Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatOn ordinary roads, there is no minimum speed rule unless one is set by signs or similar.
Answer: ○ True
Explanation
Ordinary roads have no statutory minimum speed (except where one is posted by signs). The statutory minimum of 50 km/h applies only to the main lanes of national expressways.
More questions on “Speed limits”
- When towing a broken-down car with a rope, the statutory maximum speed on ordinary roads is 40 km/h.
- When towing a broken-down car with a rope, you must keep a safe gap of no more than 5 meters between the two cars and attach a white cloth to the rope.
- If your speed doubles, your braking distance also roughly doubles.
- The centrifugal force acting on a car in a curve grows in direct proportion to its speed.
- Stopping distance means the distance the car travels from the moment the brakes start to work until it comes to a stop.
- On a road wet with rain and with worn tires, both the free running (reaction) distance and the braking distance become at least twice as long.
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.