(a) No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway with any sign, poster, card, sticker, or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, side wings, windwings, side or rear windows of the vehicle, except that such signs, posters, cards, stickers, or other materials may be placed on said windshield within a seven inch (7″”) square in the lower corner farthest removed from the driver’s position or upon the side windows of the vehicle to the rear of the driver and so placed that said materials will not obstruct the driver’s clear view of approaching traffic; except that this Subsection shall not apply to

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any current decalcomania issued by the Armed Forces of the
United States, or the government of Guam.

(b) Every permanent windshield on a motor vehicle shall be equipped with a device for removing rain or other moisture or substance from such windshield, and such device shall be so constructed and installed as to be controlled or operated by the operator of the vehicle.

(c) No person shall install, mount, adhere, affix, or use any sun screening device or combination of devices in conjunction with the glazing material of a motor vehicle windshield, except as follows:

(1) transparent sun screening film materials which are installed, affixed or applied along the top edge of the windshield so long as such materials measure no lower than eight (8) inches below the top of the windshield, when measured from the bottom edge of the top windshield molding;

(2) privacy drapes, curtains or blinds, or any combination, installed on the interior of motor vehicles while parked and not being operated on a public highway or roadway of Guam; or

(3) full window film or glazing material may be applied to the entire windshield; provided, that such film or glazing is clear and filters ultraviolet light rays and still permits a visible light transmittance (VLT) of 60% (±5%).

No tinting material that is not manufactured for use on automobiles, or other motor vehicles, may be used on vehicles. Any tinting film affixed to the glazing material of a motor vehicle windshield must conform to U.S. automotive tinting industry standards.

Any person who violates this Subsection shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50), and no more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250) for each separate offense. Said fines shall be deposited into the Judicial Building Fund.

(d) Unless wearing driving goggles or face shield, no person shall drive any motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or motor

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scooter or other than an implement of husbandry, or road building and construction equipment exempted from annual registration, upon a highway without a front windshield.

SOURCE: GC § 23110, enacted by P.L. 1-088 (Nov. 29, 1952), amended by P.L. 03-016 (July 14, 1955) and P.L. 06-098 (June 5, 1962); Subsection (c) amended by P.L. 14-145:2 (Sept. 29, 1978), P.L. 15-001:3 (Jan. 16,
1979) and P.L. 32-097:1 (Nov. 27, 2013). Subsection (d) added by P.L. 09-
134 (Feb. 8, 1968).