# MenkyoQuest — Question ch1_q029

Chapter: Ch. 1 Common Conduct
Section: 第３節 警察官などの指示に従うこと
Type: Multiple choice
Difficulty: hard

## Question
When a police officer's instructions and traffic regulations indicated by road signs or road markings differ, which takes priority?

## Options
A. Regulations indicated by road signs or road markings
B. The police officer's instructions
C. Whichever was installed more recently
D. The driver judges based on the situation

## Correct answer
B. The police officer's instructions

## Explanation
Article 2 of the Rules of the Road clearly states: "Even if instructions given by a police officer differ from traffic regulations indicated by road signs or road markings, the instructions take priority." Therefore, the police officer's instructions, not the road signs or road markings, take priority.

## 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
警察官, 指示, 標識, 標示, 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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