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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-235 (2025)

Vehicle not to be driven on left side of highway on curve or upgrade

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No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the highway (1) when approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve or elsewhere in the highway where a free and unobstructed view of the highway ahead may not be had for a sufficient distance to insure driving with safety or (2) when approaching within one hundred feet of or crossing any intersection or railroad grade crossing. These limitations shall not apply on a one-way street or highway so designated by any traffic authority. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.

(1955, S. 1385d; P.A. 75-577, S. 78, 126.)

History: 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. 149 C. 385; 150 C. 356; 206 C. 608; 208 C. 94.

Cited. 4 CA 451.

The only intent requisite to a conviction is the intent or purpose to do the prohibited act; without that intent, no crime has been committed. 24 CS 214.

Where defendant contended that he was not aware of intersection, that there were no “no passing” signs and that he had no intent to commit prohibited act, held that affirmative proof of intent is not required; 24 CS 214 distinguished. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 9, 10, 11.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1962–2022 · leading case: Daley v. Kashmanian, 280 A.3d 68 (Conn. 2022).
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Daley v. Kashmanian, 280 A.3d 68 (Conn. 2022). · cites it 2× “2d 984 (2000) (concluding that § 14-283 (b) provides emergency vehicle operator with immunity from criminal prosecution for violation of traffic laws, including improper passing in violation of General Statutes § 14-232 and improper driving on left side of highway on curve in…”
State v. Nesteriak, 760 A.2d 984 (Conn. App. Ct. 2000). · cites it 3× “” General Statutes § 14-235 provides: “No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the highway (1) when approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve or elsewhere in the highway where a free and unobstructed view of the highway ahead may not be had for a sufficient…”
State v. Hackett, 804 A.2d 225 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 2× “es § 14-224 (c) and (d) (public highway, limited access highway); General Statutes § 14-225 (public street or highway, parking area for ten or more cars, school property); General Statutes § 14-227a (public highway, road of specially chartered municipal association or district,…”
Fain v. Benak, 258 A.3d 112 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 2× “tions, in violation of’’ General Statutes §14-218a; (15) ‘‘[o]perated her motor vehicle at an excessive rate of speed under the circumstances then and there existing’’; (16) ‘‘[o]perated her motor vehicle on the left side of the highway in violation of’’ General Statutes §§…”
Domenick v. Wilbert Burial Vault Co., 180 A.2d 290 (Conn. 1962). · cites it 2× “1949, § 2408, presently General Statutes §14-222), and after reading pertinent portions of those statutes to the jury, the court also called their attention to § 1385d of the 1955 Cumulative Supplement (presently General Statutes §14-235), and read from that statute as follows:…”
Fasanelli v. Terzo, 189 A.2d 500 (Conn. 1963). “Section 14-235 prohibits the driving of any vehicle to the left side of the highway when the vehicle is approaching within 100 feet of or crossing an intersection.”
State v. Binders, 1 Conn. Cir. Ct. 506 (Conn. App. Ct. 1962). · cites it 2× “Prom his conviction for the crime of failure to drive to the right on a curve in violation of § 14-235 of the General Statutes, the defendant has appealed, assigning as error certain findings of fact by the trial court, its refusal to find certain facts and its ultimate…”
Faulkner v. Daddona, 63 A.3d 993 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013). “The plaintiff claimed that Conard breached his duties in that “he failed to enforce [General Statutes] § 14-235 by allowing . . . Moscaritolo to operate his vehicle on the left side of the highway on a curve or upgrade .”
State v. Halprin, 224 A.2d 408 (Conn. App. Ct. 1966). “From his conviction for the crime of driving to the left side of the highway when approaching within 100 feet of, or crossing, any intersection, in violation of § 14-235 of the General Statutes, the defendant has appealed, assigning as error the refusal of the court to correct…”
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