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Japanese SOFA License Test/49Questions with Answers
1. What does Japanese law categorize anyone with a motor vehicle as? - -a
"professional driver"
-2. When can a vehicle partially/fully cross into the next lane? - -1. When
traveling on multi-lane roadways.
2. When the width of the left half is insufficient to proceed.
3. When unable to proceed due to road damage, construction, and other
impediments.
4. When passing another vehicle.
5. When merging across a multi-lane road in order to right-hand turn.
-3. Solid or broken WHITE line - -Vehicles may pass other vehicles
-4. Solid yellow/ double solid yellow centerline - -No passing from either
lane
-5. Solid yellow line next to a broken centerline - -No passing from the lane
nearest the solid yellow line
-6. Pedestrians on sidewalks and crosswalks have the right of way. When
can a vehicle cross a sidewalk? - -When this is the only way to enter/exit a
business, private residence, or similar location
-7. Bus Exclusive or Preferred Lane - -They are designated "priority" for
public buses, school buses, and taxis. All other vehicles, except motorcycles,
are required to move out of the lane immediately when a bus or taxi
approaches from the rear.
-8. Bus exclusive lanes during specific hours - -POV's can only move into the
bus exclusive lane 100 feet (30 meters) prior to your left turn.
-9. When a bus is signaling to leave a bus stop - -No vehicle shall impede or
interfere with the bus unless doing so means an abrupt change in speed or
traffic lanes which could cause an accident in an adjacent traffic lane.
-10. When is the far left lane on HWY 58 strictly used for buses, motorcycles,
and designated vehicles? - -Between the hours of 0730-0900 and 1730-1900
-11. When meeting a bus (school bus or the green line) on any military
installation: - -When the bus stops all vehicles, in both directions, must stop
until the bus moves or the driver signals vehicles to proceed.
, CAUTION: Watch carefully for pedestrians/children in case they attempt to
cross the street once the bus leaves.
-12. Motorcycles are restricted to the far left lane on which hwys? (Except
within 30 meters or 100 feet of a right turn.) - --HWY 58 from Naha to
Kadena Circle
-330
-329
-13. When there are multiple lanes, which is considered the "passing lane"? -
-The far right lane
-14. What should you do in the event of a vehicle malfunction or breakdown
on a National Expressway or an Exclusive Roadway? - -The vehicle must be
completely moved off the expressway and warning devices (i.e. flares/ safety
triangles) must be used to indicate the vehicle is stopped for emergency or
maintenance reasons.
Note: Any vehicle stopped on the expressway at night are required to display
parking lights and/or emergency flashers.
-15. What is the maximum speed limit for all trucks under 5 tons and all
passenger vehicles (including buses/motorcycles with 125cc engine or
higher)? - -80 km/h
-16. What is the maximum speed for trucks over 5 tons, all special vehicles
(i.e. cement trucks, wreckers), and motorcycles/ scooters under 125cc? - -60
km/h
-17. What is the maximum speed for any 2-wheeled vehicle under 50cc? - -
30 km/h
-18. When can you drive slower than the posted speed limit on expressways
and exclusive use roadways? - -ONLY when it is unsafe to do so due to
hazardous weather/ road conditions.
-19. What is the 3-4 second rule? - -The way to calculate the recommended
distance between you and the vehicle in front of you. It should take 3-4
seconds to get to the same spot the car in front of you was just in.
-20. What is the difference between overtaking and passing? - -Passing:
going around a slower vehicle to the right on a two-way roadway
Overtaking: one vehicle moving past a slower vehicle on a one-way or multi-
lane road
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