Gaimen50-question practice tests in the real exam formatStopping distance means the distance the car travels from the moment the brakes start to work until it comes to a stop.
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
The distance from when the brakes start to work until the car stops is the braking distance. The distance traveled from noticing danger until the brakes start to work is the free running (reaction) distance, and the two together make up the stopping distance.
More questions on “Speed limits”
- 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.
- On rainy days, visibility is poor and the braking distance is longer, so it is good practice to keep about twice the following distance you would keep on a clear day.
- On snowy or icy roads, it is good practice to keep a following distance about 3 times what you would keep on a clear day.
- A steep uphill slope is a place where you must slow down (to a speed at which the vehicle can stop immediately).
- Near a bend in the road, you must drive slowly enough to stop immediately, even when you have a clear view.
- On ordinary roads with a center line or marked lanes where no maximum speed is set by signs or markings, the statutory maximum speed for motor vehicles is 60 km/h.
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.