not be civilly liable for
any injuries or damages to any person or property which may result, either directly or
indirectly, from failure on the part of the Department of Transportation to post any sign
required under subsection (b) of this section.
(P.A. 95-181, S. 1; P.A. 98-196, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 98-196 added utility work zones to areas where additional fines are imposed (Revisor's note: The Revisors
reformatted Subsec. (b) to match the format of Sec. 14-212b(d) and in so doing inserted a comma following "ROAD
WORK AHEAD FINES DOUBLED" and "UTILITY WORK AHEAD FINES DOUBLED").
Sec. 14-212b. School zones. Fines doubled. (a) As used in this section, "local
highway" means a highway that is under the control of a town, city or borough; and
"local traffic authority" means the traffic authority of a town, city or borough.
(b) (1) At the request of the legislative body of a town, city or borough, the State
Traffic Commission may designate as a school zone any part of a state highway that is
adjacent to school property or is, in the opinion of the commission, sufficiently close
to school property as to constitute a risk to the public safety under all the circumstances.
At the request of such legislative body, the commission may revoke any such designation. (2) A local traffic authority may designate as a school zone, and may revoke any
such designation, any part of a local highway that is adjacent to school property or is,
in the opinion of the local traffic authority, sufficiently close to school property as to
constitute a risk to the public safety under all the circumstances.
(c) The Superior Court shall impose an additional fee equivalent to one hundred
per cent of the fine established or imposed for the violation of the provisions of section
14-218a or 14-219, for any such violation committed in a school zone designated in a
conspicuous manner by the State Traffic Commission or local traffic authority.
(d) The State Traffic Commission with regard to a state highway or the local traffic
authority with regard to a local highway shall post a sign approved by said commission
(1) at the beginning of a school zone in each direction that traffic is permitted to flow
which shall read as follows: "SCHOOL ZONE AHEAD FINES DOUBLED", and (2)
at the end of such zone in each direction that traffic is permitted to flow which shall
read as follows: "END SCHOOL ZONE".
(P.A. 98-252, S. 64.)
Sec. 14-212c. Fines doubled for failure to yield right-of-way to a bicyclist. A
surcharge shall be imposed equivalent to one hundred per cent of the fine established
or imposed for a violation of subsection (e) of section 14-242, section 14-245, 14-246a,
14-247 or 14-247a for such violation when the driver of a vehicle fails to grant or yield
the right-of-way to a person riding a bicycle, as defined in section 14-286.
(P.A. 98-165, S. 1.)
Sec. 14-213. Operation without carrying operator's license. Each operator of
a motor vehicle shall carry his operator's license while operating such vehicle. Failure
to carry such operator's license as required by the provisions of this section shall be an
infraction.
(1949 Rev., S. 2416; P.A. 75-577, S. 65, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 replaced three-dollar fine provision with statement that violation deemed an infraction.
See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.
Failure to carry his license does not make an operator "an unlicensed person". 93 C. 457.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 23 CA 50, 52.
Sec. 14-213a. Operation of private passenger motor vehicle when insurance
coverage does not meet minimum no-fault security requirements. Penalty. Section
14-213a is repealed.
(P.A. 79-577, S. 5, 8; P.A. 80-483, S. 63, 186; P.A. 81-217, S. 7.)
Sec. 14-213b. Operation prohibited when insurance coverage fails to meet
minimum requirements. Penalty. Evidence of insurance coverage required to restore suspended license. (a) No owner of any private passenger motor vehicle or a
vehicle with a combination or commercial registration, as defined in section 14-1, registered or required to be registered in this state may operate or permit the operation of such
vehicle without the security required by section 38a-371 or with security insufficient to
meet the minimum requirements of said section. Failure of the operator to produce an
insurance identification card as required by section 14-217 shall constitute prima facie
evidence that the owner has not maintained the security required by section 38a-371
and this section.
(b) Any person convicted of violating any provision of subsection (a) of this section
shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.
(c) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall suspend the registration, and the
operator's license, if any, of an owner, for a first conviction of violating the provisions
of subsection (a) of this section for a period of one month and for a second or subsequent
conviction for a period of six months. No operator's license which has been suspended
pursuant to this subsection shall be restored until the owner has provided evidence to
the commissioner that he maintains the security required by section 38a-371 for each
motor vehicle registered in his name.
(P.A. 81-217, S. 5; P.A. 94-243, S. 3; P.A. 97-226, S. 2; P.A. 04-199, S. 2.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1993 an obsolete reference to Subsec. (c) of Sec. 14-117 was deleted editorially by the
Revisors since Sec. 14-117 is repealed and a reference in Subsec. (c) to "sections 14-12b to 14-12e, inclusive," was changed
editorially by the Revisors to "sections 14-12b and 14-12c" to reflect the repeal of sections 14-12d and 14-12e by P.A. 93-298, S. 10); P.A. 94-243 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) to apply to vehicles with commercial registrations; P.A. 97-226
amended (1) Subsecs. (a) and (c) to apply provisions to vehicles with combination registrations and to eliminate reference
to "subdivision (12) of" before Sec. 14-1, (2) Subsec. (a) to apply to vehicles required to be registered and (3) Subsec. (c)
to prohibit restoration of an operator's license which has been suspended pursuant to Subsec. until owner provides evidence
of insurance coverage; P.A. 04-199 amended Subsec. (c) to eliminate provisions re no new registration shall be issued or
restored after suspension of registration under subsection until owner has filed proof of financial responsibility under Sec.
14-112 and re maintenance of financial responsibility filing, effective July 1, 2004.
See Sec. 14-12f re exempt vehicles.
Cited. 11 CA 122, 124.
