Practice questions with answers (provisional test & licence conversion)
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Karimen (provisional) test 70 questions
- Signals & signs On a green light, a car may go straight, turn left or turn right in any case whatsoever.
- Signals & signs On a yellow light a car must not go past the stop line, but if it is too close to stop safely it may continue.
- Signals & signs At a flashing red signal a car may proceed slowly.
- Signals & signs At a flashing yellow signal a car must always come to a complete stop.
- Signals & signs When a green arrow points right, a car may also make a U-turn as well as turn right.
- Signals & signs When a police officer's hand signal differs from the traffic light, you must follow the traffic light.
- Signals & signs When an officer holds both arms out horizontally, traffic FACING the officer's front has the same meaning as a green light.
- Signals & signs When an officer raises an arm vertically, traffic parallel to the officer's front has the same meaning as a yellow light.
- Signals & signs Where a "stop" sign is posted, you may drive up to just before the intersection and stop there even if there is a stop line.
- Signals & signs Where a "closed to vehicles" sign is posted, cars may not pass but mopeds may.
- Signals & signs There are four kinds of road sign: regulatory, instruction, warning and information.
- Signals & signs Where the centre line is a solid yellow line, you must not cross to the right side to overtake.
- Signals & signs Where a "no parking" sign is posted, you may not even stop to let people in or out.
- Signals & signs On a one-way street you may drive on the right-hand side of the road.
- Signals & signs Where lanes are divided by a yellow line, you must not cross it to change lanes.
- Signals & signs You may drive into a safety island as long as there are no pedestrians on it.
- Speed & stopping distance On an ordinary road with no posted speed limit, the maximum speed for a standard car is 60 km/h.
- Speed & stopping distance The statutory maximum speed for a moped on an ordinary road is 30 km/h.
- Speed & stopping distance "Stopping distance" means the distance from the brakes taking effect until the car stops completely.
- Speed & stopping distance Reaction distance stays the same no matter how tired or drowsy the driver is.
- Speed & stopping distance If speed doubles, braking distance roughly doubles.
- Speed & stopping distance Even on a wet road with worn tyres, braking distance is almost the same as on a dry road.
- Speed & stopping distance The centrifugal force on a car in a curve becomes about four times greater when speed doubles.
- Speed & stopping distance "Proceeding slowly" (jokou) means going at a speed from which you can stop at once — roughly 10 km/h or less.
- Speed & stopping distance As long as you stay under the posted speed limit you are safe regardless of the weather or road conditions.
- Speed & stopping distance A statutory minimum speed applies to cars on ordinary roads as well.
- Overtaking The faster you go, the shorter your following distance may be.
- Overtaking Your following distance must be enough to avoid hitting the car ahead even if it brakes hard.
- Overtaking "Overtaking" means passing the vehicle ahead WITHOUT changing your course.
- Overtaking When the car ahead has moved to the centre of the road to turn right, you overtake it on its right.
- Overtaking Overtaking is banned at an intersection and within 30 m before it, except when you are on a priority road.
- Overtaking Overtaking in a tunnel is banned whether or not there are marked lanes.
- Overtaking Overtaking is banned near the crest of an uphill slope and on a steep downhill slope.
- Overtaking A steep uphill slope is a place where overtaking is banned.
- Overtaking Within 30 m before a pedestrian or cycle crossing, both overtaking and passing are banned.
- Overtaking When the car ahead is overtaking a moped, overtaking it as well counts as banned double overtaking.
- Overtaking You may overtake near a bend in the road as long as the view is clear.
- Overtaking Overtaking is banned at a railway crossing and within 30 m before it.
- Intersections To turn right at an intersection, move as far as possible to the centre of the road beforehand and pass slowly just inside the centre of the intersection.
- Intersections To turn left at an intersection, move to the centre of the road beforehand and pass slowly just inside the centre of the intersection.
- Intersections A car turning right must not obstruct oncoming vehicles going straight on or turning left.
- Intersections At an unsignalled intersection of roads of similar width, you must not obstruct vehicles coming from the RIGHT.
- Intersections At an unsignalled intersection where the crossing road is a priority road, you must slow down and not obstruct traffic on it.
- Intersections At an unsignalled intersection, when entering a wide road from a narrow one, you must slow down and not obstruct traffic on the wide road.
- Intersections When entering a roundabout you must slow down and must not obstruct vehicles already circulating in it.
