Ch. 11 · Owner & Manager

A deputy safe-driving manager must be appointed at workplaces that use 15 or more vehicles.

[True / False · Medium]

Answer: ✕ False

Explanation

The text in "2 (2)" specifies that a deputy safe-driving manager must be appointed "at workplaces that use 20 or more vehicles (large motorcycles and ordinary motorcycles are each counted as 0.5 vehicles)." The requirement is 20 or more vehicles, not 15.

Driving school curriculumStage 2 – Topic 14: Vehicle owner responsibilities and insurance

Hikari
Hikari
Fifteen vehicles feels like a decent number for needing a deputy, so this is probably true.
Yui
Yui
Not quite—the rule says twenty or more vehicles, not fifteen. So this statement is false.
Hikari
Hikari
Oh, I was off by five! Why is it twenty specifically?
Yui
Yui
That's just the legal threshold. Think 'twenty triggers the deputy'—easy hook to remember!

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) · 第11章第２節 ２ 安全運転管理者など（２）

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