Ch. 2 · Pedestrian Conduct

On roads without sidewalks or sufficiently wide roadside strips, pedestrians may walk on the left edge if walking on the right edge would require repeated crossing and would be more dangerous.

[True / False · Hard]

Answer: ✓ True

Explanation

Section 3 of the text clearly states that "you may walk on the left edge if walking on the right edge would require repeated crossing and would be more dangerous." Walking on the left edge is exceptionally permitted for safety reasons.

Driving school curriculumStage 1 – Topic 8: Protection of pedestrians

Momoka

But didn't we just say you always walk on the right? Now we can walk on the left?

Hikari

Yeah, this is true — if sticking to the right would make you zigzag across the road and put you in danger, you're allowed to switch to the left.

Momoka

So it's like a safety override for weird road layouts?

Hikari

Exactly. The rule bends when following it would actually be more dangerous. Common sense wins.

Source: Ch. 2 Pedestrian Conduct · Section (第２節歩行者などの通るところ) · ３しかし、右端を通ると横断を繰り返すことになつてかえつて危険な場合などは左端を通ることができます。

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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.