Only car drivers need to understand vehicle characteristics such as blind spots and the inner-wheel difference (the way a turning vehicle's rear wheels cut inside the path of its front wheels); pedestrians and cyclists do not.
自動車の死角や内輪差といった自動車の特性を知っておくべきなのは自動車の運転者だけで、歩行者や自転車に乗る人は知らなくてよい。
This statement is FALSE
Explanation
False. The rulebook says that pedestrians, riders of specified small motorized bicycles (electric kick scooters and similar), and cyclists must also understand vehicle characteristics such as blind spots and the inner-wheel difference — the way a turning vehicle's rear wheels track inside its front wheels, which can catch someone standing near the corner.
Original text
自動車の運転者はもちろん、歩行者、特定小型原動機付自転車（第３章第１節２の特定小型原動機付自転車をいいます。）や自転車に乗る人も、自動車の死角、内輪差など自動車の特性をよく知つておくこと。
Source: Rules of the Road — 交通の方法に関する教則 第1章 歩行者と運転者に共通の心得 第1節 基本的な心構え · National Public Safety Commission Notification No.3
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