Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatWhile driving, you may use a mobile phone with a hands-free device, as long as you do not hold the phone in your hand to talk.
Answer: ○ True
Explanation
The Road Traffic Act prohibits holding a phone to talk, or staring at its screen, while the vehicle is moving. Talking through a hands-free device is not a violation under the Act (though some local ordinances restrict it).
More questions on “Driver duties”
- Holding and operating a mobile phone while stopped at a red light counts as use while driving, so it is a violation.
- Staring at a car navigation screen while driving is prohibited, just like using a mobile phone.
- If you leave your driver's license at home and drive, it counts as unlicensed driving.
- Even if your driver's license has expired, it does not count as unlicensed driving as long as no more than 6 months have passed.
- Driving while fatigue or illness may prevent you from driving normally is not a violation unless you actually cause an accident.
- If you have taken cold medicine that causes drowsiness, you must not drive when it may prevent you from driving normally.
Questions and explanations are written against Japan’s Road Traffic Act and the National Police Agency’s Rules of the Road. These are not official exam questions.