Sec. 14-214. Instruction of unlicensed person in motor vehicle operation. Any
licensed operator, being twenty years of age or older and having had an operator's license
to operate a motor vehicle of the same class as the motor vehicle being operated for at
least four years preceding the date of such instruction, may instruct a person sixteen or
seventeen years of age who holds a learner's permit issued in accordance with subsection
(c) of section 14-36, or a person who is eighteen years of age or older, in the operation
of a motor vehicle. Any person so instructing another in the use of any motor vehicle
shall be responsible for the operation thereof. Violation of any provision of this section
shall be an infraction.
(1949 Rev., S. 2421; 1969, P.A. 55, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 20; P.A. 75-577, S. 66, 126; P.A. 96-248, S. 3, 4; P.A. 97-1, S. 3, 4.)
History: 1969 act required instructor to be twenty-one and to have had license in class of vehicle for which instruction
is being given for two years, added exception re motorcycles and raised fine from ten to fifty dollars; 1972 act dropped
age requirement to eighteen, reflecting change in age of majority; P.A. 75-577 replaced fine provision with statement that
violation deemed to be infraction; P.A. 96-248 raised minimum age for instructor from eighteen to twenty and required
holding license in class of vehicle for which instruction is being given for minimum of four, rather than two, years, authorized
instruction of persons who hold a learner's permit under Subsec. (b) of Sec. 14-36 and eliminated exception re motorcycles
and requirement that instructor be "so seated as to control the operation of the motor vehicle", effective January 1, 1997;
P.A. 97-1 provided that instructor may be older than twenty years of age, limited instruction of holders of learners' permits
to persons sixteen and seventeen years of age, substituted reference to Subsec. (c) for (b), and authorized instruction of
persons eighteen years of age or older, effective January 30, 1997.
See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.
If owner of car allows another to drive it, but himself retains control of it, he is liable for actual driver's negligence.
119 C. 563. Cited. 175 C. 112-115, 123-125.
Cited. 30 CS 233.
Sec. 14-215. Operation while registration or license is refused, suspended or
revoked. Penalty. (a) No person to whom an operator's license has been refused, or,
except as provided in section 14-215a, whose operator's license or right to operate a
motor vehicle in this state has been suspended or revoked, shall operate any motor
vehicle during the period of such refusal, suspension or revocation. No person shall
operate or cause to be operated any motor vehicle, the registration of which has been
refused, suspended or revoked, or any motor vehicle, the right to operate which has been
suspended or revoked.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, any person who violates
any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall, for a first offense, be fined not less
than one hundred fifty dollars or more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more
than ninety days, or be both fined and imprisoned, and, for any subsequent offense, shall
be fined not less than two hundred dollars or more than six hundred dollars or imprisoned
not more than one year, or be both fined and imprisoned.
(c) Any person who operates any motor vehicle during the period such person's
operator's license or right to operate a motor vehicle in this state is under suspension
or revocation on account of a violation of subsection (a) of section 14-227a or section
53a-56b or 53a-60d or pursuant to section 14-227b, shall be fined not less than five
hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than one
year, and, in the absence of any mitigating circumstances as determined by the court,
thirty consecutive days of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced in
any manner. The court shall specifically state in writing for the record the mitigating
circumstances, or the absence thereof.
(1949 Rev., S. 2420; 1957, P.A. 421; P.A. 82-258; P.A. 83-534, S. 3; P.A. 85-387, S. 2; P.A. 89-314, S. 3, 5; P.A. 97-291, S. 4, 5; P.A. 03-233, S. 2; P.A. 04-257, S. 100.)
History: P.A. 82-258 increased the minimum penalty for a first offense from one hundred to one hundred fifty dollars,
and increased the maximum penalty for a subsequent offense from five hundred to six hundred dollars and from three
months to one year imprisonment; P.A. 83-534 added Subsec. (c) re increased penalties when the reason for the suspension
or revocation was operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence, refusal to submit to a blood alcohol test or
manslaughter or assault with a motor vehicle while intoxicated; P.A. 85-387 amended Subsec. (c) to increase from five to
thirty days the period of imprisonment which may not be suspended or reduced; P.A. 89-314 amended Subsec. (c) to
replace reference to a suspension or revocation "on account of a violation of subsection (d) or (f) of section 14-227b" with
"pursuant to section 14-227b" and to specify that the period of imprisonment which may not be suspended or reduced is
thirty "consecutive" days; P.A. 97-291 amended Subsec. (c) to provide that the nonsuspendable sentence of thirty consecutive days is imposed in the absence of any mitigating circumstances as determined by the court and to require the court to
specifically state in writing for the record the mitigating circumstances, or absence thereof, effective July 8, 1997; P.A.
03-233 amended Subsec. (a) to add "except as provided in section 14-215a"; P.A. 04-257 made technical changes in
Subsecs. (b) and (c), effective June 14, 2004.
See Sec. 14-111(b), (h), (k) re suspension or revocation of driver's license.
See Sec. 14-227h re impoundment of motor vehicle in certain cases.
Cited. 159 C. 549. Cited. 209 C. 98, 124. Cited. 226 C. 191, 199. Cited. 234 C. 301, 303. Defendant's knowledge that
her license has been suspended is not an essential element of the crime of operating vehicle with a suspended license. 245
C. 442.
Cited. 12 CA 338-340. Cited. 21 CA 496, 497, 500, 505. Cited. 23 CA 50, 52. Cited. 24 CA 438. Cited. 26 CA 716,
717, 719. Cited. 31 CA 797, 798, 801. Cited. 34 CA 557, 564. Cited. 36 CA 710, 711, 713. Cited. 45 CA 12. Plain meaning
of section is to give state authority to prosecute any person who operates a motor vehicle outside scope of work permit
while license under suspension. 53 CA 23. Legislature did not include language within section indicating that a work
permit issued pursuant to Sec. 14-37a is an affirmative defense to a violation of section. Id. One whose operator's license
is under suspension violates section whenever he operates a motor vehicle, regardless of whether it is operated on public
or private property. 72 CA 127.
