Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatHolding and operating a mobile phone while stopped at a red light counts as use while driving, so it is a violation.
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
The mobile phone violation applies only while the vehicle is moving. Using a phone while stopped is not a violation, but for safety it is best to avoid it.
More questions on “Driver duties”
- 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.
- In a regular car with a riding capacity of 5, the driver can carry 1 adult and 4 children under 12 years old.
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.