# MenkyoQuest — Question ch7_q014

Chapter: Ch. 7 Expressway
Section: 第２節 走行上の注意
Type: True/False
Difficulty: hard

## Question
When the road surface is dry and tires are new, at 80 km/h you need to maintain a following distance of about 100 meters.

## Correct answer
False

## Explanation
Rules of the Road Chapter 7, Section 2, 2(4) specifies, "At 80 km/h, you need to maintain a following distance of about 80 meters." The required distance corresponds to speed: about 100 meters at 100 km/h, and about 80 meters at 80 km/h. It is not 100 meters.

## Driving school curriculum
Stage 2 – Topic 16: Driving on expressways

## Source passage (Rules of the Road)
2 速度 (4) 路面が乾燥していて、タイヤが新しい場合は、時速100キロメートルでは約100メートル、時速80キロメートルでは約80メートルの車間距離をとる必要があります。

## Tags
高速道路, 車間距離, 速度, 数値

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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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