# MenkyoQuest — Question ch1_pastexam_01

Chapter: Ch. 1 Common Conduct
Section: 第３節 警察官などの指示に従うこと
Type: True/False
Difficulty: hard

## Question
If a traffic-directing police officer is signalling with both arms held straight up overhead, this carries the same meaning as a red light for vehicles approaching from the direction the arms point toward.

## Correct answer
False

## Explanation
With a uniformed officer's arms raised straight up, traffic that faces the officer's front or back is treated as if a red signal were displayed, while traffic moving parallel to the outstretched arms (i.e. coming from the officer's sides) is treated as if a yellow signal were displayed. The question's claim about "vehicles approaching from the direction the arms point toward" describes the sides — that traffic gets a yellow, not a red. Reference: Road Traffic Act Enforcement Order Article 2 (1); Rules of the Road Chapter 1, Section 3, Appendix Table 1 (3).

## Driving school curriculum
Stage 1 – Topic 2: Following traffic signals

## Source passage (Rules of the Road)
第３節 警察官などの指示に従うこと

## Tags
警察官手信号, 交通整理, 信号の意味, 黄信号, 赤信号

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Source basis: National Police Agency's official Rules of the Road manual (Public Domain under Article 13 §2 of Japan's Copyright Act).
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