Suspension extends beyond period for which license issued. 16 CS 178. A person who manipulates the steering wheel
as it is being pushed along a public highway by a second car is operating a motor vehicle within the meaning of this section.
22 CS 494. One who operates a car in this state while his right to operate remains under suspension may be convicted
under this section, even though he has in the meantime moved to another state and obtained a license in that state. 23 CS
26. Cited. 24 CS 347. Arrest for violation of this statute did not justify search of car without a warrant. 25 CS 229. Cited.
36 CS 586, 587. Cited. 38 CS 384, 385, 387; Id., 472, 473. It is not obligatory for state to prove commissioner's action in
suspending a license is valid where prosecution is for driving while under suspension. Time to contest validity of suspension
is when it occurs. 39 CS 381-383, 385.
No conviction unless operation on public highway. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 79. Cited. Id., 520. Since a running engine means
"operating" within the meaning of the statute, a turning off of the engine would be as much a part of operation. Id., 662.
What constitutes a "public highway" for the purposes of a conviction under this section. Id. Cited. Id., 684; 3 Conn. Cir.
Ct. 110. Cited. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 467; id., 586; 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 253; id., 408. Operation of motor vehicle during period of
license suspension not violation of statute when under direct order of police official. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 424, 428, 431.
Ownership of vehicle not required element of violation. Id., 431. That suspension of driver's license was not known to
him as notice of suspension was mailed to his last address after he had moved therefrom was no defense in a trial for
violation of this section. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 72. That defendant obtained a provisional license while his license was suspended
under this section is no defense. Id. Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 161. Motorcycles are motor vehicles within the meaning of this
statute and revocation of a license applies to motorcyclist's license as well as motor vehicle operator's license. 5 Conn.
Cir. Ct. 219. Operation of motor vehicle, defined. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 639.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 216 C. 172, 174. Cited. 229 C. 824, 826, 828.
Cited. 19 CA 594, 595. Cited. 30 CA 742, 750. Cited. 31 CA 797, 798, 804-806. Cited. 36 CA 710, 715-718.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 229 C. 824, 826, 828.
Cited. 9 CA 686, 730. Cited. 21 CA 496, 506. Cited. 31 CA 797, 804-806. Cited. 36 CA 710, 713, 715-718. Cited. 45
CA 12.
Subsec. (c):
Violation of statute was a "crime" for purposes of qualifying for alcohol abuse treatment program under Secs. 17a-648
to 17a-658, inclusive. 226 C. 191-193, 195, 201-203. Cited. 227 C. 914. Cited. 229 C. 824-828. Cited. 230 C. 427, 429,
430. Work permit exception under Sec. 14-37a constitutes an affirmative defense, for which defendant bears the burden
of persuasion, to a violation of this subsection. 254 C. 107.
Cited. 9 CA 686, 730. Cited. 12 CA 338, 341. Cited. 21 CA 496, 497, 505. Violation is crime within purposes of Secs.
17a-648 through 17a-658. 27 CA 225-230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240, 241, 244, 245, 247. Cited 31 CA 797-800, 803-805.
Cited. 32 CA 1, 2. Cited. 34 CA 557-562, 564, 567. Cited. 36 CA 710-716. Cited. 40 CA 420, 422, 423. Cited. Id., 724.
Cited. 45 CA 12. Cited. Id., 722. Statute not rendered unconstitutionally vague by Sec. 14-37a. 57 CA 541.
Sec. 14-215a. Operation while license is suspended pursuant to section 14-140.
(a) No person whose operator's license or right to operate a motor vehicle in this state
has been suspended pursuant to section 14-140 shall operate any motor vehicle during
the period of such suspension.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall,
for a first offense, be fined not less than one hundred fifty dollars or more than two
hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both, and, for any subsequent offense, be fined not less than two hundred dollars or more than six hundred
dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(P.A. 03-233, S. 1; 03-278, S. 131; P.A. 04-257, S. 86.)
History: P.A. 03-278 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting "for failure to appear for any scheduled court appearance"; P.A.
04-257 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective June 14, 2004.
Sec. 14-216. Operation by persons under eighteen without insurance. No person under the age of eighteen years shall operate any motor vehicle upon the highways
of this state, and no person shall cause or permit such operation of any motor vehicle
by any such person, unless such motor vehicle has been insured for the amounts required
by section 14-112. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction. This
section shall not apply to any motor vehicle bearing farm registration plates.
(1949 Rev., S. 2419; 1957, P.A. 334; P.A. 76-381, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 76-381 replaced provision for hundred dollar fine and/or thirty days' imprisonment with statement that
violation deemed an infraction.
See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.
Mere fact that owner's son, admittedly under 16, was operator of car does not ipso facto establish violation by owner.
18 CS 41.
Sec. 14-217. Operator to give name and address and show or surrender license, registration and insurance identification card when requested. No person
who is operating or in charge of any motor vehicle, when requested by any officer in
uniform, by an agent authorized by the commissioner who presents appropriate credentials or, in the event of any accident in which the car he is operating or in charge of is
concerned, when requested by any other person, may refuse to give his name and address
or the name and address of the owner of the motor vehicle or give a false name or address,
or refuse, on demand of such officer, agent or other person, to produce his motor vehicle
registration certificate, operator's license and any automobile insurance identification
card for the vehicle issued pursuant to section 38a-364 or to permit such officer, agent
or such other person to take the operator's license, registration certificate and any such
insurance identification card in hand for the purpose of examination, or refuse, on demand of such officer, agent or such other person, to sign his name in the presence of
such officer, agent or such other person. No person may refuse to surrender his license
to operate motor vehicles or the certificate of registration of any motor vehicle operated
or owned by him or such insurance identification card or the number plates furnished
by the commissioner for such motor vehicle on demand of the commissioner or fail to
produce his license when requested by a court. Violation of any provision of this section
shall be an infraction.
