# MenkyoQuest — Question ch1_sign_41

Chapter: Ch. 1 Common Conduct
Section: 第２節 信号
Type: True/False
Difficulty: easy

## Question
When a green light is displayed, motor vehicles may proceed in any direction: straight, left, or right.

## Correct answer
True

## Explanation
A green light indicates that you "may proceed": motor vehicles may go straight, turn left, or turn right (light vehicles and mopeds that must make a two-stage right turn follow a different method for turning right). There is no obligation to proceed.

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

## Source passage (Rules of the Road)
Rules of the Road, Ch.1 §2 (Signals, Signs & Markings) / 1. Signals: Drivers must obey traffic-signal lights. When a police officer or traffic-directing officer is controlling traffic by hand signals or flashlight, those signals override the traffic-signal lights.

## Tags
信号, 青色の灯火, 進行許可

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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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