Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatIf you have taken cold medicine that causes drowsiness, you must not drive when it may prevent you from driving normally.
Answer: ○ True
Explanation
The ban on driving is not limited to the effects of alcohol; it also covers fatigue, illness, and medicine. If a drowsiness-causing medicine may keep you from driving normally, you must not drive.
More questions on “Driver duties”
- In a regular car with a riding capacity of 5, the driver can carry 1 adult and 4 children under 12 years old.
- When loading cargo on a standard motor vehicle (regular car), the height limit is 3.8 meters or less measured from the ground.
- A standard motor vehicle (regular car) may carry cargo up to 1.5 times the length of the vehicle.
- If cargo that cannot be divided exceeds the loading limits, you may carry it if you get permission from the chief of the police station at your departure point.
- A driver who has held a regular license for less than 1 year must display beginner driver marks at the designated positions on the front and rear of the car.
- Drivers aged 70 or older must display the elderly driver mark, and they are punished if they do not.
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.