Ch. 1 · Common Conduct
It was late at night with little traffic and no one around, so I parked my car on the road in front of a convenience store, shopped inside, then threw an empty drink can by the side of the road before departing.
[True / False · Medium]
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
The Rules of the Road states that you must not place objects on the road that obstruct traffic, and that you must not throw cigarette butts, paper scraps, empty cans, or other items from your vehicle. Regardless of traffic volume or surrounding conditions, these actions are prohibited.
Driving school curriculumStage 1 – Topic 1: Driver's mindset
Source: Ch. 1 Common Conduct · Section (第4節 道路でしてはいけないことなど) · Rules of the Road, Ch.1 §4 (Prohibited acts on the road) / 1 — Do not do dangerous things on the road such as the following. (4) Damaging the road, or scattering or dumping dirty water, garbage, nails, glass fragments, and the like. (5) Throwing cigarette butts, wastepaper, empty cans, and the like from a vehicle, or putting your body or objects outside it.
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Source content excerpted from the NPA “Rules of the Road” instructional manual, in the public domain under Japanese Copyright Act Article 13(2). Explanations are AI-assisted and copyrighted by the MenkyoQuest editorial team.