Section 14-96y - Number of head lamps. Number in combination with other lamps.

CT Gen Stat § 14-96y (2019) (N/A)
Copy with citation
Copy as parenthetical citation

(a) At all times specified in subsection (a) of section 14-96a, at least two lighted lamps shall be displayed, one on each side at the front of every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, except when such vehicle is parked subject to the regulations governing lights on parked vehicles.

(b) Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps as herein required is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps or a spot lamp or any other lamp on the front thereof projecting a beam of intensity greater than three hundred candlepower, not more than a total of four of any such lamps on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when upon a highway.

(c) Failure to have lamps as required by this section shall be an infraction.

(1967, P.A. 834, S. 27; P.A. 75-577, S. 51, 126.)

History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (c).