(1949 Rev., S. 2406; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 77; P.A. 76-381, S. 10; P.A. 79-577, S. 7, 8; P.A. 81-172, S. 13; P.A. 93-297,
S. 8, 29.)
History: 1961 act removed obsolete reference to trial justice; P.A. 76-381 deleted provision for fifty dollar fine and/or
thirty days' imprisonment with statement that violation deemed an infraction; P.A. 79-577 included no-fault insurance
identification cards in documents which may be required; P.A. 81-172 authorized motor vehicle agents to request the
production of a license, registration and no-fault insurance identification card; P.A. 93-297 deleted term "no-fault" in
description of insurance identification card, effective January 1, 1994, and applicable to acts or omissions occurring on or
after said date.
See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.
Cited. 161 C. 371. Cited. 181 C. 299, 304.
Cited. 24 CA 438, 446. Cited. 30 CA 742, 750. Cited. 45 CA 303.
Operator's license is privilege granted by state, not a right, and subject to reasonable restrictions. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 385,
389, 394. Roadblock stopping by state police is valid exercise of police power. Id.
Sec. 14-218. Negligent homicide. Section 14-218 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2415; 1949, S. 1316d; 1971, P.A. 30.)
See Sec. 14-222a.
Sec. 14-218a. Traveling unreasonably fast. Establishment of speed limits. (a)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon any public highway of the state, or road
of any specially chartered municipal association or any district organized under the
provisions of chapter 105, a purpose of which is the construction and maintenance of
roads and sidewalks, or on any parking area as defined in section 14-212, or upon a
private road on which a speed limit has been established in accordance with this subsection, or upon any school property, at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable, having
regard to the width, traffic and use of highway, road or parking area, the intersection of
streets and weather conditions. The State Traffic Commission may determine speed
limits which are reasonable and safe on any state highway, bridge or parkway built or
maintained by the state, and differing limits may be established for different types of
vehicles, and may erect or cause to be erected signs indicating such speed limits. The
traffic authority of any town, city or borough may establish speed limits on streets,
highways and bridges or in any parking area for ten cars or more or on any private road
wholly within the municipality under its jurisdiction; provided such limit on streets,
highways, bridges and parking areas for ten cars or more shall become effective only
after application for approval thereof has been submitted in writing to the State Traffic
Commission and a certificate of such approval has been forwarded by the commission
to the traffic authority; and provided such signs giving notice of such speed limits shall
have been erected as the State Traffic Commission directs, provided the erection of such
signs on any private road shall be at the expense of the owner of such road. The presence
of such signs adjacent to or on the highway or parking area for ten cars or more shall
be prima facie evidence that they have been so placed under the direction of and with
the approval of the State Traffic Commission. Approval of such speed limits may be
revoked by said commission at any time if it deems such revocation to be in the interest
of public safety and welfare, and thereupon such speed limits shall cease to be effective
and any signs that have been erected shall be removed. Any speed in excess of such limits,
other than speeding as provided for in section 14-219, shall be prima facie evidence that
such speed is not reasonable, but the fact that the speed of a vehicle is lower than such
limits shall not relieve the operator from the duty to decrease speed when a special
hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or
highway conditions.
(b) The State Traffic Commission shall establish a speed limit of sixty-five miles
per hour on any multiple lane, limited access highways that are suitable for a speed limit
of sixty-five miles per hour, taking into consideration relevant factors including design,
population of area and traffic flow.
(c) Any person who operates a motor vehicle at a greater rate of speed than is reasonable, other than speeding, as provided for in section 14-219, shall commit the infraction
of traveling unreasonably fast.
(P.A. 75-577, S. 7, 126; P.A. 77-103; 77-340, S. 4; P.A. 84-429, S. 65; P.A. 98-181, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-103 clarified proviso re effective date of speed limits; P.A. 77-340 replaced first reference to parking
areas for ten or more cars with parking areas as defined in Sec. 14-219a and specified infraction in Subsec. (b) as infraction
"of traveling unreasonably fast"; P.A. 84-429 made technical changes for statutory consistency; P.A. 98-181 added new
Subsec.(b) requiring the State Traffic Commission to establish a speed limit of sixty-five miles per hour on multiple lane,
limited access highways determined to be suitable for said speed limit, relettering former Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c).
See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.
See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.
Cited. 181 C. 515, 516, 519. Cited. 208 C. 94, 99. Cited. 234 C. 660, 678.
Cited. 5 CA 434. Cited. 9 CA 825. Cited. 29 CA 791, 800. Cited. 30 CA 810, 815. Cited. 33 CA 44, 47. Cited. 34 CA
189-191. Cited. 46 CA 633.
Cited. 38 CS 426, 431, 434, 435, 445. Cited. 39 CS 313, 314.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 34 CA 189, 190. Cited. 38 CA 322, 326.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 37 CA 85, 87.
Sec. 14-219. Speeding. (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle (1) upon
any highway, road or any parking area for ten cars or more, at such a rate of speed as
to endanger the life of any occupant of such motor vehicle, but not the life of any other
person than such an occupant; or (2) at a rate of speed greater than fifty-five miles per
hour upon any highway other than a highway specified in subsection (b) of section 14-218a for which a speed limit has been established in accordance with the provisions of
said subsection; or (3) at a rate of speed greater than sixty-five miles per hour upon any
highway specified in subsection (b) of section 14-218a for which a speed limit has been
established in accordance with the provisions of said subsection.
