(a) No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in a proper position on the highway as required by section
14-241, or turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a highway unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety. No person shall so turn any vehicle without giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in section
14-244.
(b) A signal of intention to turn right or left shall be given continuously during not less than the last one hundred feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.
(c) No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in section 14-244 to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give such signal.
(d) No person shall turn a vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near the crest of, a grade, where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within five hundred feet, or at any location where signs prohibiting U-turns are posted by any traffic authority.
(e) The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or within the area formed by the extension of the lateral lines of the private alley, road or driveway across the full width of the public highway with which it intersects, or so close to such intersection of public highways or to the area formed by the extension of the lateral lines of said private alley, road or driveway across the full width of the public highway as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(f) No person operating a vehicle who overtakes and passes a person riding a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter and proceeding in the same direction shall make a right turn at any intersection or into any private road or driveway unless the turn can be made with reasonable safety and will not impede the travel of the person riding the bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter.
(g) Violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be an infraction.
(1955, S. 1394d; 1963, P.A. 258; 1971, P.A. 66, S. 1; P.A. 75-577, S. 86, 126; P.A. 00-70; P.A. 18-165, S. 10; P.A. 19-162, S. 8.)
History: 1963 act removed qualification in Subsec. (a) that turn without signal should not be made “if any other traffic may be affected by such movement”; 1971 act added Subsec. (e); P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (f); P.A. 00-70 added new Subsec. (f) to prohibit a person making a right turn in front of a bicyclist unless the turn can be made with reasonable safety and will not impede the travel of the bicyclist and redesignated former Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (g); P.A. 18-165 amended Subsec. (f) to add references to electric bicycle; P.A. 19-162 amended Subsec. (f) to add references to electric foot scooter and make conforming changes.
See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.
See Sec. 14-295 re assessment of double or treble damages.
Failure to signal is negligence as a matter of law but such negligence is a question of fact in determining proximate causation. 142 C. 142; 147 C. 187. Former statute cited. 145 C. 187. Violation is negligence per se but charge held adequate which stated that statute required a certain course of action. 146 C. 10. Cited. 149 C. 371. Where, in special defense of contributory negligence, defendant's alleged failure to use care of reasonably prudent person, to keep proper lookout and to operate automobile in such manner as to prevent collision, reference by court in its charge to statute was proper. Id., 386. Cited. 150 C. 355; 155 C. 409; 163 C. 146. Statute places a duty of reasonable safety on a driver who wishes to turn left into a private alleyway. 165 C. 422. Whether defendant violated section and such violation was the proximate cause of plaintiff's damage are questions for the jury. 167 C. 533. Cited. 179 C. 388; 206 C. 608; 234 C. 660.
Cited 2 CA 164; 4 CA 451; 17 CA 471; 22 CA 142; 30 CA 742; 36 CA 710; 43 CA 636.
Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 694.
Subsec. (a):
No exception to signal requirement exists merely because there is no risk of collision in making turn. 154 C. 620. Cited. 166 C. 240. Plaintiff stopped his vehicle at curb and then turned left into driveway without signaling; this was violation of this Subsec., not Subsec. (b). 168 C. 64.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
47
cases (
3 in the last 5 years), 1960–2024 · leading case:
State v. Jenkins, 3 A.3d 806 (Conn. 2010).
State v. Jenkins, 3 A.3d 806 (Conn. 2010).
· cites it 6× “Morgan then activated his cruiser's emergency lights and initiated a traffic stop for making lane changes without signaling in violation of General Statutes § 14-242. After Morgan stopped the Altima on the shoulder of the turnpike near its intersection with Griswoldville Avenue,…”
Daley v. Kashmanian, 344 Conn. 464 (Conn. 2022).
· cites it 10× “intersection, an approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right half of the highway nearest the center line thereof and by passing to the right of such center line where it enters the intersection, and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be…”
Odom v. Matteo, 772 F. Supp. 2d 377 (D. Conn. 2011).
· cites it 4× “Maffeo argues that his use of force was reasonable because he was using force to effectuate an arrest of Odom for committing traffic infractions, namely failure to signal in violation of Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-242 and traveling unreasonably fast in violation of Conn.”
Jack v. Scanlon, 495 A.2d 1084 (Conn. App. Ct. 1985).
· cites it 7× “His liability, by those assertions, had numerous bases, including acts which amounted to a violation of General Statutes § 14-242 for which double or treble damages may be assessed pursuant to § 14-295, as well as other acts of negligence for which double or treble damages are…”
State v. Geisler, 576 A.2d 1283 (Conn. App. Ct. 1990).
· cites it 5× “The defendant claims that the trial court should not have used General Statutes § 14-242, the statute providing for the civil violation of making an improper left turn, to explain to the jury what would constitute an improper left turn in the case before them.”
Cole v. New Haven, 337 Conn. 326 (Conn. 2020).
· cites it 4× “’’ 8 General Statutes § 14-242 provides in relevant part: ‘‘(a) No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in a proper position on the highway as required by section 14-241, or turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway or otherwise turn a…”
Kolakowski v. Hadley, 685 A.2d 689 (Conn. App. Ct. 1996).
· cites it 6× “” When the plaintiff reached the intersection of Crescent Street and Howard Avenue, he made a right turn onto Howard Avenue without signaling in violation of General Statutes § 14-242. 2 Bender continued to follow the plaintiff and activated the overhead lights of his police…”
Horenian v. Washington, 15 A.3d 1194 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011).
· cites it 5× “The plaintiff subsequently was summoned to appear before the trial court in order to answer for the charge of making an improper U-tum in violation of General Statutes § 14-242 2 — the infraction listed on the traffic *95 citation.”
State v. Jenkins, 934 A.2d 281 (Conn. App. Ct. 2007).
· cites it 4× “General Statutes § 14-242 (a) provides: “No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in a proper position on the highway as required by section 14-241, or turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct…”
Thomas v. Commerford, 357 A.2d 476 (Conn. 1975).
· cites it 8× “In its charge to the jury the trial court read § 14-242 of the General Statutes and instructed them that if they should find that Thomas did not signal his turn into the private driveway for at least one hundred feet prior to making the turn, then they must find that he was in…”
State v. Jones-Richards, 855 A.2d 979 (Conn. 2004).
· cites it 5× “Jones-Richards, was convicted, following a guilty plea, of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of General Statutes § 14-227a (a) (2), 1 of executing an improper turn in violation of General Statutes § 14-242 (a) 2 and, after a…”
VIP OF BERLIN, LLC v. Town of Berlin, 644 F. Supp. 2d 151 (D. Conn. 2009).
· cites it 6× “Plaintiff VIP of Berlin, LLC (“VIP”) seeks a preliminary injunction enjoining the defendant Town of Berlin (“Berlin”) and its agents, officers, and representatives from enforcing the definition of “adult oriented store” contained in Berlin Code of Ordinances § 14-242 against VIP…”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-242(a) — 2 cases
State v. Jenkins, 934 A.2d 281 (Conn. App. Ct. 2007).
“General Statutes § 14-242 (a) provides: “No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in a proper position on the highway as required by section 14-241, or turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct…”
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