# MenkyoQuest — Question ch1_q025

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
When a traffic-directing officer's instructions differ from traffic regulations indicated by road signs, you must follow the road signs.

## Correct answer
False

## Explanation
The Rules of the Road state that "even when instructions by a police officer or equivalent (警察官等) differ from regulations shown by signs or markings, the instructions take priority." The term 警察官等 covers both police officers and traffic-directing officers (per Road Traffic Act §74), so when a traffic-directing officer's instructions conflict with a sign, you must follow the instructions rather than the sign.

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

## Source passage (Rules of the Road)
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。

## Tags
交通巡視員, 指示, 標識, 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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