(b) Any person who operates a motor vehicle (1) on a multiple lane, limited access
highway other than a highway specified in subsection (b) of section 14-218a for which
a speed limit has been established in accordance with the provisions of said subsection
at a rate of speed greater than fifty-five miles per hour but not greater than seventy miles
per hour or (2) on a multiple lane, limited access highway specified in subsection (b)
of section 14-218a for which a speed limit has been established in accordance with the
provisions of said subsection at a rate of speed greater than sixty-five miles per hour
but not greater than seventy miles per hour or (3) on any other highway at a rate of speed
greater than fifty-five miles per hour but not greater than sixty miles per hour, shall
commit an infraction, provided any such person operating a truck, as defined in section
14-260n, shall have committed a violation and shall be fined not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than one hundred fifty dollars.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this
section or who operates a motor vehicle (1) on a multiple lane, limited access highway at
a rate of speed greater than seventy miles per hour but not greater than eighty-five miles
per hour or (2) on any other highway at a rate of speed greater than sixty miles per hour
but not greater than eighty-five miles per hour shall be fined not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than one hundred fifty dollars, provided any such person operating a
truck, as defined in section 14-260n, shall be fined not less than one hundred fifty dollars
nor more than two hundred dollars.
(d) No person shall be subject to prosecution for a violation of both subsection (a)
of this section and subsection (a) of section 14-222 because of the same offense.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, any person
who violates subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, subdivision (1) or (2) of
subsection (b) of this section while operating a truck, as defined in section 14-260n, or
subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section while operating a motor vehicle or a
truck, as defined in section 14-260n, shall follow the procedures set forth in section
51-164n.
(1949 Rev., S. 2407; 1961, P.A. 379, S. 2; 517, S. 15; 1963, P.A. 289; 595; February, 1965, P.A. 92; 1969, P.A. 450,
S. 1, 2; 670, S. 1, 2; P.A. 73-253, S. 1; P.A. 75-577, S. 6, 126; P.A. 79-609, S. 1; P.A. 80-276, S. 1, 6; P.A. 84-372, S. 5,
9; P.A. 90-213, S. 7; P.A. 98-181, S. 2.)
History: 1961 acts amended Subsec. (a) to add parking areas for ten cars or more and deleted exception for Merritt
Parkway from first sentence of Subsec. (b); 1963 acts established maximum speed limits in Subsec. (a)(2) and added roads
of specially chartered municipal associations; 1965 act added district roads to Subsec. (a); 1969 acts amended Subsecs.
(a) and (b) to add provisions re private roads and to establish speed limits applicable to commercial vehicles; P.A. 73-253
prohibited operation of vehicle at greater than reasonable speed on school property; P.A. 75-577 deleted provisions of
Subsec. (a) re operation at greater than reasonable speed, deleted Subsec. (b) re determination of speed limits and relettered
former Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b); P.A. 79-609 reduced speed limit from seventy to fifty-five miles per hour with limit
being generally applicable, special limit provisions were deleted; P.A. 80-276 inserted new Subsec. (b) re offenses deemed
infractions and expanded Subsec. (c) re speeding offenses and replaced one hundred dollar maximum fine with one hundred
dollar minimum fine and one hundred fifty dollar maximum fine; P.A. 84-372 established higher penalties for person
operating a truck; P.A. 90-213 amended Subdivs. (1) and (2) of Subsec. (c) to establish a maximum speed of eighty-five
miles per hour and added Subsec. (e) to require a person who violates Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (a), Subdiv. (1) of Subsec.
(b) while operating a truck, or Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (c) while operating a motor vehicle or truck to follow the procedures
set forth in Sec. 51-164n; P.A. 98-181 amended Subsec. (a) to exclude from Subdiv. (2) a highway for which a speed limit
has been established in accordance with Sec. 14-218a(b) and to add Subdiv. (3) prohibiting operation at a rate of speed
greater than sixty-five miles per hour on a highway for which a speed limit has been established in accordance with Sec.
14-218a(b), amended Subsec. (b) to exclude from Subdiv. (1) a highway for which a speed limit has been established in
accordance with Sec. 14-218a(b) and to add Subdiv. (2) prohibiting operation on a multiple lane, limited access highway
for which a speed limit has been established in accordance with Sec. 14-218a(b) at a rate of speed greater than sixty-five
miles per hour but not greater than seventy miles per hour, renumbering former Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3), and amended
Subsec. (e) to include a violation of Subdiv. (2) of Subsec. (b) while operating a truck.
See Sec. 14-107 re liability of owner, operator or lessee of vehicle.
See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.
See Sec. 14-219c re use of radar to support conviction.
See Sec. 14-222 re penalty for operation at rate of speed greater than eighty-five miles per hour.
The effect of exceeding former statutory speed limits. 81 C. 500; 90 C. 707; 98 C. 490; 99 C. 727; 106 C. 386. Former
statute applied. 102 C. 44. Excessive speed and failure to look ahead. 105 C. 693. Duty of driver to keep reasonable lookout.
108 C. 508, 546, 560. Permissible rate of speed depends on existing conditions. 108 C. 706. Endangering life of occupant
of vehicle being driven should be distinguished from endangering life of another, which is a violation of section 14-222.
124 C. 270. Where jury was cautioned that plaintiff was limited to negligence specified in complaint, it was not prejudicial
to read inapplicable portion of statute. 125 C. 512. Cited. 125 C. 448; 139 C. 719; 140 C. 274. Trier to decide whether the
speed was actually unreasonable under all the circumstances. 146 C. 470. If plaintiff's speed was unreasonable, it cannot
be said that as a matter of law, under the circumstances of the case, the excess speed was a proximate cause of the collision.
Id. Violation constitutes negligence per se. 147 C. 644. Cited. 148 C. 456. Prima facie evidence discussed. 148 C. 481.
Cited. 149 C. 385. Court may take judicial notice that radar is an accurate speed-measuring principle. 153 C. 365, 371.
Cited. 154 C. 100, 102. Cited. 170 C. 495, 509. Cited. 202 C. 629, 638. Cited. 208 C. 94, 99. Cited. 209 C. 98, 124.
