Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatWhen passing a stopped school or kindergarten bus, you must always come to a complete stop.
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
When passing a stopped school or kindergarten bus, the duty is to drive slowly enough to stop immediately and check that it is safe. A complete stop is not required. The rule exists because children may suddenly run out.
More questions on “Right of way”
- When an emergency vehicle approaches somewhere other than at or near an intersection, you must pull over to the left side of the road and come to a complete stop.
- When an emergency vehicle approaches while you are at or near an intersection, you must keep clear of the intersection, pull over to the left side of the road, and stop.
- On a one-way road, if pulling over to the left would actually get in the emergency vehicle's way, you pull over to the right to give way.
- A road whose center line or vehicle traffic lanes continue through the middle of an intersection is a priority road.
- At an intersection without traffic control, the vehicle coming from the left always has priority, regardless of the width of the roads.
- When you arrive at the same time at an uncontrolled intersection where the roads are about the same width, you must give way to the vehicle coming from the left.
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.