Territory of Guam Driver's Handbook - Tumon.com

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FOREWORD
This booklet had been prepared to assist you in passing the required written test given prior
to your obtaining a Guam Driver’s License. The main purpose of driver-examining is to
determine whether an applicant for licensing has the knowledge and skills needed for the
safe operation of a motor vehicle. When the driver successfully passes the examination, this
means he meets established standards of motor vehicle operation on Guam for the type of
license applied for.
However, we would be failing on our obligation to you if that was all we offered for there is
a great deal more to driving than being able to make a proper left turn. Therefore, we have
added life-saving hint that will be useful to the experienced driver as well as the beginner.
This booklet is not only a guide to passing the driver’s test, it is also a guide to Safe Driving.
YOUR VEHICLE: A BENEFIT OR CAUSE OF FATALITY
The car has become a necessity in our modern society, but must its benefits mean that an
average of 30 people shall die each year on Guam’s road? (Statistics over the past 4 years).
The DRIVER, not the car, is RESPONSIBLE for most of the deaths on our highway. Please
remember this when you are studying this book and while you are driving.
SAFETY BELTS SAVE LIVES
One of the most cost-effective vehicle safety device yet invented is probably sitting in your
car right now… your Safety Belt. Sure, it’s a little restrictive at times, and you have to
remember to put it on, but the benefits of its use far outnumber the drawbacks. In a stud
by the Volvo Co. involving 28,000 accident cases, no deaths occurred at speeds under 60
mph when the lap belt and shoulder harness were used.
On Guam, your car is one of over 98,000 registered vehicles. If there are 254 linear miles of
roadway, that averages out to more than 436 vehicles per mile on our island! Each year
about 4,306 accidents occur, resulting in 1,082 injuries. This means that 1 out of every 23
people will be involved in an accident each year, and unfortunately, someone dies in a
traffic accident once every eleven days.
The potential for saving the lives of you and your passengers takes only 5 seconds of the
time it takes you to buckle up – and those five seconds can be worth a lifetime!