16 GCA § 9107
Same: Reckless Driving
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(a)Every person who drives any vehicle upon a highway in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving. Every person convicted under this Section shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor upon a first conviction. Upon a second or any subsequent conviction of the violation of this Section within a period of five
(5)years of the date of commission of the first offense the offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b)Whenever such reckless driving of a vehicle proximately causes bodily injury to any person, the person so driving such vehicle shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(c)Where a person drives in wanton disregard of persons or property, or whenever such reckless driving of a vehicle proximately causes a collision in which bodily injury or property damage result, the person so driving such vehicle shall, upon conviction or filing, without contest, of an official investigation report that the person committed the offense of reckless driving, and in addition to the penalties provided in Subsections
(a)and (b), be required to attend a course in driver education not less than six
(6)weeks in length, and to obtain a certificate of attendance at the satisfactory completion of such course, and/or a defensive driving program at the discretion of the court, for a first offense. Such course or program shall be provided by a company/provider certified by the Department of Revenue and Taxation, and shall be attended by the convicted reckless driver after serving his sentence or paying his fine, or both. Failure of such convicted reckless driver to attend such course or program shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as a petty misdemeanor.
(1)In addition to the penalties provided in Subsections
(a)and
(b)of this Section, when the person driving the vehicle has one
(1)or more prior convictions for the offense of reckless driving, which may or may not have resulted in bodily injury or property damage, shall upon conviction of filing, without contest, of an official investigation report that the person committed the offense of an additional violation of reckless driving, within eighteen
(18)months of the first violation, require the driver to take and complete a defensive driving program, in addition to taking, or retaking, a driver education course. COL9192018 CH. 9 PENALTIES
(2)All costs for the taking of a defensive driving course, as ordered by the court, shall be paid by the person convicted of the offense of reckless driving.
§ The story of this section
- Amended by P.L. 31-208 § 3 — introduced as Bill 407-31 · introduced by Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr + 2 cosponsors
Interpreted by the courts:
- 1999 Guam 7 — People of Guam vs. Tae Kon Kim (1999) · per Peter C. Siguenza, J. · cited at ¶4
- 2003 Guam 21 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Stephen Fritz Muritok, Defendant-Appellant (2003) · per Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood, J. · pinpoints (a) at ¶3
- 2005 Guam 4 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee,v. BM Benito Maysho, Defendant-Appellant (2005) · per Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood, J. · pinpoints (a) at ¶3
- 2005 Guam 6 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jesse Quichocho Manila; Defendant-Appellee (2005) · per Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood, J. · pinpoints (a) at ¶39
- 2012 Guam 27 — The People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Junior Singeo, Defendant-Appellant (2012) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · pinpoints (a) at ¶2
- 2019 Guam 10 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rochelle Nicole Delgado Lessard, Defendant-Appellant (2019) · per Robert J. Torres, J. · pinpoints (a) at ¶18
- 2020 Guam 6 — The People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. Troy A. White, Defendant-Appellant (2020) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · pinpoints (a) at ¶18
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.