Cited. 27 CA 346, 348. Cited. 29 CA 791, 800.
Right of Merritt Parkway Commission to fix speed limits under former statute discussed. 7 CS 165. Cited. 16 CS 398.
Prima facie presumption that driving at rate of speed exceeding posted speed limit is not reasonable. Proof of favorable
conditions is effective neither to rebut, as a matter of law, state's prima facie case nor to constitute, as a matter of law, a
defense to a prosecution under this section. 22 CS 464. Cited. 23 CS 303, 342. Passing at speed in excess of posted speed
limit and returning to right-hand lane are among circumstances for trier to consider in determining reasonableness of speed.
23 CS 437. Court may take judicial notice of regulations of state traffic commission. Id. Radar can show speed, and it is
for the trier to believe or disbelieve testimony with regard to the accuracy of the radar. 24 CS 13. Cited. 24 CS 91, 124,
160, 167, 345. Plea of guilty and absence of affidavit of explanation can result in inference that speeding was proximate
cause of accident. 25 CS 380. Cited. 26 CS 513. Officer's testimony that speedometer had recently been tested satisfies
requirement in speeding prosecutions of some showing of instrument's accuracy prior to admissibility. 37 CS 601, 602.
Cited. 39 CS 313, 318.
Speed recorded on radar unit admissible in evidence if accuracy of unit is established and car identified. 2 Conn. Cir.
Ct. 68. Defendant has right, prior to trial, to inspect radar equipment. Id., 369. Not abuse of discretion to refuse postponement
of trial when request made during trial. Id. Speeding violation may be established by circumstantial evidence. Id., 439.
Where facts conflict with witnesses' estimates of speed, the facts control. Id. It is for the trier to decide under all the
circumstances, some of which may be favorable to the driver, whether the speed was greater than was reasonable at the
time. Id., 644. Testimony of state trooper as to speed of defendant's vehicle during "clocking" period is admissible although
no foundation has been laid to establish accuracy of device by which trooper reached his conclusion. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 566,
568. Speedometer reading is only prima facie evidence. Trier of facts shall determine its credibility. Id. Operation of police
radar requires no technical knowledge of radar science. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 575, 577. Individual graphic record containing
alleged speed of defendant is admissible without producing graphic record covering entire period of operation. Id. Prima
facie evidence of defendant's speed of seventy miles an hour as unreasonable is rebuttable but casts on defendant burden
of going forward with the evidence his speed was reasonable under the conditions. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 93. Court will judicially
notice that radar instrument measures speed accurately. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 109. Expressed intent of legislature was to distinguish between the types of highways described in statute. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 374. Cited. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 461 (fn); 4 Conn.
Cir. Ct. 499 (fn). It is not double jeopardy to prosecute offender for two successive speeding offenses in different towns
in same hour of one day. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 102. This statute does not go much beyond the common law rule and the jury
must decide whether defendant's speed was negligent under the circumstances. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 671. Where there was no
evidence of the testing of the speedometer of the state trooper within a reasonable time before the clocking of the defendant's
car, evidence of the clocked speed was inadmissible. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 190. Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 333. Defense of entrapment
must establish the criminal design arose solely in the mind of the police. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 379. In a trial for violation of
this section, the court may not direct the jury to find a verdict of guilty even where there was a stipulation of all facts. 5
Conn. Cir. Ct. 223. Failure of officer issuing summons to defendant to correctly identify him in court or trial did not affect
the establishment of the identity of the driver where defendant had entered a general appearance and appeared for trial. 4
Conn. Cir. Ct. 697. Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 618. No clocked measurements are necessary to establish prima facie evidence
of speed in excess of the maximum limits. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 334. Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 161, 162, id., 560, 599.
Subsec. (a):
Each of the two sentences in this subsection states a separate interdict. 144 C. 399. Violation of this subsection would
be negligence per se. 165 C. 635. Subdiv. (1) cited. 176 C. 451, 452, 457, 458.
Cited. 34 CA 201, 203.
Subdiv. (2) cited. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 580; 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 516. In crime of speeding which is malum prohibitum the intent
to do the prohibited act is only intent necessary for conviction and motive of defendant is of no consequence. 4 Conn. Cir.
Ct. 573.
Subsec. (b):
Degree of excess speed over posted limit is factor to be considered by trier in determining whether, under all circumstances, a motor vehicle has been operated at greater than reasonable speed. 144 C. 399. Violation of posted speed limit
not negligence per se. 165 C. 635, 639.
History discussed; state traffic commission has authority to post speed limits on Merritt Parkway and it is proper to
admit evidence of posted speed. 23 CS 468.
Subsec. (c):
Cited. 14 CA 816. Cited. 17 CA 416, 417. Cited. 19 CA 432, 433. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 432, 434.
Cited. 34 CA 201, 203. Cited. 46 CA 633.
Cited. 41 CS 356, 357.
Sec. 14-219a. Parking area defined. Section 14-219a is repealed.
(1961, P.A. 379, S. 1; P.A. 77-340, S. 5; P.A. 84-429, S. 78.)
See Sec. 14-212 for definition of "parking area".
Sec. 14-219b. Limitation of municipal liability. Nothing in section 14-218a, subsection (a) of section 14-222 or subsection (a) of section 14-227a shall be construed to
impose any liability upon any municipality as a result of its establishing a speed limit
upon any private road within its jurisdiction as provided by section 14-218a.
(1969, P.A. 450, S. 5; P.A. 77-340, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 77-340 replaced references to Sec. 14-219 with references to Sec. 14-218a.
