The government of Guam is urging residents to buckle up or face the consequences as part of a high-visibility ticketing campaign that coincides with the Memorial Day holiday.
Law enforcement agencies on the island territory will be taking a “no excuses” approach to seat belt enforcement from Monday to June 4, writing citations “day and night,” as part of a national “Click It or Ticket” campaign,” according to a Guam Office of Highway Safety statement.
Anyone caught without a seat belt in Guam faces a $100 fine for the first offense and $200 for a second offense occurring in the same year, according to the release Monday.
Approximately half of the 26,325 passenger vehicle occupants killed in crashes in the U.S. in 2021 were not wearing seat belts, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website. Seat belts saved an estimated 15,000 lives in 2017 alone.