# MenkyoQuest — Question ch1_q021

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: easy

## Question
When a police officer is directing traffic using hand signals, even if those hand signals differ from the traffic light signals, the police officer's hand signals take priority.

## Correct answer
True

## Explanation
This is correct because Article 1 of the Rules of the Road states: "Even if the hand signals or light signals differ from the traffic light signals, the signals given by the police officer or traffic-directing officer take priority." Police officers' hand signals have priority over traffic lights.

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

## Source passage (Rules of the Road)
手信号や灯火による信号が信号機の信号と違つていても、その警察官や交通巡視員の信号の方が優先します。

## Tags
警察官, 手信号, 信号機, 優先順位

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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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