Sec. 14-219c. Use of speed monitoring devices to support a conviction. A prima
facie presumption of accuracy sufficient to support a conviction under section 14-219
will be accorded to a radar, speed monitoring laser, vascar device or any other speed
monitoring device approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety only upon testimony
by a competent police officer that: (1) The police officer operating the radar, laser, vascar
device or other device has adequate training and experience in its operation; (2) the
radar, laser, vascar device or other device was in proper working condition at the time
of the arrest, established by proof that suggested methods of testing the proper functioning of the device were followed; (3) the radar, laser, vascar device or other device was
used in an area where road conditions provide a minimum possibility of distortion; (4)
if moving radar was used, the speed of the patrol car was verified; and (5) the radar, laser,
vascar device or other device was expertly tested within a reasonable time following the
arrest, and such testing was done by means which do not rely on the internal calibrations
of such radar, laser, vascar device or other device.
(P.A. 79-609, S. 3; P.A. 92-141, S. 2, 3; P.A. 94-189, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 92-141 added references to lasers, vascar devices or other speed monitoring devices approved by the
commissioner of public safety; P.A. 94-189 amended Subdiv. (4), eliminating the reference to "laser, vascar device or
other device" since only when moving radar is used is the speed of the patrol car a factor.
Statute does not set out a test for admissibility of laser readings; purpose of statute is to provide a presumption of
accuracy for laser readings when state satisfies the five conditions contained in the statute. 70 CA 223.
Statute refers to the accuracy of radar readings and does not purport to create any prima facie presumptions with respect
to the accuracy of a patrol car's speedometer. 37 CS 601, 603. Court held to be reasonable in time test for accuracy conducted
three weeks after the arrest. 39 CS 313, 318.
Sec. 14-220. Slow speed. (a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle at a speed
lower than forty miles per hour on any limited access divided highway and no person
shall operate a motor vehicle on any other highway at such a slow speed as to impede
or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except, in either case, when
reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in an emergency, or in compliance with
the law or the direction of an officer. The provisions of this section shall not apply to (1)
maintenance vehicles or equipment of the state or any municipal highway department, or
to such vehicles or equipment of a contractor under contract with any such department
while engaged in maintenance operations; (2) any motor vehicle with a commercial
registration which while traveling on any limited access divided highway is unable to
maintain the minimum speed limit of forty miles per hour due to the gradient, or to any
such vehicle which while traveling on any other highway is being driven at such a slow
speed as to obstruct or endanger following traffic, provided the operator thereof employs
flashing lights on such motor vehicle.
(b) The operator of any motor vehicle having a gross weight of more than twenty-five thousand pounds shall also employ flashing lights when the vehicle is traveling on
a limited access divided highway and maintaining a speed higher than forty miles per
hour but lower than the speed of the traffic on the highway due to the gradient.
(c) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(1957, P.A. 136; 1967, P.A. 875; 1971, P.A. 618, S. 1; P.A. 75-577, S. 68, 126; P.A. 84-278; P.A. 90-263, S. 66, 74.)
History: 1967 act set minimum speed of forty on limited access divided highways; 1971 act excluded from provisions
commercial vehicles unable to maintain speed on grades and vehicles using flashing lights; P.A. 75-577 added statement
that violation of provisions is an infraction; P.A. 84-278 divided section into Subsecs. and added new language in Subsec.
(b), requiring operators of certain commercial motor vehicles to use flashing lights while traveling faster than forty miles
per hour but slower than the speed of traffic due to the gradient; P.A. 90-263 amended Subdiv. (2) of Subsec. (a) to substitute
phrase "motor vehicle with a commercial registration" for "commercial motor vehicle" and to delete other references to
"commercial" motor vehicle.
See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.
Requirement that there be a written request to charge on legal principle involved in a statute (Practice Book, section
250) is especially applicable to this section. 154 C. 381, 386.
Cited. 30 CA 742, 749.
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.
Sec. 14-222. Reckless driving. (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon
any public highway of the state, or any road of any specially chartered municipal association or of any district organized under the provisions of chapter 105, a purpose of which
is the construction and maintenance of roads and sidewalks, or in any parking area for
ten cars or more or upon any private road on which a speed limit has been established
in accordance with the provisions of section 14-218a or upon any school property recklessly, having regard to the width, traffic and use of such highway, road, school property
or parking area, the intersection of streets and the weather conditions. The operation of
a motor vehicle upon any such highway, road or parking area for ten cars or more at
such a rate of speed as to endanger the life of any person other than the operator of such
motor vehicle, or the operation, downgrade, upon any highway, of any motor vehicle
with a commercial registration with the clutch or gears disengaged, or the operation
knowingly of a motor vehicle with defective mechanism, shall constitute a violation of
the provisions of this section. The operation of a motor vehicle upon any such highway,
road or parking area for ten cars or more at a rate of speed greater than eighty-five miles
per hour shall constitute a violation of the provisions of this section.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned not more
than thirty days or be both fined and imprisoned for the first offense and for each subsequent offense shall be fined not more than six hundred dollars or imprisoned not more
than one year or be both fined and imprisoned.
(1949 Rev., S. 2408; 1961, P.A. 379, S. 3; 1963, P.A. 290; February, 1965, P.A. 224; 1969, P.A. 450, S. 3; 1971, P.A.
31; P.A. 73-253, S. 2; P.A. 77-340, S. 7; P.A. 81-268, S. 1; P.A. 90-213, S. 8; 90-263, S. 67, 74.)
History: 1961 act amended Subsec. (a) to include parking areas for ten or more cars; 1963 act amended Subsec. (a) to
include roads of specially chartered municipal associations; 1965 act added district roads to Subsec. (a); 1969 act prohibited
operating vehicle recklessly on private roads with established speed limits; 1971 act replaced "occupant" with "operator"
in Subsec. (a) provision re endangerment; P.A. 73-253 prohibited operating vehicle recklessly on school property; P.A.
