Like what you see here? Click here to subscribe to We-Ha’s newsletter so you’ll always be in the know about what’s happening in West Hartford! C lick the blue button below to become a supporter of and our efforts to continue producing quality journalism. Republished with permission from, all rights reserved. Speaker, that that actually isn’t a law.” I’m supposed to treat this like a four way stop sign, and follow those traditional rules,’” Lemar said. “Now, we might approach during a storm, a hurricane, a power outage, an intersection where the lights aren’t working, and we may think, ‘Well, I learned about this in driver’s ed, so many years ago. Roland Lemar, a New Haven Democrat who co-chairs the Transportation Committee, told colleagues to file the policy under “I thought that was a law already.” When the House passed the bill in May, Rep. With some exceptions, employers can no longer request an applicant’s age, or the dates they attended school or graduated.īeginning Friday, a new law will require motorists approaching an intersection where the traffic light is not functioning to treat the intersection as if a stop sign were present unless otherwise directed by police. The policy is designed to reduce gender wage discrimination.Īnother law seeks to prevent age discrimination by barring employers from requiring certain biographical information from job applicants. The range could include a pay scale, a budgeted salary, or the pay of current employees in the position. Beginning Friday, employers are required to disclose to applicants a “wage range” for the position sought. New laws will also adjust state policies on the process of applying for a job. The bill was called “Jennifer’s Law” by proponents in honor of Jennifer Dulos, a missing New Canaan mother who was believed to have been killed by her estranged husband, as well as Jennifer Magnano, a mother who was killed by her husband at her home in Terryville. The law enables victims of coercive control to seek protective orders.Īlthough much the bill went into effect over the summer, new elements allow domestic violence victims with protective orders to have their landlords change their dwelling’s locks, allows courts to independently issue standing protective orders on behalf of victims, and lets courts consider whether an arrested person represents a heightened risk of family violence when weighing that person’s release. Other changes in Connecticut policy relate to a bill which broadened the definition of domestic violence to include coercive control, a term for behaviors such as threats, intimidation and withholding resources that would allow a person to live independently or leave the relationship. The pedestrian safety law also gives municipalities greater flexibility to set their own speed limits without seeking approval from the state and prohibits “dooring,” a practice in which someone opens a vehicle door into cyclists and pedestrians or leaves the door open in order to block their path. Under the new law, they can wave from the side of the road. The change removes a requirement for pedestrians to step into the road to signal their intent to use a crosswalk and requires motorists to yield. One element of that bill taking effect will change how pedestrians interact with motorists when trying to cross a street. Among the new statutes are elements of sweeping legislation designed to protect pedestrians and cyclists on Connecticut roads. 1 will bring as a handful of bills or provisions of new laws go into effect on Friday. New laws taking effect in Connecticut Friday will give pedestrians safer options in crosswalks, medical marijuana patients the right to grow cannabis plants in their homes, and alcohol consumers a new fee on nips. Subdivision and yielded the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacentĬrosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.A variety of new laws take effect Oct. New Pedestrian Safety Laws Take Effect on October 1: Connecticut is enacting important new laws to protect pedestrians. Is moving to such vehicle's right after such vehicle has stopped as required in this Turn onto a two-way street or onto another one-way street on which all the traffic Place prohibiting this movement, may cautiously enter the intersection to make a right Nearest the right hand curb or other defined edge of the roadway, unless a sign approvedīy the Office of the State Traffic Administration has been erected in the appropriate Provided, on or after July 1, 1979, vehicular traffic traveling in the travel lane (3) Red alone: Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal alone shall stop beforeĮntering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then beforeĮntering the intersection and remain standing until the next indication is shown
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