Connecticut § 14-96d Reflectors.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 14-96d — Reflectors.

Connecticut § 14-96d

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

Ch. 246Motor Vehicles

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-96d (2026).

Text

(a)Each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two or more red reflectors meeting the requirements of this section. Each motorcycle shall carry at least one such reflector.

(b)Each such reflector shall be mounted on the vehicle at a height of not less than fifteen inches nor more than sixty inches, and shall be of such size and characteristics and so mounted as to be visible at night from all distances within three hundred fifty feet to one hundred feet from such vehicle when directly in front of upper beams of head lamps.

(c)Failure to carry and mount reflectors as required in this section shall be an infraction.

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(a) Each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two or more red reflectors meeting the requirements of this section. Each motorcycle shall carry at least one such reflector. (b) Each such reflector shall be mounted on the vehicle at a height of not less than fifteen inches nor more than sixty inches, and shall be of such size and characteristics and so mounted as to be visible at night from all distances within three hundred fifty feet to one hundred feet from such vehicle when directly in front of upper beams of head lamps. (c) Failure to carry and mount reflectors as required in this section shall be an infraction.

Legislative History

(1967, P.A. 834, S. 5; P.A. 75-577, S. 30, 126; P.A. 90-263, S. 22, 74.) History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (c); P.A. 90-263 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute 15 for 20 inches as a minimum mounted height.