77-340 replaced reference to Sec. 14-219 in Subsec. (a) with reference to Sec. 14-218a; P.A. 81-268 amended Subsec. (b)
by establishing a minimum fine of one hundred dollars and increasing the maximum fine from one hundred to three hundred
dollars for first offenses, and increasing the maximum fine for subsequent offenses from two hundred to six hundred
dollars; P.A. 90-213 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision that operation of a motor vehicle at a rate of speed greater than
eighty-five miles per hour constitutes a violation of the section; P.A. 90-263 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute phrase
"motor vehicle with a commercial registration" for "commercial motor vehicle".
See Sec. 14-107 re liability of owner, operator or lessee of vehicle.
See Sec. 14-111(b), (k) re suspension or revocation of operator's license.
See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.
See Sec. 14-112(a) re proof of financial responsibility.
See Sec. 14-219b re limitation of municipal liability.
Criminal homicide by reckless driving. 82 C. 671; 83 C. 437; 108 C. 212. Former statute applied. 93 C. 254. Driving
down icy hill in high gear. 105 C. 669. Violation does not entitle injured person to recover treble damages. 93 C. 249.
Doing any act prohibited by motor vehicle laws is negligence of itself, and is actionable when proximate cause of injury.
98 C. 495; 99 C. 727. Reckless driving does not lie in speed alone, but in that and other circumstances which together
show reckless disregard of consequences. 108 C. 214. Operating recklessly is operating without regard for safety of others.
123 C. 212. Negligence as a prerequisite for finding statute was violated. 117 C. 616, 617. Contributory negligence, while
not a defense to action for reckless misconduct, is a defense to action for negligence consisting in part of violation of this
statute. 116 C. 475; 123 C. 211, 212. Cited. 119 C. 314. Where complaint had no allegation of reckless driving, court
properly omitted reading portion of statute referring to it. 123 C. 177. Where jury was cautioned that plaintiff was limited
to negligence specified in complaint, it was not prejudicial to read inapplicable portion of statute. 125 C. 512. If speed in
passing vehicle was not such as to endanger any of its occupants, it did not constitute reckless driving. 124 C. 270. Violation
of this statute not necessarily established by fact only that defendant was driving under influence of liquor; or only that
car was going at high rate of speed. 132 C. 227. Excessive speed passing trolley car may be reckless driving. 132 C. 248.
Cited. 139 C. 719; 149 C. 385. The allegations of plaintiff's complaint that defendant was negligent because of actions
including violations of this statute were not sufficient to permit recovery upon the ground of reckless and wanton misconduct
by the defendant. 159 C. 91. Cited. 162 C. 565. Plaintiff's waiver of representation by counsel at hearing where his license
was suspended for contributing to accidental death precludes later claim of denial of procedural due process. 168 C. 94.
Police officer's failure to enforce this statute discussed. 187 C. 147, 148, 149, 152, 154, 162 (Diss. Op.). Cited. 202 C.
629, 638. Cited. 203 C. 305, 315. Cited. 208 C. 94, 99. Cited. 226 C. 191, 195. Cited. 230 C. 427, 428. Cited. 240 C. 489.
Cited. 9 CA 686, 730. Cited. 12 CA 306-308. Cited. 14 CA 347, 348, 355. Cited. 27 CA 225, 227, 238. Cited. Id., 377,
379. Cited. 32 CA 1, 2. Cited. 33 CA 49, 50. Cited. 36 CA 710, 714. Cited. 38 CA 8, 10; judgment reversed, see 236 C.
18 et seq. Cited. Id., 85, 86. Cited. 41 CA 664, 668. Evidence is sufficient to prove defendant operated motor vehicle
recklessly or at such a rate of speed as to endanger the life of another when state proves, beyond a reasonable doubt, that
defendant ignored posted warning signs, drove well in excess of the posted speed limit and operated vehicle in such a
reckless manner as to endanger the lives of the passengers. 51 CA 463.
Operating recklessly within the meaning of this section requires a conscious choice of action either with knowledge of
the serious danger to others involved in it or with knowledge of facts which would disclose this danger to a reasonable
man. There must be something more than a failure to use reasonable care, something more than gross negligence. 22 CS
391. Neither speed nor driving under the influence of liquor would alone be sufficient for a conviction for reckless driving,
but such circumstances in conjunction with other circumstances can be taken into consideration in determining whether a
defendant showed a reckless disregard of consequences. 22 CS 400. Nature of reckless misconduct discussed. 24 CS 108.
Cited. 24 CS 156, 157; 26 CS 184. The misconduct of the plaintiff was simple negligence and not the exacerbated type
which is reckless misconduct. 31 CS 325. Cited. 37 CS 661, 662. Cited. 38 CS 549.
Evidence of injuries received in auto accident relevant in proving offense. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 446. Reckless driving does
not lie in speed alone but in speed and other circumstances which, together, show a reckless disregard of circumstances.
Id., 501, 502. Cited. Id., 634. To establish violation of first sentence of statute reckless or wanton misconduct must be
shown. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 25. Guilt might be established under second sentence of statute by evidence which would prove
only that life was endangered. Id., 26, 27. Where only evidence relative to defendant's operational conduct is an estimate
of his speed at a point 600 feet before accident occurred, evidence held insufficient to warrant conclusion of guilt beyond
a reasonable doubt. Id., 28. Cited. Id., 294, 295. Presumption raised by section 14-107 that proof of registration number
of motor vehicle shall be prima facie evidence that owner was operator thereof is not violative of due process since there
is a rational and reasonable connection between the facts proved and the ultimate fact presumed. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 462,
463. Cited. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 380; 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 499 (fn); id., 541. Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 298.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 198 C. 43, 45. Cited. 236 C. 18, 20.
Cited. 38 CA 85, 86. Cited. 40 CA 643, 645.
Defendant who, following another car, bumped it from the rear more than once could reasonably be found guilty of
reckless driving under this section. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 509, 510.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 9 CA 686, 730.