As used in sections
14-379 to
14-390, inclusive, subdivisions (3) and (4) of section
12-430 and sections
12-431,
14-33,
14-163 and
53-205, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles;
(2) “Snowmobile” means any self-propelled vehicle designed for travel on snow or ice, except vehicles propelled by sail;
(3) “Snowmobile dealer” means a person engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling new snowmobiles or selling new or used snowmobiles, or both, having an established place of business for the sale, trade and display of such snowmobiles;
(4) “All-terrain vehicle” means a self-propelled vehicle designed to travel over unimproved terrain that has been determined by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to be unsuitable for operation on the public highways and is not eligible for registration under chapter 246;
(5) “All-terrain vehicle dealer” means any person engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling new all-terrain vehicles, or both, having an established place of business for the manufacture, sale, trade and display of such all-terrain vehicles; and
(6) “Operate” means to control the course of or otherwise use a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle.
(1969, P.A. 752, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 848, S. 3; P.A. 10-32, S. 53.)
History: 1971 act redefined “operate” to include all-terrain vehicles and defined “all-terrain vehicle” and “all-terrain vehicle dealer”; P.A. 10-32 made technical changes, effective May 10, 2010.
All-terrain vehicle qualifies for uninsured motorist coverage under the policy definition. 45 CS 144.
Notes of Decisions
McCoy v. Comm'r of Pub. Saf., 12 A.3d 948 (Conn. 2011).
· cites it 6× “and `motor vehicle' includes a snowmobile and all-terrain vehicle, as those terms are defined in section 14-379. * * * "(g) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall.”
State v. Knybel, 916 A.2d 816 (Conn. 2007).
· cites it 3× “” General Statutes § 14-379. Furthermore, testimony adduced at the defendant’s probation revocation hearing established that the ATV that the defendant was operating was “[a] three-wheel ATV” and “[a]n all-terrain vehicle, as far as the ATV laws are concerned.”
State v. Coccomo, 31 A.3d 1012 (Conn. 2011).
· cites it 2× “hundredths of one per cent or more of alcohol, by weight, except that if such person is operating a commercial motor vehicle, `elevated blood alcohol content' means a ratio of alcohol in the blood of such person that is four-hundredths of one per cent or more of alcohol, by…”
Warner v. Leslie-Elliott Constructors, Inc., 479 A.2d 231 (Conn. 1984).
“General Statutes § 52-557j provides: “No landowner may be held liable for any injury sustained by any person operating a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, as defined in section 14-379, motorcycle or minibike or minicycle, as defined in section 14-1, upon the landowner’s property…”
State v. Burnell, 966 A.2d 168 (Conn. 2009).
“For the purposes of this section, ‘elevated blood alcohol content,’ means a ratio of alcohol in the blood of such person that is eight-hundredths of one per cent or more of alcohol, by weight, and ‘motor vehicle’ includes a snowmobile and all-terrain vehicle, as those terms are…”
Drisdelle v. City of Hartford, 488 A.2d 465 (Conn. App. Ct. 1985).
“General Statutes § 52-557j provides: “No landowner may be held liable for any injury sustained by any person operating a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, as defined in section 14-379, motorcycle or minibike or minicycle, as defined in section 14-1, upon the landowner’s property…”
State v. Fontaine, 962 A.2d 197 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009).
· cites it 4× “The defendant contends that mopeds should be distinguished from ATVs because ATVs are defined as “a self-propelled vehicle”; see General Statutes § 14-379; while a moped is not wholly self-propelled and in some cases must be propelled by the rider’s own feet.”
Norfolk & Dedham Mut. Fire Ins. v. Wysocki, 702 A.2d 675 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1996).
· cites it 2× “) In addition, General Statutes § 14-379 defines an all-terrain vehicle as “a self-propelled vehicle designed to travel over unimproved terrain and which has been determined by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to be unsuitable for operation on the public highways which is not…”
State v. King, 204 Conn. App. 1 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021).
“redths of one per cent or more of alcohol, by weight, except that if such person is operating a com- mercial motor vehicle, ‘elevated blood alcohol content’ means a ratio of alcohol in the blood of such person that is four-hundredths of one per cent or more of alcohol, by…”
Hamlin v. Waterbury (D. Conn. 2019).
“hundredths of one per cent or more of alcohol, by weight, except that if such person is operating a commercial motor vehicle, “elevated blood alcohol content” means a ratio of alcohol in the blood of such person that is four-hundredths of one per cent or more of alcohol, by…”
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