Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatYou must not park within 5 meters of a vehicle entrance to a parking lot, garage, or similar facility.
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
Parking is prohibited within 3 meters of a vehicle entrance such as a garage. The 5-meter no-parking rule applies to the edges of road construction zones and the area around firefighting facilities.
More questions on “Parking & stopping”
- You must not stop or park on the left side of a safety zone or within 10 meters before and after it.
- Stopping for up to 10 minutes to load or unload goods counts as stopping, not parking.
- Stopping to let people get on or off becomes parking if it takes more than 5 minutes.
- When crossing a sidewalk to enter a garage or parking lot, you must stop just before the sidewalk even if there are no pedestrians.
- On a road with a narrow side strip 0.75 meters wide or less, you must move into the side strip when you stop or park.
- In principle, you must not park in a place where less than 3.5 meters of open space would remain on the right side of your car.
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.