Connecticut § 14-96x Head lamp of motorcycle.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 14-96x — Head lamp of motorcycle.

Connecticut § 14-96x

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

Ch. 246Motor Vehicles

This text of Connecticut § 14-96x (Head lamp of motorcycle.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Connecticut primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-96x (2026).

Text

The head lamp or head lamps upon every motorcycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type but, in either event, shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows:

(1)Every such head lamp on a motorcycle shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of not less than one hundred feet when the motorcycle is operated at any speed less than twenty-five miles per hour and at a distance of not less than two hundred feet when the motorcycle is operated at a speed of twenty-five or more miles per hour, and at a distance of not less than three hundred feet when the motorcycle is operated at a speed of thirty-five or more miles per hour.

(2)If the motorcycle is equipped with a multiple-beam head lamp or head lamps, the upper beam shall meet the min

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

The head lamp or head lamps upon every motorcycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type but, in either event, shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows: (1) Every such head lamp on a motorcycle shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of not less than one hundred feet when the motorcycle is operated at any speed less than twenty-five miles per hour and at a distance of not less than two hundred feet when the motorcycle is operated at a speed of twenty-five or more miles per hour, and at a distance of not less than three hundred feet when the motorcycle is operated at a speed of thirty-five or more miles per hour. (2) If the motorcycle is equipped with a multiple-beam head lamp or head lamps, the upper beam shall meet the minimum requirements set forth above and shall not exceed the limitations set forth in subsection (a) of section 14-96t and the lowermost beam shall meet the requirements applicable to a lowermost distribution of light as set forth in subsection (b) of said section. (3) If the motorcycle is equipped with a single-beam lamp or lamps, such lamp or lamps shall be so aimed that, when the vehicle is loaded, none of the high-intensity portion of light, at a distance of twenty-five feet ahead, shall project higher than the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes. Failure to have lamps as required by this section shall be an infraction.

Legislative History

(1967, P.A. 834, S. 26; P.A. 75-577, S. 50, 126.) History: P.A. 75-577 added provision that violation of requirements is an infraction. Cited. 29 CA 791.