Connecticut § 14-243 Starting or backing vehicle.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 14-243 — Starting or backing vehicle.

Connecticut § 14-243

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

Ch. 248Vehicle Highway Use

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-243 (2026).

Text

(a)No person shall move a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other traffic, nor without signalling as provided by section 14-244.

(b)No person shall back a vehicle unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other traffic.

(c)Violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be an infraction. See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.

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(a) No person shall move a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other traffic, nor without signalling as provided by section 14-244. (b) No person shall back a vehicle unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other traffic. (c) Violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be an infraction. See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.

Legislative History

(1955, S. 1396d; February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 25; P.A. 75-577, S. 87, 126.) History: 1965 act added “and without interfering with other traffic” to Subsec. (a); P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (c). In request to charge, party must employ greater specificity than mere paraphrase of certain portions of statute without hint of their applicability to, or operative effect on, the case. 149 C. 541. Cited. 180 C. 137. Cited. 3 CA 391. Cited. 10 CS 68.