(a) No operator of a vehicle which meets or overtakes any vehicle that has stopped for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers shall pass such stopped vehicle on the side on which passengers are entering or leaving the vehicle until such stopped vehicle has started and until any passengers who may have alighted have reached the side of the highway; except, that where a safety zone has been established, or at an intersection where traffic is controlled by a peace officer or mechanical traffic signal, a vehicle need not be brought to a full stop before passing a stopped vehicle, but may proceed past such vehicle at a speed not greater than is reasonable and proper and in no event at a speed greater than ten (10) miles per hour, and shall exercise due caution for the safety of all pedestrians.

(b) Every school bus, when operated for the transportation of school pupils, shall bear upon the front and rear thereof a plainly visible sign containing the words “”School Bus – Stop”” in letters not less than eight (8) inches in height and of proportionate width. No vehicle, other than a school bus, shall display such sign.

Penalty: Not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).

(c) The driver of any vehicle, whenever approaching upon any highway from either direction any school bus which is equipped with signs as herein required and which has stopped for

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the purpose of receiving or discharging any passengers, shall at once bring his vehicle to a complete stop and shall not proceed to pass such school bus from either direction until all passengers in the immediate area of the bus have been received into or discharged from the bus and have reached a position of safety from vehicular traffic.

Penalty: Not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).

(d) Any person who is in violation of § 3336 (c), and as a result has caused bodily injury or damage to personal or public property, shall be charged with reckless driving and is punishable under the provisions of § 3111, Article 1 of this Chapter, and § 9107 of Chapter 9 of this Title 16, Guam Code Annotated, as
applicable.

SOURCE: GC § 23130, enacted by P.L. 1-088 (Nov. 29, 1952). Subsection (d) added by P.L. 31-051:2 (May 23, 2011).

COURT DECISIONS: Super. Ct., 1976. Violation of this section (former
§ 23130(b)) is an occurrence foreseeable by bus driver and, therefore, government and school bus driver can be held for failure to exercise due care when deaf student-bus rider was injured when third party passed bus
which had its lights flashing and “”stop sign”” out. Fejerang v. Tenorio, Gov’t. of Guam, et al., 1 Guam R. 323.