Ch. 1 · Common Conduct
The light turned red at an intersection with a stop line, but stopping before the stop line would have risked a rear-end collision with the vehicle behind, so I crossed the stop line and stopped just before the intersection.
[True / False · Hard]
Answer: ✕ False
Explanation
The Rules of the Road state that when there is a stop line, you must stop just before it. Crossing the stop line due to concerns about vehicles behind you is not permitted. The correct approach is to maintain a sufficient following distance and drive at a speed that allows you to stop safely before the stop line.
Driving school curriculumStage 1 – Topic 2: Following traffic signals
Source: Ch. 1 Common Conduct · Section (第２節 信号) · Rules of the Road, Ch.1 §2 / Appendix 1(1) Red light (2): vehicles and streetcars must not proceed past the stop position. / Appendix 1(1) Note: in this table, the stop position means immediately before the stop line where there is one, and the positions listed there where there is none. / Appendix 3(2)(b) No. 29 “Stop Line”: the position at which vehicles are to stop.
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