Title 16 — Vehicles

As used in this Chapter, the following definitions will hold true: (a) Axle: The common axis of rotation of one (1) or more wheels, whether in one (1) or more segments and regardless of the number of wheels carried thereon. (b) Axle Group: An assemblage of two (2) or more consecu…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any highway, any vehicle or vehicles of a size, weight or a load exceeding or otherwise failing to comply with the limitations or requirements stated in this…

No vehicle, including any load and load holding device thereon shall exceed a total width of one hundred two (102) inches. SOURCE: GC § 23202, enacted by P.L. 13-016:1 (May 7, 1975). Repealed by P.L.36-074:3 (Feb. 3, 2022), effective upon the promulgation and adoption of rules an…

A vehicle, including any load and load holding devices thereon, shall not exceed a total height of fifteen (15) feet, or a width of eight and a half (8.5) feet, or a length of sixty-five (65) feet, for public roads, streets or highways, and shall not exceed a length of eighty-fiv…

(a) No vehicle, including any load and load holding devices, shall exceed a total length of forty (40) feet extreme overall dimension, inclusive of front and rear bumpers. (b) A bus, equipped with three (3) axles, shall not exceed an equal overall length, inclusive of front and r…

(a) When one (1) vehicle is towing another the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed thereby, and said drawbar or other connection shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet from one vehicle to the other, except the connection between any tw…

No motor vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped wholly with pneumatic tires, which has a gross weight, an axle load, or a wheel load in excess of the limits set forth in this Section shall be operated or moved upon any public road, street, or highway; and no vehicle or combi…

AND RESTRICTION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES (a) Brake performance shall conform to the requirements set forth in the most recent Uniform Vehicle Code of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances. (b) Linkage between any combination of vehicles shall conform to the cur…

Removal of Excess Loads. (a) For purposes of the enforcement of this Chapter, the Director of Revenue and Taxation (DRT Director) and the DPW Director shall have such powers of enforcement as may be necessary to implement their respective responsibilities under this Chapter. (1) …

(a) It is unlawful for any person to drive or move, or the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven on any highway, off-road heavy construction equipment, steel rollers, solid rubber tires, sheeps-foot, tracks, tracks with lugs, tires that incorporate steel mats or chains …

(a) Any person driving or moving any vehicle, object or contrivance, including any person operating or moving a vehicle or combination of vehicles, either legally or under a special permit authorized in § 5114, shall be liable for all damage any highway or highway structure may s…

(a) Every person, entity or organization convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter for which another penalty is not provided shall be guilty of a civil violation and subject to a penalty of up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Every person, entity or orga…

In any provision, limitation or requirement of this Chapter of an employee of the owner of the vehicle concerning which the violation occurred, employed to operate the vehicle, the court shall, on the request of such employee, take appropriate action to make the owner of the vehi…

AND RESTRICTION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES (a) A surety bond in a minimum amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or proper evidence of adequate insurance, must be filed with the Director of Public Works before a permit will be issued for transporting over-width, over-length or over-w…

Use of Highways. (a) The Director of Public Works or his authorized representative may prohibit the operations of certain vehicles upon any highway, or impose restrictions as to the weight of AND RESTRICTION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES vehicles to be operated upon any highway, whenever a…

(a) The Director of the Department of Revenue and Taxation (“Director”) is authorized to promulgate as Guam regulations, either: (1) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (49 CFR Parts 385, 386, 390 through 399), except such portions as may be determined by the Director to…

AND RESTRICTION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES (a) The Director of Revenue and Taxation may require annual, periodic, or special reports from all motor carriers, prescribe the manner and form in which the reports shall be made, and require from the carriers specific and full, true, and corr…

Facility Fund. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a revolving fund, designated as the TESS Facility Fund (Fund), shall be established separate and apart from other funds of the government of Guam, and separate records shall be kept therefore. The Director of Public Works sh…

(a) Tow trucks shall be exempt from weight limitations under this Chapter. Tow trucks may tow any disabled truck or other motor vehicle or combination of vehicles to a place for repairs, parking, or storage from the point that the vehicle was disabled; provided, that all axles on…

The Department of Public Works shall promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter within one hundred eighty (180) days after the enactment of this Act. All current fines and penalties will remain in effect until the rules and regu…