Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatWhen a police officer is directing traffic with hand signals and they differ from the traffic light, you must follow the officer's hand signals.
Answer: ○ True
Explanation
When the hand signals of a police officer or traffic patrol officer differ from what the traffic light shows, you must follow the hand signals. Hand signals take priority over the traffic light.
More questions on “Traffic 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.
- When turning right at an intersection with three or more lanes on one side, a motorized bicycle (moped) must make a two-step right turn even if there is no two-step right turn sign.
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.