Violation of Connecticut's "red-flag law" is considered a traffic infraction.
Connecticut's motor vehicle "red-flag law" is found in Chapter 246, Section 14-96(k) of the Connecticut code. The statute applies to three separate situations involving oversized loads: daytime transport, night-time transport, and oversized loads carrying live animals.
Oversized-Load Features
Oversized loads as described in the red-flag law are loads that protrude more than four feet "beyond the rear of the body of (a) vehicle." The law also applies to night-time transport of loads, transporting over-size loads under adverse driving conditions, and over-size loads carrying (or when stationary) unconfined animals. Oversized loads carrying a "fire apparatus" are not subject to the red-flag law.
Time & Conditions
The red-flag law requires that oversized loads transported on highways one-half hour before sunrise or one-half hour after sunset have attached a red flag or cloth "not less than twelve inches square" that is visible to cars approaching from the rear.
Red Light
The law requires that oversized loads carried at night or under adverse weather or adverse visibility conditions must have an affixed red light that is visible from up to 500 feet to drivers approaching from the rear.
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