Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatOn an expressway, after overtaking the vehicle ahead, you may keep driving in the overtaking lane if you plan to overtake again.
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
The overtaking lane is a lane for overtaking only. Once you finish overtaking, you must return to the through lane promptly; staying in the overtaking lane is a lane-use violation.
More questions on “Expressways”
- 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.
- On the main lanes of a national expressway, the statutory maximum speed for light motor vehicles (kei cars) is 80 km/h.
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.