2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of The Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles
Section 14-98a - Tires to be in safe operating condition.

No person shall operate a motor vehicle or trailer upon the public highways unless such motor vehicle or trailer is equipped with tires in safe operating condition in accordance with requirements approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. The commissioner shall establish standards of safe operating condition for tires mounted on vehicles, using simple measuring gauges. Said requirements shall encompass effects of tread wear and depth of tread. This section shall not apply to self-propelled combines, self-propelled corn and hay harvesting machines and tractors used exclusively for agricultural purposes. Any law enforcement officer, at any time, upon reasonable cause to believe that the tires of a vehicle are unsafe or it is equipped with tires in violation of the provision of this section, may require the operator of such vehicle to stop and submit the tires of such vehicle to an inspection. If the inspection discloses the vehicle to be in violation, the officer may issue a summons for such violation. Operation of a motor vehicle or, as owner permitting the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.

(1967, P.A. 881; P.A. 75-577, S. 55, 126; P.A. 98-182, S. 2, 22.)

History: P.A. 75-577 replaced provision for $50 maximum fine with statement that violation is an infraction; P.A. 98-182 deleted motor vehicles used exclusively for farming purposes from exemption, effective July 1, 1998.