Connecticut General Statutes
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-233 (2026)
Passing on right
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The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only when conditions permit such movement in safety and under the following conditions: (1) When the vehicle overtaken is making or has signified the intention to make a left turn; (2) when lines of vehicles traveling in the same direction in adjoining traffic lanes have come to a stop or have reduced their speed; (3) upon a one-way street free from obstructions and of sufficient width for two or more lines of moving vehicles; (4) upon a limited access highway or parkway free from obstructions with three or more lanes provided for traffic in one direction. Such movement shall not be made by driving off the pavement or main-traveled portion of the highway except where lane designations, signs, signals or markings provide for such movement. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(1955, S. 1387d; 1957, P.A. 258; February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 20; P.A. 75-577, S. 76, 126.)
History: 1965 act added exception re when driving off pavement or main-traveled portion of road permitted; P.A. 75-577 added statement that violation of provisions is an infraction.
See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.
See Sec. 14-295 re assessment of double or treble damages.
Cited. 147 C. 638. A charge under section that vehicle overtaking defendant could properly pass on his right only if defendant had given signal of his intention to turn left was incorrect, since it overlooked possibility, also contemplated by section, that defendant was actually engaged in making a left turn. 150 C. 349. Cited. 166 C. 240; 206 C. 608.
Cited. 4 CA 451.
Cited. 38 CS 482.
Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 333.
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1960–2022 · leading case: Daley v. Kashmanian, 280 A.3d 68 (Conn. 2022).
Daley v. Kashmanian, 280 A.3d 68 (Conn. 2022). “rtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless the left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the safe operation of…”
Goggins v. Reinzo Trucking Co., 348 A.2d 569 (Conn. 1974). “” The applicability of this statute to the plaintiffs’ conduct must be considered, however, in conjunction with the actions of the defendant Kennedy under § 14-233 which provides, in relevant part: “The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle…”
State v. Germain, 65 A.3d 536 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013). “The defendant, Ronald Germain, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a trial to the court, of failure to comply with the passing *806 on the right rule in violation of General Statutes § 14-233 1 and traveling unreasonably fast in violation of General Statutes…”
Fasanelli v. Terzo, 189 A.2d 500 (Conn. 1963). “The court, calling attention to the defendant’s claim that the plaintiff should have passed to the right of the defendant, stated that there was an exception to § 14-232, the statute which requires passing to be on the left, and that the excepting statute, §14-233, provided that…”
Angelino v. Hersey, 165 A.2d 152 (Conn. 1960). “The failure of counsel to submit, in accordance with Practice Book § 153, proper requests to charge covering such applicable *641 statutes as were in effect on the date of the collision, the failure of either the complaint or the special defense of the answer clearly to…”
McCrea v. Cumberland Farms, Inc., 255 A.3d 871 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021). “3 The defendants alleged, inter alia, that Pettway was negligent in having failed (1) to keep a proper lookout for other motor vehicles on the highway, (2) to keep a proper and reasonable control of his vehicle, (3) to apply his brakes or to steer his vehicle in a manner so as…”
State v. Humphreys, 853 S.E.2d 789 (N.C. Ct. App. 2020). “C.G.S. § 14-233, the State must present substantial evidence to support a finding the defendant willfully and unlawfully obstructed, delayed, or resisted a public officer.”
Hamlin v. Waterbury (D. Conn. 2019). “The § 14-233(b) offense to which the plaintiff pleaded nolo contendere required proof that he (1) increased his speed (2) when signaled to stop by a police officer using an audible signal or revolving lights and, in doing so, (3) caused the death of another person.”
State v. Pontillo, 252 A.2d 141 (Conn. App. Ct. 1968). “The information charged the defendant in the first count with the crime of speeding in violation of § 14-219 of the General Statutes; in the second count with passing on the right in violation of § 14-233; and in the third count with failing to stop for a signal light in…”
State v. Kramer, 451 A.2d 1153 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1982). “The defendant has appealed from his conviction of passing on the right in violation of General Statutes § 14-233. 1 *483 The sole issue raised by the defendant is that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the court’s finding that the defendant was guilty beyond a reasonable…”
Bartley v. City of High Point, 873 S.E.2d 525 (N.C. 2022). “C.G.S. § 14-233 (resisting, delaying, and obstructing a public officer) for exiting his vehicle and refusing to obey commands.”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-233(b): 1 case
Hamlin v. Waterbury (D. Conn. 2019). “The § 14-233(b) offense to which the plaintiff pleaded nolo contendere required proof that he (1) increased his speed (2) when signaled to stop by a police officer using an audible signal or revolving lights and, in doing so, (3) caused the death of another person.”
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