Ch. 11 · Owner & Manager

The vehicle user must make efforts to ensure that drivers comply with traffic regulations and that safe-driving managers properly manage safe driving practices.

[True / False · Easy]

Hikari

This sounds like a nice idea, but is it actually required by law?

Yui

It is! Vehicle users must make efforts to ensure drivers follow traffic rules and that safe-driving managers do their job properly—that's true.

Hikari

Oh, so it's an official obligation, not just a suggestion.

Yui

Exactly—the law puts real responsibility on the user to keep everyone in line.

Source: Ch. 11 Owner & Manager · Section (第２節 使用者、安全運転管理者、自動車運転代行業者などの義務) · Rules of the Road, Chapter 11, Section 2 (Duties of operators, safe-driving managers, and substitute-driving providers) / 1. Operator's duties (1): The vehicle's operator must make reasonable efforts to ensure drivers observe traffic rules and that the safe-driving manager handles safe-driving management. The same applies to substitute-driving providers having their drivers operate substitute-driving vehicles.

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