- Intersections You must signal left before entering a roundabout.
- Intersections When an emergency vehicle approaches at or near an intersection, you must clear the intersection, pull to the left and stop.
- Intersections When an emergency vehicle approaches away from an intersection, you must always come to a complete stop.
- Intersections If traffic is congested and you might end up stopped inside the intersection, you must not enter it even on a green light.
- Intersections You signal for a right or left turn about three seconds before the manoeuvre.
- Parking & stopping Parking and stopping are both banned at an intersection and within 5 m of its edge.
- Parking & stopping Parking and stopping are banned within 5 m before a pedestrian crossing, but are allowed just after it.
- Parking & stopping Parking and stopping are banned at a railway crossing and within 10 m either side of it.
- Parking & stopping Parking and stopping are banned to the left of a safety island and within 5 m either side.
- Parking & stopping Parking and stopping are banned in a tunnel whether or not there are marked lanes.
- Parking & stopping The crest of a slope and any steep slope are no-parking, no-stopping places.
- Parking & stopping Neither parking nor stopping is allowed within 5 m of a fire hydrant.
- Parking & stopping Parking is banned within 1 m of a fire alarm.
- Parking & stopping Parking is banned within 3 m of the edge of a road works area.
- Parking & stopping You must not park where doing so would leave less than 3.5 m of road to the right of your car.
- Parking & stopping Stopping to load or unload goods does not count as parking if it lasts 5 minutes or less.
- Parking & stopping If the driver leaves the car but intends to return within 5 minutes, it does not count as parking.
- Protecting pedestrians When approaching a pedestrian crossing and it is not clear whether anyone is crossing, you may carry on at the same speed.
- Protecting pedestrians When a pedestrian is crossing or about to cross at a pedestrian crossing, you must stop and give way.
- Protecting pedestrians When a car has stopped just before a pedestrian crossing, you may pass it slowly.
- Protecting pedestrians When a pedestrian is crossing at or near an intersection with no pedestrian crossing, you must not obstruct them.
- Protecting pedestrians When passing a safety island with people on it, you must slow down.
- Protecting pedestrians You must always slow down when passing a pedestrian.
- Protecting pedestrians When someone is walking with a white or yellow cane, you must stop or slow down so they can pass safely.
- Protecting pedestrians If you splash a pedestrian with mud or water from a puddle, the driver bears no responsibility.
Knowledge check (conversion) 25 questions
- Basics In Japan, vehicles drive on the left side of the road.
- Basics Pedestrians also keep to the left, the same as vehicles.
- Pedestrians When a pedestrian is about to cross at an unsignalled pedestrian crossing, the driver must stop.
- Pedestrians At an unsignalled pedestrian crossing, vehicles have priority over pedestrians.
- Traffic signals You may turn left on a red light if it is safe to do so.
- Traffic signals A yellow light means "hurry through".
- Traffic signals When a green arrow points right, you may proceed in that direction.
- Road signs The Japanese stop sign is a red upside-down triangle with white lettering.
- Road signs At a stop sign you must bring the wheels to a complete standstill.
- Road signs Numbers on Japanese speed signs are in miles per hour.
- Speed limits On an ordinary road with no sign, the maximum speed for a car is 60 km/h.
- Speed limits If the traffic is moving fast, you may exceed the speed limit.
- Railway crossings You must stop just before every railway crossing and check it is safe.
- Railway crossings If the barrier at a railway crossing is up, you may drive through without stopping.
- Intersections At an unsignalled crossroads of equal-width roads, the vehicle from the right has priority.
- Intersections A vehicle turning right must not obstruct oncoming vehicles going straight ahead.
- Intersections At an unsignalled junction, slow down when entering a wide road from a narrow one.
- Drink driving If you have drunk any alcohol at all, you must not drive.
- Drink driving Someone who lends a car to a person who has been drinking, or serves them alcohol, is also punished.
- Safety equipment Everyone in the car, not just the driver, must wear a seat belt.
- Safety equipment A child under 6 must be carried in a child seat.
- Safety equipment You may hold a mobile phone and talk while driving.
- Safety equipment A helmet must be worn when riding any motorcycle or moped.
- Parking & stopping You may not park or stop within 5 m of a junction or its corner.
- Parking & stopping You may not park or stop within 5 m before or after a pedestrian crossing.
