The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall study the problems of street and highway safety, shall act as the central coordinating agency of state departments, organizations and instrumentalities engaged in the elimination of motor vehicle accidents; shall study all phases of the problem of obtaining better observance and uniform enforcement of the laws for the regulation of highway travel and motor vehicle operation; shall study methods of safety control and engineering in this and other states with a view to improvement in such methods in this state; shall study problems of safety as they affect home, farm and school accidents; shall act as the central coordinating agency of the state in the planning and execution of safety programs and campaigns for the prevention of accidents and the loss of manpower and may conduct educational programs and campaigns relating to industrial safety; shall advise with and assist the Commissioner of Transportation and other state department heads in the accomplishment of the purposes stated herein.
(1949 Rev., S. 2532; 1951, S. 1409d; 1957, P.A. 305, S. 1; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 154; P.A. 77-614, S. 513, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 12, 136; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; P.A. 77-614 abolished Connecticut safety commission and transferred duties to commissioner of public safety, deleted reference to commissioner of motor vehicles and deleted provision re annual report to governor, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 deleted obsolete reference to commissioner of state police; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
See Sec. 38a-683 re accident prevention course for senior citizens, entitling them to insurance premium reductions.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 249 - Traffic Control and Highway Safety
Section 14-297. - Definitions.
Section 14-298. - Office of the State Traffic Administration.
Section 14-299. - Traffic control signals. Right turn on red.
Section 14-299a. - Traffic signal preemption devices. Penalty.
Section 14-299b. - Inoperative traffic control signal.
Section 14-300a. - Pedestrian street markings near housing projects for elderly persons.
Section 14-300b. - Pedestrian use of crosswalks and roadways.
Section 14-300c. - Pedestrian use of roads and sidewalks. Required to yield to emergency vehicle.
Section 14-300d. - Operator of a vehicle required to exercise due care to avoid pedestrian.
Section 14-300g. - Operation of golf carts. Equipment. Insurance.
Section 14-301. - Through ways. Stop signs.
Section 14-302. - “Yield” signs.
Section 14-303. - Designation of one-way streets.
Section 14-304. - Safety zones.
Section 14-305. - Bus stops and public service motor vehicle stands.
Section 14-306. - Taxi stands in front of hotels.
Section 14-307. - Parking restrictions. Regulations.
Section 14-307a. - Pedestrian safety zones. Regulations.
Section 14-308. - Loading and unloading.
Section 14-310. - Fraudulent or obstructive signs and signals.
Section 14-311a. - New certificate for increase in parking spaces.
Section 14-311b. - Traffic controls for certain parking areas and commercial establishments.
Section 14-312. - Regulations.
Section 14-314a. - Periodic review of traffic control signals and signs.
Section 14-314b. - Injury to or removal of traffic control devices, signs or lights.
Section 14-316 and 14-317. - Commissioners to serve without compensation; offices. Assistants.