Ch. 1 · Common Conduct
While traveling through a section with a "slippery" warning sign, the road surface was not actually wet, so you ignored the sign and drove at normal speed, but since warning signs have no penalty provisions, this is not a violation.
[True / False · Hard]
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
Warning signs themselves have no direct penalty provisions, but if you ignore the hazard indicated by the sign and cause an accident, you may be charged with violations such as failure to exercise safe driving practices. Furthermore, warning signs give advance notice of hazards, and even if the road surface is not wet at that moment, they indicate locations that become slippery in rainy or freezing conditions. The idea that "you can ignore it because there's no penalty" is incorrect.
Driving school curriculumStage 1 – Topic 2: Following traffic signals
Source: Ch. 1 Common Conduct · Section (第２節 信号) · Rules of the Road, Ch.1 §2 / 2(4) Warning signs alert road users in advance to hazards or situations on the road that require caution. Types and meanings are listed in Appendix 3(1).
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