Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatOn 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.
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
Do not enter a side strip that is 0.75 meters wide or less; stop or park along the left edge of the roadway instead. You may stop or park inside a side strip only when it is marked with a single white line and is wider than 0.75 meters, and even then you must leave at least 0.75 meters of space on the left side of your car.
More questions on “Parking & stopping”
- 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.
- Inside a tunnel, you may stop or park only when vehicle traffic lanes are provided.
- On a steep slope, stopping and parking are prohibited whether the slope goes uphill or downhill.
- You must not stop or park at an intersection or within 10 meters of its edges.
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.