Ch. 11 · Owner & Manager

Vehicle owners must secure a parking space within 2 kilometers of their home.

[True / False · Medium]

Answer: ✕ False

Explanation

The Rules of the Road state "within 2 kilometers of the base of use, such as your address." It is not "home" but the "base of use," and as an exception, the actual place of use, such as a business office, may be the base.

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

Hikari

Two kilometers from home sounds right to me — isn't that the rule?

Yui

Actually, that's false! The law says "base of use," not home. Your base of use could be your office or wherever you actually keep the car.

Hikari

Oh, so it's about where I really use it, not just my address?

Yui

Exactly! If you commute from the suburbs but park near your city office, that office counts as your base.

Source: Ch. 11 Owner & Manager · Section (第1節自動車所有者などの義務 1 自動車の保管場所の確保など) · Rules of the Road, Ch.11 §1 (Duties of vehicle owners) — Secure a parking place (within 2 km of principal use, off the road), register the vehicle (or notify for light vehicles/mopeds), undergo periodic statutory inspections (shaken), and maintain compulsory third-party-liability insurance (jibaiseki).

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