Sec. 14-96g. Colors of lamps and reflectors. Reflective sheeting on certain vehicles. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 14-96g. Colors of lamps and reflectors. Reflective sheeting on certain vehicles. (a) Front clearance lamps, identification lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color.

      (b) Rear clearance lamps, identification lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color. Any motor vehicle or equipment owned by a governmental agency which is engaged in construction or maintenance work may display red or white reflective sheeting on the rear of such vehicle or equipment.

      (c) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except that the stop light or other signal device may be red, amber or yellow, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white or amber.

      (d) Each school bus or student transportation vehicle may display retroreflective tape or reflective sheeting on the rear or on the sides of such vehicle in accordance with regulations which shall be adopted by the commissioner pursuant to chapter 54.

      (e) Failure to have and mount lamps, reflectors or lighting devices as required by this section shall be an infraction.

      (1967, P.A. 834, S. 8; P.A. 75-577, S. 33, 126; P.A. 93-307, S. 3, 34; P.A. 97-236, S. 12, 27.)

      History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (d); P.A. 93-307 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that any motor vehicles or equipment owned by governmental agencies engaged in construction or maintenance work may display red or white reflective sheeting on the rear of such vehicles or equipment, effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 97-236 inserted new Subsec. (d) allowing school buses and student transportation vehicles to display reflective tape or sheeting in accordance with regulations and relettered former Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 1997.

      See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.