Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatWhen you are being overtaken by the vehicle behind, you must not increase your speed until the overtaking is complete.
Answer: ○ True
Explanation
While being overtaken, you must not speed up until the overtaking is finished. If there is not enough room for the other vehicle to get past, you must also move as far to the left as possible to let it through.
More questions on “Overtaking”
- 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.
- Overtaking means changing course and moving ahead of a moving vehicle in front of you.
- When you are about to change course (change lanes), you must give a signal 30 meters before doing so.
- 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.
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.