2011 Connecticut Code
Title 14 Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 248 Vehicle Highway Use
Sec. 14-289d. Vision-protecting devices for motorcyclists.

      Sec. 14-289d. Vision-protecting devices for motorcyclists. (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue regulations, in accordance with nationally accepted standards, concerning specifications for vision-protecting devices, including but not limited to goggles, glasses, face shields, windshields and wind screens for use by operators of motorcycles.

      (b) Failure to wear either goggles, glasses or a face shield of a type which conforms to the minimum specifications as called for by such regulations shall be an infraction. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to operators of motorcycles equipped with a wind screen or windshield which conforms to the minimum specifications called for by such regulations.

      (1967, P.A. 375, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-577, S. 114, 126.)

      History: P.A. 75-577 replaced provision for $100 maximum fine in Subsec. (b) with statement that failure to wear goggles, glasses or face shield is an infraction.

      Cited. 194 C. 129.