(a) Each person riding a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter, upon the traveled portion of a highway and intending to make a left turn after proceeding pursuant to the provisions of section
14-244 or subsection (b) of this section may, in lieu of the procedure prescribed by section
14-241, approach as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the highway, proceed across the intersecting roadway and make such turn as close as practicable to the curb or edge of the highway on the far side of the intersection, provided such procedure is not prohibited by any regulation issued by any town, city, borough or the Office of the State Traffic Administration.
(b) Each person riding a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter upon the traveled portion of a highway and intending to make a right turn may, in lieu of the procedure prescribed by section 14-244, before turning and while in motion or if stopped while waiting to turn, signal such turn by extending such person's right hand and arm horizontally with forefinger extended.
(c) No person operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter upon the traveled portion of a highway and intending to make a right or left turn shall be required when making a signal of such intention to make such signal continuously.
(P.A. 77-375, S. 4; P.A. 12-132, S. 26; P.A. 17-79, S. 27; P.A. 18-165, S. 13; P.A. 19-162, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 12-132 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “State Traffic Commission” with “Office of the State Traffic Administration”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-79 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes; P.A. 18-165 added “or an electric bicycle, as defined in section 14-1,” in Subsecs. (a) to (c); P.A. 19-162 deleted references to Sec. 14-1, added references to electric foot scooter and made technical changes.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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cases, 2001–2002 · 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× “…§ 14-272a (public highway); General Statutes § 14-279 (highway, private road, parking area, school property); General Statutes § 14-284 (highway); General Statutes § 14-285 (highway); General Statutes § 14-286a (highway); General Statutes § 14-286b (roadway); General…”
Ipacs v. Cranford, 783 A.2d 1044 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001).
· cites it 4× “” The court also charged the jury, at the defendants’ request, on every statutory violation that the plaintiff allegedly had committed: Failure to signal a left hand turn in violation of General Statutes § 14-286c; failure to make her turn as close as practicable to the curb or…”
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