Ch. 5 · Driving Method

In a section marked with a "horn section" sign, you must sound your horn at all intersections and curves.

[True / False · Hard]

Answer: ✕ False

Explanation

According to the Rules of the Road, within a section marked with a "horn section" sign, you are required to sound your horn only "when passing through intersections with poor visibility, curves with poor visibility, or the top of an uphill slope." It is limited to places with poor visibility, not all intersections and curves.

Driving school curriculumStage 1 – Topic 10: Lane changes and similar maneuvers

Hikari

The sign says horn section, so honk at every intersection and curve in that zone, right?

Misaki

Not quite. That's false. You only honk at intersections and curves with poor visibility, not all of them.

Hikari

Oh, so it's only when I can't see well?

Misaki

Exactly. Poor visibility is the key — blind corners, crests of hills. Not every turn.

Source: Ch. 5 Driving Method · Section (第５節進路変更など) · 1 安全の確認と合図(5)の警音器に関する記述

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