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2020 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use
Section 14-240a - Vehicles to be driven reasonable distance apart. Intent to harass or intimidate.

Universal Citation:
CT Gen Stat § 14-240a (2020)
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(a) No person operating a motor vehicle shall follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having regard for the speed of such vehicles, the traffic upon and the condition of the roadway or highway and weather conditions, with the intent to harass or intimidate the operator of the preceding motor vehicle.

(b) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or be both fined and imprisoned for the first offense and for each subsequent offense shall be fined not more than six hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned.

(P.A. 84-516, S. 6.)

See Sec. 14-111g operator's retraining program.

Cited. 206 C. 608.

Cited. 4 CA 451; 9 CA 686.

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