On an expressway, the "main carriageway" does not include the acceleration lane, the climbing lane, or the road shoulder.

高速道路の「本線車道」には、加速車線や登坂車線、路肩は含まれない。

This statement is TRUE

Explanation

The main carriageway is the part where vehicles normally travel at high speed. Acceleration, deceleration and climbing lanes, plus the roadside strip and shoulder, are excluded.

Original text

本線車道とは、高速道路で通常高速走行をする部分（加速車線、減速車線、登坂車線、路側帯、路肩を除いた部分）をいいます。

Source: Rules of the Road — 交通の方法に関する教則第7章高速道路での走行第2節走行上の注意 · National Public Safety Commission Notification No.3

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