Connecticut § 14-300d - Operator of a vehicle required to exercise due care to avoid pedestrian.
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§ 14-300d. Operator of a vehicle required to exercise due care to avoid pedestrian.
Sec. 14-300d. Operator of a vehicle required to exercise due care to avoid pedestrian. Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes or any regulations issued thereunder, sections 14-299, 14-300, 14-300b to 14-300e, inclusive, or any local ordinance to the contrary, each operator of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian or person propelling a human powered vehicle and shall give a reasonable warning by sounding a horn or other lawful noise emitting device to avoid a collision. An operator who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
(P.A. 78-309, S. 5; P.A. 16-54, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 16-54 replaced “A violation of” with “An operator who violates” and replaced “an infraction” with “fined not more than five hundred dollars”.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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