Connecticut § 14-237 Driving on divided highways.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 14-237 — Driving on divided highways.

Connecticut § 14-237

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

Ch. 248Vehicle Highway Use

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-237 (2026).

Text

When any highway has been divided into two roadways by leaving an intervening space or by a physical barrier or clearly indicated dividing section, each vehicle shall be driven only upon the right-hand roadway and no vehicle shall be driven over or across any such dividing space, barrier or section, except through an opening or at a crossover or intersection established by public authority. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction. See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program. See Sec. 14-295 re assessment of double or treble damages.

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When any highway has been divided into two roadways by leaving an intervening space or by a physical barrier or clearly indicated dividing section, each vehicle shall be driven only upon the right-hand roadway and no vehicle shall be driven over or across any such dividing space, barrier or section, except through an opening or at a crossover or intersection established by public authority. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction. See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program. See Sec. 14-295 re assessment of double or treble damages.

Legislative History

(1955, S. 1389d; P.A. 75-577, S. 80, 126.) History: P.A. 75-577 stated that violation of provisions is an infraction. To require affirmative proof of an intent to commit the act prohibited would import into statute a requirement never contemplated by the legislature; where the course of a motor vehicle is contrary to statute, it is usually a permissible inference that the operator of the vehicle was the responsible agent in causing it to take that course. 150 C. 35. Cited. 161 C. 204; 191 C. 266; 206 C. 608; 234 C. 660. Cited. 1 CA 517; 4 CA 451. An esplanade dividing northbound and southbound roadways is sufficient “intervening space”; knowledge or intention forms no element of the offense; the act alone, irrespective of its motive, constitutes the crime. 23 CS 197. Cited. 38 CS 675.