Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatWhen 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.
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
When there is not enough room, move as far to the left as possible. The overtaking vehicle passes on your right, so moving to the right would actually block the overtaking.
More questions on “Overtaking”
- 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.
- 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.
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.