Connecticut General Statutes 14-307b – Definitions
For the purposes of this section and sections 14-307c to 14-307h, inclusive:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 14-307b
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Ordinance: means an enactment under the provisions of section 7-157. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Traffic: means pedestrians, vehicles and other conveyances while using any highway for the purpose of travel. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-297
- Traffic authority: means the board of police commissioners of any city, town or borough, or the city or town manager, the chief of police, the superintendent of police or any legally elected or appointed official or board, or any official having similar powers and duties, of any city, town or borough that has no board of police commissioners but has a regularly appointed force, or the board of selectmen of any town in which there is no city or borough with a regularly appointed police force, except that, with respect to state highways and bridges, "traffic authority" means the Office of the State Traffic Administration, provided nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit or detract from the jurisdiction or authority of the Office of the State Traffic Administration to adopt regulations establishing a uniform system of traffic control signals, devices, signs and markings as provided in section 14-298, and the requirement that no installation of any traffic control signal light shall be made by any city, town or borough until the installation has been approved by the Office of the State Traffic Administration as provided in section 14-299. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-297
- Traffic control signal: means any device, whether operated manually, electrically or mechanically, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-297
(1) “Automated traffic enforcement safety device” means a device designed to detect and collect evidence of alleged violations of an ordinance adopted under section 14-307c by recording images that capture the number plate, date, time and location of a motor vehicle that (A) exceeds the posted speed limit by ten or more miles per hour, or (B) fails to stop such vehicle when facing a steady red signal on a traffic control signal.
(2) “Automated traffic enforcement safety device operator” means a person who is trained and certified to operate an automated traffic enforcement safety device.
(3) “Driver”, “number plate” and “owner” have the same meanings as provided in section 14-1.
(4) “Equitable” means efforts, policies, standards, processes and any other functions of government intended to (A) ensure that patterns of discrimination and disparities of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status, whether intentional or unintentional, are neither reinforced nor perpetuated, and (B) prevent the emergence and persistence of foreseeable future patterns of discrimination or disparities of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
(5) “Pedestrian safety zone” means an area designated by the Office of the State Traffic Administration or the traffic authority of a town, city or borough pursuant to section 14-307a.
(6) “Personally identifiable information” means information created or maintained by the municipality or a vendor that identifies or describes an owner and includes, but need not be limited to, the owner’s address, telephone number, number plate, photograph, bank account information, credit card number, debit card number or the date, time, location or direction of travel on a highway.
(7) “School zone” means an area designated by the Office of the State Traffic Administration or the traffic authority of a town, city or borough pursuant to section 14-212b.
(8) “Traffic authority”, “traffic control sign” and “traffic control signal” have the same meanings as provided in section 14-297.
(9) “Vendor” means a person who (A) provides services to a municipality under sections 14-307c and 14-307f; (B) operates, maintains, leases or licenses an automated traffic enforcement safety device; or (C) is authorized to review and assemble the recorded images captured by an automated traffic enforcement safety device and forward such recorded images to the municipality.