Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatStopping for up to 10 minutes to load or unload goods counts as stopping, not parking.
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
Stopping to load or unload goods counts as stopping only if it is within 5 minutes; beyond 5 minutes it becomes parking. Stopping to let people get on or off is stopping regardless of how long it takes.
More questions on “Parking & stopping”
- 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.
- At night, whenever you stop or park on a road, you must turn on your hazard lights, even in a place that street lighting makes visible from 50 meters behind.
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.