Guam § 9107 - Defensive Driving Program Guidelines.

§ 9107. Defensive Driving Program Guidelines.

The defensive driving training and certification shall be offered

in a traditional classroom setting and virtual/online learning. A

student verification mechanism shall be used throughout the

program if online training is elected. Classroom instruction must be

offered, but either a classroom or virtual/online program satisfies the

training and certification requirement. The defensive driving

program shall be a minimum of four hundred (400) minutes, and a

final test shall be administered and passed for a student to get

certification. The defensive driving program must have an on-island

administrator who has a minimum of two (2) years experience in the

administration of a nationally- recognized defensive driving

program that is certified to train by any authorizing recognized

organization that meets the criteria provided herein. And further

provided, that the defensive driving program has a demonstrated

performance record of reducing reckless driving directly attributable

to the program, within any of the states, counties, municipalities,

cities, and/or in providing like services for federal agency programs.

(a) Defensive driving schools and programs shall be

regulated by the Motor Vehicle Division, Guam Department of

Revenue and Taxation;

(b) Defensive driving schools and programs established

on Guam shall meet the standards to become certified and

COL9192018

licensed by the Guam Department of Revenue and Taxation,

Motor Vehicle Division;

(c) Defensive driving programs shall be completed in no

less than four hundred (400) minutes;

(d) The organizations authorized to provide this training

shall retain student records for at least five (5) years. For

purposes of clarification, defensive driving training is not

drivers education, as defined by § 3103 of Chapter 3, Title 16,

Guam Code Annotated; and

(e) Defensive driving programs on Guam shall cover such

areas as Guam specific needs and general defensive driving

training in traffic law, methods of accident avoidance and force

reduction, human limitations, the effects of alcohol and drugs

on the driver and driving, the serious dangers of driving

distractions, and a translation of traffic violations into their

resultant damages, including property, injury, death, and

societal impact.