Sec. 14-214. Instruction of unlicensed person in motor vehicle operation. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 14-214. Instruction of unlicensed person in motor vehicle operation. Any licensed operator, being twenty years of age or older and having had an operator's license to operate a motor vehicle of the same class as the motor vehicle being operated for at least four years preceding the date of such instruction, may instruct a person sixteen or seventeen years of age who holds a learner's permit issued in accordance with subsection (c) of section 14-36, or a person who is eighteen years of age or older, in the operation of a motor vehicle. Any person so instructing another in the use of any motor vehicle shall be responsible for the operation thereof. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.

      (1949 Rev., S. 2421; 1969, P.A. 55, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 20; P.A. 75-577, S. 66, 126; P.A. 96-248, S. 3, 4; P.A. 97-1, S. 3, 4.)

      History: 1969 act required instructor to be 21 and to have had license in class of vehicle for which instruction is being given for 2 years, added exception re motorcycles and raised fine from $10 to $50; 1972 act dropped age requirement to 18, reflecting change in age of majority; P.A. 75-577 replaced fine provision with statement that violation deemed to be infraction; P.A. 96-248 raised minimum age for instructor from 18 to 20 and required holding license in class of vehicle for which instruction is being given for minimum of 4, rather than 2, years, authorized instruction of persons who hold a learner's permit under Subsec. (b) of Sec. 14-36 and eliminated exception re motorcycles and requirement that instructor be "so seated as to control the operation of the motor vehicle", effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-1 provided that instructor may be older than 20 years of age, limited instruction of holders of learners' permits to persons 16 and 17 years of age, substituted reference to Subsec. (c) for (b), and authorized instruction of persons 18 years of age or older, effective January 30, 1997.

      See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.

      If owner of car allows another to drive it, but himself retains control of it, he is liable for actual driver's negligence. 119 C. 563. Cited. 175 C. 112.

      Cited. 30 CS 233.