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A white disc with a red rim and a single thick red diagonal bar across it.

Where this sign is posted, bicycles are barred as well as cars and mopeds.

この標識のあるところは、自動車や原動機付自転車のほか、自転車も通行することができない。

This statement is TRUE

Explanation

This is the "closed to vehicles" sign. In Japanese law a "vehicle" includes cars, mopeds, light vehicles (bicycles among them) and trolleybuses, so bicycles are barred too.

About this sign

Name
Closed to vehicles車両通行止め
What it means
Closes the road to vehicles — cars, mopeds and light vehicles such as bicycles. Pedestrians may still pass.

Original text

自動車、原動機付自転車、軽車両及びトロリーバスをいう。

Source: Road Traffic Act — 道路交通法 第二条第一項第八号(定義) · Act No.105 of 1960

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