Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-238 (2025)

Controlled-access highways

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No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled-access highway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority. Violation of this section shall be an infraction.

(1955, S. 1390d; P.A. 75-577, S. 81, 126.)

History: P.A. 75-577 stated that violation of section is an infraction.

See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.

See Sec. 14-295 re assessment of double or treble damages.

Cited. 161 C. 204; 206 C. 608.

Cited. 4 CA 451.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1971–2002 · leading case: State v. Hackett, 804 A.2d 225 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002).
State v. Hackett, 804 A.2d 225 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 2× “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, parking area for ten or more cars, private *134 road with established speed limit, school property);…”
Toomey v. Danaher, 286 A.2d 293 (Conn. 1971). “A second statute concerns the prohibition against changing lanes on a multilane highway before ascertaining that such a movement can be made safely.”
Goggins v. Reinzo Trucking Co., 348 A.2d 569 (Conn. 1974). “Even from this brief statement it becomes apparent that we are concerned, in our deliberations, with two statutes, namely, § 14-238, “Passing on right,” and § 14-242, “Turns restricted.”
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