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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-96g: Colors of lamps and reflectors. Reflective sheeting on certain vehicles.

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  1. TITLE 14. MOTOR VEHICLES. USE OF THE HIGHWAY BY VEHICLES. GASOLINE
  2. CHAPTER 246*. MOTOR VEHICLES
  3. PART V. EQUIPMENT

(a) Front clearance lamps, identification lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color.

(b) Rear clearance lamps, identification lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color. Any motor vehicle or equipment owned by a governmental agency which is engaged in construction or maintenance work may display red or white reflective sheeting on the rear of such vehicle or equipment.

(c) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except that the stop light or other signal device may be red, amber or yellow, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white or amber.

(d) Each school bus or student transportation vehicle may display retroreflective tape or reflective sheeting on the rear or on the sides of such vehicle in accordance with regulations which shall be adopted by the commissioner pursuant to chapter 54.

(e) Failure to have and mount lamps, reflectors or lighting devices as required by this section shall be an infraction.

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