Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatA green traffic light means 'go,' so vehicles facing it must always proceed.
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
A green light means you may proceed; it does not impose a duty to proceed. When you cannot confirm that the way ahead is safe — for example, pedestrians are still crossing — you must not proceed.
More questions on “Traffic signals”
- When a police officer is directing traffic with hand signals and they differ from the traffic light, you must follow the officer's hand signals.
- When a police officer raises an arm straight up, traffic facing the front of the officer's body is under the same rule as a red light.
- At a place away from any intersection, where there is no pedestrian crossing, bicycle crossing lane, or railroad crossing, if a traffic light is installed you must stop just before the traffic light.
- When turning right or left, you must give the signal 30 meters before the point where you will turn.
- You must signal about three seconds before making a U-turn.
- When you are about to enter a roundabout, you must give a signal in advance.
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.