Pedestrian-only road (hokōsha-yō dōro)
歩行者用道路 · hokōsha-yō dōro
Definition
A hokōsha-yō dōro is a road where vehicle traffic is prohibited so pedestrians can use it freely. Vehicles allowed on it only by special permission (or exemption) must take particular care for pedestrians and slow to jokō speed the whole time.
On the test
True/false example: "A vehicle allowed by permission onto a pedestrian-only road must take special care for pedestrians and slow down (jokō)." — True. Permission lets you enter, but not at normal speed.
The law behind it
The Road Traffic Act, Article 9, requires a vehicle permitted onto a pedestrian-only road to take particular care for pedestrians and to proceed at jokō (immediate-stop) speed.
Road Traffic Act, Article 9 (Duties of vehicles on pedestrian-only roads) (official source)
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