Ch. 5 · Driving Method

If a vehicle is equipped with airbags, it is safe to not wear a seatbelt.

[True / False · Medium]

Answer: ✕ False

Explanation

The Rules of the Road states: "Passengers in the front passenger seat and rear seats must also wear seatbelts (this applies even if the vehicle is equipped with airbags)." Wearing a seatbelt is mandatory even in vehicles equipped with airbags.

Driving school curriculumStage 1 – Topic 9: Safety checks, signals, and horn use

Hikari

If the car has airbags, I should be fine without the belt, no?

Misaki

That's false. Seatbelts are mandatory for everyone, front and back, even with airbags.

Hikari

I thought airbags were the backup!

Misaki

Airbags work with seatbelts, not instead of them. Together they protect you.

Source: Ch. 5 Driving Method · Section (第１節安全な発進) · ３シートベルトの着用（１）

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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.