Guam § 5108 - Performance Requirements.

§ 5108. Performance Requirements.

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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 current recommended practice of the Society of

Automotive Engineers.

(c) Vehicles in regular operations shall be permissible only

when such loads are transmitted to the highway surface through

wheels equipped with pneumatic tires, and no such tire equipment

shall be designed for use or used with an operating inflation

pressure in excess of one hundred five (105) pounds per square

inch.

(d) Vehicles in regular operation shall be permissible only

when on said vehicles, the wheels of the last axle in contact with

the highway surface are covered by fendering and/or mud flaps,

or a similar device that will deflect any object thrown by the

wheels in motion.

(e) Vehicles in regular operation shall have their

identification numbers painted in a contrasting color and at a

minimum height of three (3) inches. These numbers shall be in a

conspicuous place on the front and rear of that vehicle. The

company name will be clearly displayed on the side doors of all

vehicles in regular operation. Numbers, license plates and all

lights shall be wiped clean before any and all hauls.

(f) Vehicles operated on any highway and loaded and

carrying any of the following loads shall have said load covered

and secured in such manner as to prevent said load or covering

from being loosened, detached or in any manner creating litter or

constituting a hazard to other users of the highway:

(1) Any trash, refuse or garbage of composition which

is of such nature as to permit any portion or piece of such to

be loosened or detached.

(2) Sand, soil, crushed rocks or aggregate of less than

four inches (4") per unit/pebble or other standard measure for

such aggregate.

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(3) Any liquid or similar load that if leaking will cause

a road hazard.

(4) Any other load, which in the opinion and discretion

of the Guam Police Department, the Guam Environmental

Protection Agency, the Department of Public Health and

Social Services, or the Department of Parks and Recreation,

poses a potential hazard or potential litter is such load were

not covered and/or secured.

(5) The Guam Police Department shall promulgate rules

and regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Adjudication

Law, governing the enforcement of this subparagraph (f),

which regulations shall not include any requirement for a

permit for the private hauling of loads unless the same are

hazardous and being hauled commercially, but shall include

a requirement that trucks must be equipped with mudflaps to

prevent their tires from ejecting pebbles and other debris to

following vehicles.