Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatOn 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.
Answer: ○ True
Explanation
The rule is to pull over to the left for an emergency vehicle, but on a one-way road, if keeping left would instead block the emergency vehicle, pull over to the right to give way.
More questions on “Right of 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.
- At an uncontrolled intersection where the roads are about the same width, if a streetcar approaches from the right, your car may go first because you are on the left.
- At an intersection, a vehicle turning right may go before vehicles going straight or turning left.
- On a narrow slope where vehicles cannot pass each other, the rule is that the vehicle going uphill gives way to the vehicle coming downhill.
Legal basis (in Japanese)
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.