Section 14-289b - Operation of motorcycles and autocycles(a) The operator of a motorcycle shall be entitled to the full use of any single traffic lane, but the operation of more than two motorcycles abreast in any single traffic lane is prohibited.(b) The operator of a motorcycle shall not (1) overtake and pass, in the same single traffic lane occupied by such motorcycle, any motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, or (2) operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic. An autocycle shall not overtake and pass any motor vehicle operating in the same single traffic lane occupied by such autocycle.(c) Any person operating a motorcycle manufactured after January 1, 1980, on a highway, shall illuminate the head lamp of such motorcycle at all times it is being operated.(d) No provision of this section shall apply to a police officer during the performance of his official duties.(e) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall have committed an infraction.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-289b
(1967, P.A. 396, S. 1; P.A. 75-577, S. 113, 126; P.A. 79-590; P.A. 84-429, S. 41; P.A. 15-46, S. 7.)
Amended by P.A. 15-0046, S. 7 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2015. Cited. 194 Conn. 129.
See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.