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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. § 14-96y: Number of head lamps. Number in combination with other lamps.

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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) At all times specified in subsection (a) of section 14-96a, at least two lighted lamps shall be displayed, one on each side at the front of every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, except when such vehicle is parked subject to the regulations governing lights on parked vehicles.

(b) Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps as required by this section is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps or a spot lamp or any other lamp on the front thereof projecting a beam of intensity greater than three hundred candlepower, not more than a total of four of any such lamps on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when upon a highway.

(c) Any operator of a motor vehicle that does not have at least two lamps as required by this section shall be deemed to have committed an infraction, except that if such motor vehicle has at least one such lamp, such operator shall be issued a warning for defective equipment under the provisions of subsection (c) of section 14-103 for a first offense, and for any subsequent violation of this section, such operator shall be deemed to have committed an infraction.

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