Ch. 1 · Common Conduct
When a traffic-directing officer's instructions differ from traffic regulations indicated by road signs, you must follow the road signs.
[True / False · Medium]
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
The Rules of the Road state that when a police officer or traffic-directing officer gives necessary instructions about how to proceed and the like, you must act in accordance with those instructions. This also holds when a traffic-directing officer's instructions differ from a sign: you follow the instructions, not the sign. Note that the passage in the Rules stating that the instructions "take priority even when they differ from the traffic regulations shown by signs or markings" is written about a police officer's instructions (Road Traffic Act §6).
Driving school curriculumStage 1 – Topic 2: Following traffic signals
Source: Ch. 1 Common Conduct · Section (第３節 警察官などの指示に従うこと) · 警察官が行う指示が標識・標示によつて示された交通の規制と違つていても、指示の方が優先します。
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