Ch. 1 · Common Conduct
When a police officer is giving hand signals at a place other than an intersection where there is no pedestrian crossing, bicycle crossing or railroad crossing, the stop position is 5 meters before the officer.
[True / False · Hard]
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
The correct stop position is 1 meter before the officer. The note to Appendix 1(3) of the Rules of the Road says that when hand signals are being given at a place other than an intersection, with no pedestrian crossing, bicycle crossing or railroad crossing, the stop position is 1 meter before the police officer or traffic-directing officer. When hand signals are given anywhere else, the stop position is the same as for a traffic light.
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) · Rules of the Road, Appendix 1(3)(a) Hand signals, Note — When hand signals are given at a place other than an intersection with no pedestrian crossing, bicycle crossing or railroad crossing, the stop position is 1 meter before the police officer or traffic-directing officer; elsewhere it is the same as for a traffic light.
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