Ch. 2 · Pedestrian Conduct

A motorized vehicle for persons with physical disabilities may travel on roads if it is incapable of exceeding a speed of 8 kilometers per hour.

[True / False · Medium]

Answer: ✕ False

Explanation

The Rules of the Road states that motorized vehicles for persons with physical disabilities are limited to those incapable of exceeding a speed of 6 kilometers per hour. 6 kilometers, not 8 kilometers, is the correct standard.

Driving school curriculumStage 1 – Topic 8: Protection of pedestrians

Momoka

So if it can't go faster than 8 km/h, it's allowed on the road, right?

Hikari

Nope, that's false! The speed limit for those vehicles is actually 6 km/h, not 8.

Momoka

Oh no, I mixed up the numbers!

Hikari

Easy mistake—just remember it's 6, not 8!

Source: Ch. 2 Pedestrian Conduct · Section (第1節歩行者と同じ交通規則となる人) · Rules of the Road, Ch.2 §1 (People treated as pedestrians) — Users of mobility-aid small vehicles (electric wheelchairs) and certain other small mobility devices (e.g. baby strollers, hand-pulled small carts) follow the same traffic rules as pedestrians under specified size and speed limits.

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