# MenkyoQuest — Question ch1_q022

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: medium

## Question
A traffic-directing officer's light signals take priority even when they differ from traffic light signals.

## Correct answer
True

## Explanation
Article 1 of the Rules of the Road states that "when a police officer or traffic-directing officer is directing traffic using hand signals or light signals," those signals take priority even if they differ from traffic lights. Therefore, a traffic-directing officer's light signals also take priority.

## 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
交通巡視員, 灯火信号, 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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