# MenkyoQuest — Question ch5_pastexam_08

Chapter: Ch. 5 Driving Method
Section: 第５節 進路変更など
Type: True/False
Difficulty: medium

## Question
When reversing a vehicle, you must signal either by turning on the reverse lights or by extending your arm out of the vehicle and moving your palm facing backward.

## Correct answer
True

## Explanation
This statement is correct. The Rules of the Road, Chapter 5, Section 5, specifies that when reversing, you must signal by turning on the reverse lights or by extending your arm out of the vehicle and moving your palm facing backward. Proper signals are required when changing lanes, making a U-turn, reversing, and similar maneuvers.

## Driving school curriculum
Stage 1 – Topic 10: Lane changes and similar maneuvers

## Source passage (Rules of the Road)
第５節 進路変更など

## Tags
後退, 合図, 後退灯, 手による合図, 進路変更

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Source basis: National Police Agency's official Rules of the Road manual (Public Domain under Article 13 §2 of Japan's Copyright Act).
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