Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatOn an expressway, you may drive on the road shoulder or side strip when traffic is congested.
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
The road shoulder and side strip on an expressway are emergency spaces for breakdowns and similar situations. You must not drive on them even in a traffic jam; doing so also blocks emergency vehicles.
More questions on “Expressways”
- On an expressway, after overtaking the vehicle ahead, you may keep driving in the overtaking lane if you plan to overtake again.
- On the main lanes of an expressway, you must not make a U-turn, reverse, or cross the median strip.
- On an expressway section where a maximum speed is set by signs, you must follow the speed on the signs, not the statutory speed.
- On the main lanes of a national expressway, the statutory minimum speed for standard motor vehicles (regular cars) is 50 km/h.
- On the main lanes of an expressway, you must not stop or park even in unavoidable situations such as a breakdown.
- Motorcycles with an engine size of 125 cc or less may use expressways.
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.