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Code · Connecticut · Title 14 — Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline · CHAPTER 246* — Motor Vehicles

Sec. 14-96u. Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.

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Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in subsection
(a)of section 14-96a , the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations:
(1)Whenever a driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within five hundred feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, specified in subsection
(b)of section 14-96t shall be dimmed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and loading.
(2)Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches another vehicle from the rear, within three hundred feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light permissible under sections 14-96a to 14-96aa , inclusive, other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in subsection
(a)of section 14-96t . Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
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