Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatA steep uphill slope is a place where overtaking is prohibited.
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
The no-overtaking places are the area near the top of an uphill slope and steep downhill slopes; steep uphill slopes are not included. This differs from stopping and parking, which are prohibited on steep slopes both uphill and downhill.
More questions on “Overtaking”
- Inside a tunnel, overtaking is prohibited whether or not there are vehicle traffic lanes.
- When the vehicle ahead is trying to overtake a motorized bicycle (moped), overtaking that vehicle is prohibited as double overtaking.
- Even at an intersection and within 30 meters before it, you may overtake a light vehicle (bicycle, etc.).
- When you are being overtaken by the vehicle behind, you must not increase your speed until the overtaking is complete.
- When you are being overtaken and there is not enough room for the other vehicle to get past, you must move as far to the right as possible to give way.
- As long as you signal with your turn indicators, you may change course even when the vehicle behind you is close.
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.