Lesson · For the final test (本免)
Hazard pictures (危険予測)
On the final test, 5 questions show a traffic scene. Each has 3 true/false statements, and you get 2 points only if all 3 are right. They test whether you can see what might happen next.
How to read a hazard picture
- Look for what you can't see yet: behind a stopped bus, between parked cars, behind an oncoming car that is turning.
- Ask what each person or vehicle might do next, not only what they are doing now.
- A statement that says you can keep your speed because someone "will surely" stop or give way is usually false.
- All three statements must be right to get the 2 points, so judge each one on its own.
What the test asks about
- Behind a stopped bus: expect people to step out; let it pull out.
- A ball in the road means a child may follow it.
- Turning right: give way to oncoming traffic; watch for hidden motorcycles.
- Turning left: let the bicycle go first; give way at the crosswalk.
- Car stopped before a crosswalk: stop before passing it.
- Vehicle backing into the road: slow down and be ready to stop.
- Child walking alone: stop or slow to a crawl.
- Obstacle on your side: give way to oncoming traffic.
- At night, pedestrians near the center line can vanish in headlight glare.
- Rain and curves: slow down before the curve, not in it.
- Never enter a crossing unless there is room beyond it.
- Stopped school bus: pass at a crawl (徐行) and check.
- Merging: speed up on the acceleration lane; main-road traffic has priority.
- Being let through doesn't make it safe: check for hidden vehicles.
- Roundabout: slow down, give way to cars inside, signal left to exit.
Check yourself
Scenes one at a time, with the answer to each statement after you mark all three.
Sources
- National Police Agency: rules guide (交通の方法に関する教則), consolidated text
- National Police Agency: 2026 amendment to the rules guide (告示)
The scenes are original drawings by JapanHow?, not pictures from the official test.
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