Article 108-28Establishment of Traffic Safety Education Guidelines and Rules of the Road
第百八条の二十八(交通安全教育指針及び交通の方法に関する教則の作成)
The National Public Safety Commission must create and publicize guidelines for traffic safety education consisting of the following points (hereinafter referred to as "traffic safety education guidelines") in order to enable persons (other than public safety commissions) that are involved in traffic safety education for persons using the road to provide effective and appropriate traffic safety education, as well for use as the basis for the traffic safety education referred to in the preceding Article that public safety commissions provide:
the details and methods of traffic safety education for providing persons with opportunities to acquire skills and knowledge about correct traffic rules, including the skills and knowledge necessary for the safe driving of motor vehicles and motorized bicycles;
the details and methods of traffic safety education for providing persons with opportunities to acquire knowledge about traffic accident prevention; and
交通事故防止に関する知識を習得する機会を提供するための交通安全教育の内容及び方法
the necessary information beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items for effectively and appropriately implementing traffic safety education for persons using the road.
Traffic safety education guidelines must be created with consideration to enabling persons using the road to gain a greater willingness to acquire, of their own accord, skills and knowledge about correct traffic rules and traffic accident prevention through learning opportunities involving traffic safety education, as well as with consideration to enabling them to gradually and systematically gain such skills and knowledge in keeping with their ages; the ways in which they use the road; and the business activities of those of them using the road in the course of business.
The National Public Safety Commission must endeavor to cooperate closely with the heads of relevant administrative organs in creating the traffic safety education guidelines pursuant to paragraph (1).
The National Public Safety Commission must create and publicize rules of the road consisting of the following points, in order to enable persons using the road to easily understand correct traffic rules:
国家公安委員会は、道路を通行する者が適正な交通の方法を容易に理解することができるようにするため、次に掲げる事項を内容とする教則を作成し、これを公表するものとする。
points that the commission wants persons using the road to strictly observe in order to prevent road hazards and ensure the safety and fluidity of road traffic or to prevent problems arising from road traffic; and
道路における危険を防止し、その他交通の安全と円滑を図り、又は道路の交通に起因する障害を防止するため、道路を通行する者が励行することが望ましい事項
motor vehicle structure and other knowledge necessary for driving motor vehicles and motorized bicycles, beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items.