Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatIf the brakes stop working while you are driving, shift to a lower gear to use engine braking, and also use the hand brake to reduce speed.
Answer: ○ True
Explanation
If the foot brake fails, shift down to use engine braking and also use the hand brake to slow down. If the car still will not stop, steer it against a guardrail or similar to bring it to a stop.
More questions on “Accidents & emergencies”
- If a major earthquake occurs while you are driving, stop the car on the left side of the road as safely as you can, stop the engine, and evacuate leaving the key in the car and the doors unlocked.
- When evacuating after a major earthquake, you should evacuate quickly by car in order to avoid traffic confusion.
- Even in the daytime, you must turn on your headlights when driving through places where you cannot see 50 meters ahead, such as inside tunnels or in fog.
- If you cause a traffic accident, you must first report it to the police, and then give aid to the injured.
- If a traffic accident only damages property and injures no one, you do not need to report it to the police as long as the parties settle it between themselves.
- The duty to give aid to people injured in a traffic accident applies not only to the driver who caused it, but also to other people who were riding in the vehicle.
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.