Ch. 7 · Expressway

You need to prepare a breakdown warning device in advance in case you have to stop on an expressway due to a breakdown or other reasons.

[True / False · Easy]

Answer: ✓ True

Explanation

The Rules of the Road states under "(3) Prepare a Breakdown Warning Device" that "If you must stop on an expressway due to a breakdown or other reasons, you are required to place a breakdown warning device to indicate that your vehicle is stopped. Prepare one in advance."

Driving school curriculumStage 2 – Topic 16: Driving on expressways

Hikari

Hmm, can't I just use my hazard lights if I break down? Do I really need a separate warning device?

Yui

Hazards help, but they're not enough. The rules actually require you to place a breakdown warning device on the expressway. You have to prepare one in advance—that's true.

Hikari

So it's a legal must-have, not just a nice-to-have.

Yui

Bingo! Think of it as your safety backup when you're stranded at high speed.

Source: Ch. 7 Expressway · Section (第１節高速道路に入る前の心得) · （３）停止表示器材を用意すること

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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.