Connecticut General Statutes 14-105 – Television screens or similar devices prohibited. Exceptions
(a) No television screen or other device of a similar nature shall be installed or used in this state in any position or location in a motor vehicle where a moving image, other than text, may be visible to a person who is operating the vehicle and is properly restrained by such person’s seat belt or where it may in any other manner interfere with the safe operation and control of the vehicle. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to screens or devices meeting one or more of the following criteria: (1) A closed video monitor that is used to assist the operator while backing, parking, maneuvering at a speed of not more than twelve miles per hour, or monitoring passengers seated rearward of the operator; (2) a video display unit or device that is capable of operation only when the vehicle is stationary and is automatically disabled whenever the wheels of the vehicle are in motion; (3) a video display unit or device that is used to enhance or supplement the operator’s view of the roadway or to assist the operator in object detection; (4) a video display unit used for control or instrumentation purposes, to provide vehicle information, or to assist in the operation of navigation, related traffic, road and weather information functions; or (5) a video display unit or device that is installed in any emergency vehicle.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 14-105
- Commercial motor vehicle: means a vehicle designed or used to transport passengers or property, except a vehicle used for farming purposes in accordance with 49 C. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- Driver: means any person who drives, operates or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle, or who is required to hold a commercial driver's license. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- Highway: includes any state or other public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, driveway, parkway, place or dedicated roadway for bus rapid transit service, under the control of the state or any political subdivision of the state, dedicated, appropriated or opened to public travel or other use. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- Operator: means any person who operates a motor vehicle or who steers or directs the course of a motor vehicle being towed by another motor vehicle and includes a driver. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- Person: includes any individual, corporation, limited liability company, association, copartnership, company, firm, business trust or other aggregation of individuals but does not include the state or any political subdivision thereof, unless the context clearly states or requires. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- State: means any state of the United States and the District of Columbia unless the context indicates a more specific reference to the state of Connecticut. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- Vehicle: includes any device suitable for the conveyance, drawing or other transportation of persons or property, whether operated on wheels, runners, a cushion of air or by any other means. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the driver of a commercial motor vehicle equipped with a garbage compactor, detachable container or a curbside recycling body may, when engaged in the activity of refuse collection on any public highway, use a closed video monitor for backing after such vehicle is shifted out of reverse and placed into forward motion, for such time as may be necessary to observe motor vehicles or pedestrians that may be behind such vehicle in a position that cannot be viewed using such vehicle’s mirror system.
(c) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.