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26 Section V BICYCLES AND MOPEDS REGISTRATION: Mopeds are required to be licensed under local law. You must be at least 18 years old to legally operate a moped on a public highway or road. RULES OF THE ROAD: When you are riding a bicycle or moped on a public roadway, you are subject to the same rules and regulations as rivers of motor vehicles. You must obey all traffic signs and signals, yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, and signal your intent to turn. Safe Driving Tips: • Moped and bicycle riders are reminded to ride single WITH the traffic at all times. • Be sure to watch for car doors which may suddenly open and block your path. • It's safest for riders to get off and walk across busy intersections and bridges. • Avoid chuckholes and “jumping” curbs. You may lose control and damage your wheels. Many of the islands drains are covered with grates whose bars lie parallel to the traffic flow and are widely set. Watch out for these as they are a terrible hazard to bikes and mopeds. Section VI REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION OF VEHICLES 1. General Requirements Any motor vehicle, trailer pole or pipe dolly, and any dolly used to support part of the weight of a semi-trailer is required to be registered when driven or moved upon the highways of Guam. This applies to motorcycles and bicycles equipped with a motor (moped, scooters). 2. Mandatory Automobile Insurance Guam law requires mandatory automobile insurance in order to guarantee adequate protection for victims of car accidents who are injured in Guam or who are injured while riding in a motor vehicle which are operated on Guam. All motor vehicles which are operated in Guam must be insured pursuant to the following limits: $20,000 Property Damage Liability and $25,000 and $50,000 Third Party Bodily Injury Liability. 3. License Plates and Validation Tag Two license plates will be issued for all vehicles required to be registered in Guam, except for trailers and motorcycles which will be one (1) plate and a validation tag to be placed on the rear plate. Every license plate issued shall at all times be securely fastened to the vehicle for which it is issued so as to prevent the plate from swinging, and at a minimum distance of twelve (12) inches from the ground in a position to be clearly visible. Every license plate shall be maintained free from foreign materials and in a condition to be clearly legible.
4. Renewal of Registration Your vehicle registration is required to be renewed annually on the month displayed on the sticker located on the top left hand corner of your license plate. 5. Safety Inspection Guam law requires that every motor vehicle to be registered on Guam go through a safety inspection, upon an original application for registration, annually or following a collision or accident in which such vehicle is involved. The fee for a safety inspection is $15.00. Public Law 25-96 requires for the following changes in the driver’s license law: Stage 1: Learner’s Permit – Previously this permit was called an Instruction Permit. The requirements basically remain the same for this first stage of licensing except: Stage 2: Intermediate License a. Minimum age is fifteen and half (15 years, 6 months) years. b. Permit holders under the age of eighteen (18) must be accompanied by a parent/guardian who is a fully licensed driver at all times while driving. If licensee does not have a parent or guardian who is a fully licensed driver, that parent or guardian may designate, during the application process for a Learner’s Permit, a responsible adult who is a fully licensed driver who is either: Twenty-one (21) years of age or older, or the permit holder’s spouse to accompany the Permit holder while driving. c. Permit holders eighteen (18) years or over must be accompanied by a licensed driver who is either: • Twenty-One (21) years of age or older, or • The Permit Holder’s spouse at all times while driving, except for the United States military personnel while on their work duty schedule or their spouses. d. the permit holder’s parent, guardian, or designee must certify that the permit holder, who is under the age of eighteen (18)years, has completed at least fifty (50) hours of supervised driving, ten (10) hours of which must be during the night time hours after 7:00p.m. e. Zero Tolerance for Alcohol: Permit Holders must not have a blood alcohol content that exceeds 0.02 at any time while driving. Permit holders must not be at fault in any collision and remain conviction free of all traffic and motor vehicle code violations for six (6) consecutive months to move to Stage 2. f. Law enforcement officers shall report all violations to the Department of Revenue and Taxation within ten (10) working days of the violation. Upon receipt of a report of a violation by the Department, the permit holder who has violated any of the provisions of this Act shall not advance to the next stage of licensure for an additional period of six (6) months. a. Minimum age is sixteen (16) years. b. Zero tolerance for Alcohol: 27
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