# MenkyoQuest — Question ch5_q018

Chapter: Ch. 5 Driving Method
Section: 第２節 自動車の通行するところ
Type: True/False
Difficulty: medium

## Question
On a road without a sidewalk or roadside strip, you may drive onto the road shoulder (the 0.5-meter portion from the edge of the road).

## Correct answer
False

## Explanation
Rules of the Road, Chapter 5, Section 2, Item 7(4) clearly prohibits this: "When driving on a road without a sidewalk or roadside strip, you must not drive onto the road shoulder (the 0.5-meter portion from the edge of the road)."

## Driving school curriculum
Stage 1 – Topic 4: Where vehicles may and may not travel

## Source passage (Rules of the Road)
7 通行してはいけないところ - (4)

## Tags
路肩, 0.5メートル, 通行禁止, 歩道なし道路

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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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