Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatYou must not stop or park on the left side of a safety zone or within 10 meters before and after it.
Answer: ○ True
Explanation
The left side of a safety zone, and the area within 10 meters before and after it, is a no-stopping-and-no-parking zone. The rule covers the left side, and the distance is 10 meters.
More questions on “Parking & stopping”
- 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.
- Even in a place where you cannot leave 3.5 meters of space on the right side of your car, you may park when it is unavoidable in order to help a sick or injured person.
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.