Ch. 1 · Common Conduct

While stopped at an intersection, you started off without looking at your own signal because the signal on the crossing road had turned red.

[True / False · Hard]

Answer: ✕ False

Explanation

Even when the crossing road's signal turns red, your own signal does not necessarily turn green right away (e.g. with time-differential signals). You must confirm that your own signal has turned green before starting off.

Driving school curriculumStage 1 – Topic 2: Following traffic signals

Hikari

The crossing road turned red, so mine must be green now—I can just go, right?

Yui

Actually, that's false! Sometimes there's a delay—like with time-differential signals—so you *must* check your own light first.

Hikari

Oh, so the other light turning red doesn't guarantee mine is green?

Yui

Exactly! Always look at your own signal before you move.

Source: Ch. 1 Common Conduct · Section (第2節信号) · Rules of the Road, Ch.1 §2 (Obeying signals, signs & markings) — Drivers and pedestrians must obey traffic-signal lights, road signs, and road markings. The types of signals, signs, and markings and their meanings are listed in Appendix 1 and 3.

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