{"data":{"id":"us-gu/16-gca-3346","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"16 GCA § 3346","heading":"Restrictions on the Use of Mobile Phones While Driving.","body":"(a) Restriction. It is unlawful for a person to read, write, or send electronic messages, or use or be holding, a mobile phone or similar electronic communications device while driving a vehicle.\n(1) Definition. For the purposes of this Section, “driving” means operating a vehicle, with the motor running, including while temporarily stationary because of traffic, a traffic control device, or other momentary delays. Driving does not include operating a vehicle with or without the motor running when the driver moved the vehicle to the side of, or off, a highway, and halted in a location where the vehicle can safely remain stationary.\n(b) Exemptions. The restriction set forth in Subsection (a) shall not apply to voice communications being made under the following circumstances:\n(1) Emergency Calls. The driver is making an emergency call to law enforcement officials or other public emergency response services; or\n(2) [Repealed.]\n(3) Hands-free. The driver is using a mobile phone that is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking, through the use of Bluetooth, hard-wired, or similar technology, and is used only in such hands-free manner while driving.\n(A) Should an earpiece be utilized as part of the hands-free talking device, only one (1) such earpiece may be used by the person.\n(B) Medically prescribed hearing aids are not to be counted against the one (1) earpiece limit; or\n(4) Licensed Amateur Radio (Ham Radio). The driver is using only two (2)-way mobile radio transmitters or receivers and possesses a current and valid license from the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service; or\n(5) CB Radio and Similar. The driver is using a “half-duplex” only device.\n(A) Such device shall not have the ability to also conduct “full-duplex” communication.\n(B) For the purposes of this Subsection, “half-duplex” means the ability for two (2) or more electronic devices to communicate with each other, but in only one (1) direction at a time (not simultaneously), and inclusive of simplex technology; provided, that such technology permits for only voice communication in one (1) direction at a time.\n(c) Limits of Exemptions. The exemptions outlined in Subsections (b)(2) through (b)(5) of this Section shall only be extended to an individual with a valid Driver’s License. For the purposes of this Section, a Class A (Operator) or Class F (Motorcycle) Learner’s Permit, or a Class A (Operator) or Class F (Motorcycle) Intermediate License shall not constitute a Driver’s License.\n(d) Penalties. Any driver who violates the provisions of Subsections (a), (b) or (c) of this Section is guilty of a violation and shall be punished by a fine no less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). Repeat violations of this Section shall be punished by a fine no less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). However, should a driver be found to have violated the provisions of this Section, and that said violation may have contributed to a traffic collision, then he or she is guilty of a violation punishable by a fine no less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), and may result in the suspension or revocation of driving privileges on Guam’s roadways.\n(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 9502 of Chapter 9.5 of Title 7, Guam Code Annotated, all fines collected under this Section shall be deposited into the Police Services Fund, and made available by appropriation by I Liheslaturan Guåhan.","path":["Title 16: Vehicles","Chapter 3: General Provisions","ARTICLE 3: RULES OF THE ROAD"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/16gc003_0.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T03:39:48Z","sha256":"7db2bc55ab5f9446ef0f9f176b386ecf03c82bc5b7801c0f425c11e7ca77354d","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/16-gca-3345","next":"us-gu/16-gca-3346.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}