Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatWhen you are about to change course (change lanes), you must give a signal 30 meters before doing so.
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
The signal for changing course is given about 3 seconds before you change. Signaling 30 meters in advance is the rule for right or left turns and U-turns; keep the distance rule and the time rule separate.
More questions on “Overtaking”
- The signal for changing course must be given about 3 seconds beforehand and continued until the change of course is complete.
- When overtaking the vehicle ahead, you may pass on either the right side or the left side, as long as you have confirmed it is safe.
- When the vehicle ahead is keeping to the center of the road in order to turn right, you may overtake it on its left side.
- At a pedestrian crossing and within 30 meters before it, not only overtaking but also passing is prohibited.
- At an intersection and within 30 meters before it, you must not overtake, even when you are driving on a priority road.
- Overtaking is prohibited at a railroad crossing and within 30 meters before it.
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.