Even where this sign is posted, stopping for up to 5 minutes to load or unload goods is not a violation.
Answer: ○ True
Explanation
A stop of up to 5 minutes to load or unload goods, or a stop to let people get on or off, is defined as stopping. Stopping is allowed where the No Parking sign is posted, so it is not a violation.
More questions on “Road signs”
- Within the zone covered by this sign, you must drive with your horn sounding at all times.
- Slowing down (slow driving) means driving at a speed of 10 km/h or less.
- On a road with this sign, vehicles cannot enter from either direction.
- On a road with this sign, no motor vehicles, motorized bicycles (mopeds), or light vehicles (bicycles, etc.) may pass.
- On a road with this sign, vehicles cannot pass but pedestrians can.
- Where this sign is posted, you may neither make a U-turn nor reverse.
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.