Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatAt 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.
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
At uncontrolled intersections, streetcars have priority no matter which side they come from. The left-priority rule applies between ordinary vehicles and does not apply to streetcars.
More questions on “Right of way”
- 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.
- When a route bus at a bus stop signals that it is about to pull out, vehicles behind it must give way in every case.
- When a stopped streetcar has no one getting on or off, there is no safety zone, and you can keep a gap of at least 1.5 meters from the streetcar, you may proceed at a slow speed.
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.