Ch. 2 · Pedestrian Conduct
On a road with no sidewalk or sufficiently wide roadside strip, pedestrians must always walk on the right edge of the road.
[True / False · Medium]
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
According to the Rules of the Road, on a road with no sidewalk or sufficiently wide roadside strip, pedestrians must in principle walk on the right edge of the road. However, as an exception, if walking on the right edge would result in repeated crossings and be more dangerous, pedestrians may walk on the left edge.
Driving school curriculumStage 1 – Topic 8: Protection of pedestrians
Source: Ch. 2 Pedestrian Conduct · Section (第2節 歩行者などの通るところ) · Rules of the Road, Ch.2 §2 (Where pedestrians walk) / 3 — On roads with neither a sidewalk nor a sufficiently wide roadside strip, pedestrians and remotely operated small vehicles (limited to those traveling on the road under remote control) must keep to the right edge of the road. However, they may keep to the left edge in cases such as when keeping to the right edge would mean crossing repeatedly and would actually be more dangerous.
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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.