Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatAt an intersection without traffic control, the vehicle coming from the left always has priority, regardless of the width of the roads.
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
At an uncontrolled intersection, priority is decided in this order: the priority road first, then the clearly wider road, and lastly the vehicle coming from the left. The vehicle from the left has priority only when the roads are about the same width.
More questions on “Right of way”
- 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.
- When meeting another vehicle on a narrow slope, if there is a pull-off area nearby, even the uphill vehicle should move into it and give way.
- When there is an obstacle such as a parked vehicle ahead in your path, you must stop or slow down in advance and give way to vehicles coming from the opposite direction.
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.